In a long anticipated move, Verizon has now confirmed its acquisition of Flickr and other Yahoo assets in a massive $4.48 billion deal. Rumors started back in 2015 that Flickr was for sale, and now the day has come that this is a reality for its users. The deal was originally reported to be worth […]
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"Always thought that was more of a 500px thing," says Phoblographer's Reviews Editor Paul Ip in our staff Facebook chat. The rest of the staff agreed and never knew about the porn community on Flickr.
After being acquired by Yahoo in 2005, Flickr became bound to its new owner’s authorization system, meaning all users needed to have a Yahoo account just to use Flickr. Flickr has just announced a new login system that finally frees the service from Yahoo.
Remember Flickr? Yes, the Yahoo-owned (or is it Verizon now…) photo-sharing service is still a thing, and today they rolled out a major, long-overdue update to their profile pages. Say hello to the Flickr “About” page.
Yahoo announced back in September 2016 that an estimated 500 million accounts were stolen in late 2014. If you haven’t changed your Yahoo or Flickr account passwords yet, there’s now some even worse news: Yahoo just revealed that 1 billion accounts were hacked in late 2013.