Flickr

  • When was it launched?

    Flickr was launched in 2004 by Ludicorp
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  • Yahoo aquired Flickr.

    In March of 2005 Yahoo aquired Flickr and Ludicorp. The estimated cost was $35 million.
  • Limits of uploads

    In December of 2006 upload limits were increased to 100 Mb from 20Mb .
  • Old-Skool members

    In January of 2007 Flickr anouced that members who created an account before the Yahoo Acquisition would be required to associate their account with a Yahoo account by March 15 to keep using the the service.
  • Ended

    On May 3, 2007 Yahoo! anounced that Yahoo! photos would be ended so they could focus there company's efforts on Flickr.
  • Shut-down

    On September 20, 2007 Yahoo! photos officially shut-down.
  • Shut-down

    yahoo! photos shuts down for Australian users and all photos and accounts were deleted.
  • Uploading videos

    In April of 2008 Flickr started letting paid subscibers to upload videos up to 90 seconds in lenght and 150mb in size.
  • HD videos

    On March 2, 2009 Flickr added the ability to upload and view hd videos.
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  • Users

    As of today there are about 6 billion people who use Flickr.