Hunch is here, and it’s open to the public.  If you haven’t heard of it, Hunch is a new website that is the brainchild of Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr.
The goal of Hunch is a unique one…to learn about you, and then help you make decisions based on what it has learned.  Basically, you just [...]

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The iron-fisted Chinese government is understandably not a big fan of Web 3.0.  Still, in an unbelievable move today, Chinese officials have shut down Twitter, Flickr, Bing, Hotmail.com, Blogger, YouTube and a host of other sites.
Free speech is merely a figment of the imagination in China and the blocking of these services is another instance [...]

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President Barack Obama has been in office for just over three months now.  The challenges he has faced in that time have been both incredible and unpredictable (the Swine Flu?).
President Obama will address the nation tonight at 8pm EDT on the 100-day anniversary of his inauguration.  You can watch the address live on the White [...]

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Google’s attempt to conquer the world has taken another gigantic leap forward.
They’ve just introduced four new features that you can use right from within your Gmail account: YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, and Yelp previews.
To access new Labs features, just click on the Labs icon, activate the previews you want and save.
You will then be able to [...]

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Flickr has always been known as one of the main picture sharing websites on the internet.  It’s also not a bad place to share videos.
That privilege, however, has been reserved for “Pro” users – until today.
The service has now opened up video sharing to all Flickr users.  Pro members will now also be able to [...]

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Yahoo has just released an updated version of the Zync plug-in that allows the sharing of videos from Yahoo Video, Flickr, and YouTube within Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.
If you’re not familiar with it, the Zync plug-in lets you watch a video clip together with a friend, right in your IM window. Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 has always [...]

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Gary Larson’s “The Far Side” has been a favored cartoon all over the globe. Some fans, however, take their dedication a bit more seriously than others.
Meet…The Far Side Reenactments Group on Flickr, a group of people committed to recreating Far Side classics…in real life.
Some of these pictures do a really good job [...]

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