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Deck our walls

May 6, 2009February 1, 2012
          Or rather, those at the Flickr 5.25 event this Saturday in San Francisco! It’s not too late to contribute your photo to the […]

The Commons welcomes the Field Museum Library

May 5, 2009February 1, 2012
     The Field Museum is a natural history institution with research collections in anthropology, botany, geology, and zoology. They join the Commons on Flickr, as […]

‘Roid Week 2009

May 1, 2009February 1, 2012
     Just a few days remain until the Flickrverse begins to celebrate all things instant as ‘Roid Week comes round again. Check out previous years […]

Behind the Scenes: 100 Days of Obama

April 29, 2009May 31, 2012
     Photos by White House photographers, from the Delivering on Change set in the Official White House Photostream.

HD Video Files are Big

April 27, 2009February 1, 2012
We’ve raised the video filesize limit for our Pro members to 500MB (from 150). When we were working on adding HD to Flickr a few […]

Issues Down on the Farm

April 24, 2009February 1, 2012
Hey everyone- there are some issues this morning loading stuff from our farm4 image servers and Flickr Operations is working hard to get traffic back. […]

Kittens, sunsets, sprinkles… donuts?!

April 20, 2009April 20, 2009
It’s that time of year again! April 23rd is that time when we come together around a sweet, deep-fried piece of heaven. Check to see […]

Scotland: Then and Now

April 17, 2009February 1, 2012
              The Library of Congress has uploaded an additional 182 images into their gorgeous collection of Photochrom Travel Views. Where in the world are […]

Celebrating Flickr’s 5th birthday

April 15, 2009February 1, 2012
Come join Team Flickr as we (somewhat belatedly) celebrate Flickr’s 5th birthday. If you’re in or around San Franciso on Saturday May, 9th, we’ll be […]

D.C. Public Library Joins the Commons

April 14, 2009February 1, 2012
We’d like to welcome the D.C. Public Library to the Commons on Flickr. The District of Columbia Public Library is a center of activity in […]

Pinhole! Pinhole! Pinhole!

April 13, 2009February 1, 2012
     Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2009 will be celebrated around the world on Sunday April 26th. If you’ve never pinholed, check out the Worldwide Pinhole […]

A few tweaks to FlickrMail

April 1, 2009February 1, 2012
Just a heads up that we’ve made a few small tweaks today that make FlickrMail easier to use. Contact Notifications are now separated from the […]

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