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Ludicorp, a company based in Vancouver, Canada, launched The photo and video sharing site known as Flickr. Based on the remnants of thier shelved MMO "Game Neverending".
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Yahoo purchases Flickr from ludicorp. Cost of acquisition was $35 million and moved all data and servers to the U.S. which made it subject to U.S. federal law
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Flickr updated its services from beta to "gamma", along with a design and structural overhau
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Increased monthly uploads to 100 mb for free users and unlimited for pro users
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Yahoo asked all members to associate their account with a yahoo ID
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Flickr began allowing paid subscribers to upload videos, limited to 90 seconds in length and 150 MB in size
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New HD upload capabilities for pro memebers and removed limitations on free users to allow them to upload videos
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White House official photographer Pete Souza began using Flickr as a conduit for releasing White House photos. They are listed as Government property and cannot be downloaded.
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Flickr is still being widely used by photographers around the world
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Today was the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon
