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iPhone 4 most popular camera on Flickr [Updated]

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 21st, 2011)

[Update] TechCrunch's MG Siegler notes that the iPhone has likely dominated Flickr for a long time, as app-based photos aren't identified as being from an iPhone. In other words, all those shots from Instagram, Hipstamatic etc. aren't counted towards the iPhone's totals. Goodness. The iPhone ...

iOS 5 contacts app has fields for Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and Myspace info

by Steven Sande (Jun 10th, 2011)

One of the more interesting iOS 5 features revealed this week during the Monday keynote was seamless integration with Twitter. Now a report published by All Things D shows that fields for other social networking sites also appear in the iOS 5 contacts app, including Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, ...

MobileMe: Some speculation about the transition to iCloud

by Steven Sande (Jun 7th, 2011)

I'll start this post off by stating the obvious -- there's a lot about how MobileMe services will transition to iCloud that we don't know yet. But I'm going to take a stab at some of the most pressing questions we've received from TUAW readers regarding the transition. As more facts come in, ...

Heatmap shows Fifth Avenue Apple Store is hot place for photos

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2011)

The image above is a heatmap of photo locations on popular pic sharing site Flickr, put together by developer Eric Fischer. Each dot on the map indicates where a photo was taken in New York's Manhattan borough, with each circled area representing a hot spot of location photography. As ...

Internet braces for royal wedding

by Dana Franklin (Apr 28th, 2011)

As the bride climbs into her dress, the groom adjusts his cufflinks, the 1,900 invited guests arrive, and chefs make final preparations for the festivities to follow the ceremony, popular websites like YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and Twitter will be tuning their systems for a surge of wedding ...

iPhone 4 rocketing to the top of Flickr's camera list

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2011)

It's no surprise that the iPhone 4 is not only a popular smartphone, but also a well-liked digital camera. The 5-megapixel back camera doesn't have the highest pixel count of all smartphone cameras, and the specifications of that camera don't hold a candle to many of the digital SLRs and ...

Flickr gets iPad-friendly with slideshows

by Matt Tinsley (Mar 18th, 2011)

Flickr has announced some improvements to its photo-browsing/sharing website for iPad users. The new light box photo viewer (aka slideshow) enables you to view photos from Flickr's website in a larger format on a black background, similar to what happens when you click on a photo on Flickr's ...

Flickery is on the Mac App Store, and you can win a free copy

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 21st, 2011)

We've mentioned Flickery a couple of times, and I've been using it for over a year now as my desktop client for Flickr. Developer Matthias Gansrigler has added quite a few new features since the last time we covered it, and the performance has increased significantly. Now that Flickery is available ...

Yahoo! making you queasy? Here's how to backup Flickr photos to your Mac

by Steven Sande (Dec 17th, 2010)

Yesterday, Yahoo!'s secret plans to shut down their Delicious bookmark sharing service were made public. While there are no published plans to shut down the popular Yahoo!-owned Flickr photography service, the general shakiness of all things Yahoo! seems to be making many people nervous. Since many ...

New version of Flipboard adds Google Reader, Facebook Groups and more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 16th, 2010)

Popular magazine-style reading app Flipboard has announced major changes to its iPad application, bringing with it support for Flickr, Facebook Groups and Google Reader. The new version also includes improved Twitter and social networking integration. Named iPad App of the Year, Flipboard has ...

FlickrExport for iPhoto and Aperture updated to version 4

by David Quilty (Dec 3rd, 2010)

FlickrExport, Connected Flow's popular photo management plug-in, has been upgraded to version 4 for both iPhoto and Aperture. Full of new features like video uploading, support for multiple Flickr accounts, the ability to add photos to multiple photosets during uploading and metadata-only uploads in ...

TUAW's Daily App: Flickr HD

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2010)

Flickr HD (or flickr hd, as it's styled in the App Store) just got a nice update recently to version 6.0, and it's quite an excellent way to browse and view the popular photo-sharing site Flickr on an iOS device. The latest version brings a feature called "Instaswitch," which will automatically ...

Fifth Ave. Apple Store recreated in Minecraft

by Mike Schramm (Nov 22nd, 2010)

The Minecraft Mac was cute and all, but if you think that was the pinnacle of Mac-related creations in Minecraft, you're underestimating our readership. Reader Simon sent along this set of Flickr pictures, which shows off an entire recreation of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, complete with glass ...

Flickr Find: Juno's Hamburger iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Oct 22nd, 2010)

It's been a couple of years now, but remember the hit movie Juno, and the main character's hamburger-styled telephone? That phone made a splash with fans of kitschy art, and Flickr user Karen apparently decided to take the idea and run with it on her 3G iPhone. She's posted a nice gallery of ...

Swearch brings style to the iPhone web app

by Josh Helfferich (Oct 16th, 2010)

I guess you could say that it finally happened: Someone built a web app for the iPhone so beautiful that it's nearly indistinguishable from something natively run. That person is Steve Streza, and that app is Swearch. Swearch does one thing, and it does it very well. It allows you to search ...