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Yahoo revitalizes Flickr with huge images, sharing, and a terabyte of free space (hands-on)

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Yahoo has just taken the wraps off a major update to Flickr, it's long-suffering photo service, and we just sat down to put the revamped service through its paces to see how it has improved — and whether or not it'll be enough to keep up with the likes of Facebook and Google+. While it's a...

It's been a long time coming, but the new Flickr is a huge improvement

Swiss group builds insect-inspired camera system with 180-degree vision

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There's a race underway to bring insect-like compound eyes to micro drones. Curvace, a research group from Switzerland, is the latest to announce a compound eye invention with its Curved Artificial Compound Eye (CACE) prototype, made up of a strip of small cameras. Curvace is competing with a bug inspired camera system from the University of Illinois, which detailed its own compound eye system...

Flickr launches redesigned Android app for smartphones and tablets

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After launching an all-new app for iOS last December, Flickr is finally giving its Android offering a similar overhaul. Announced moments ago on stage at Yahoo's New York City event, the revamped Flickr for Android is available today for both phones and tablets. "The new Flickr for Android maintains your photos’ original quality, so every image you take, edit, share, or view on your phone or tablet looks spectacular," wrote CEO Marissa Mayer in a Tumblr post announcing the update. The new-and-improved Flickr for Android includes support for 10 languages and is available in the Google Play store now.

The mobile Flickr experience reaches parity

YouTube Live streaming expands to all channels with at least 1,000 subscribers

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YouTube Live, the live streaming service that YouTube first launched in limited beta over two years ago, is finally expanding to a much wider audience. Starting today, all YouTube channels with over 1,000 subscribers each will gain the ability to broadcast live video content to their viewers on all devices. Previously, YouTube only offered live streaming to select partner accounts and video game developers.


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Olympus announces PEN E-P5, a Micro Four Thirds camera with 1963 looks and 2013 specs

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it — or fix it, and then undo it all 50 years later. That's what Olympus is doing with the new PEN E-P5, the company's latest Micro Four Thirds camera, which looks for all the world like the PEN F from 1963. That's a good thing, too: the silver and black, metal and leather styling is beautiful, and the camera feels dense and sturdy like any good camera should. It actually looks a lot like the Fujifilm X100S...

Sony makes first net profit in five years despite falling demand for core products

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Sony is back in the black after posting its first full-year net profit in five years. The company made a net profit of ¥43 billion ($458 million) in the 2012 financial year — an increase on its forecast of ¥40 billion ($404 million) — following a loss of ¥457 billion ($5.7 billion) in 2011. Operating profit was ¥230.1 billion ($2.45 billion), up from a ¥67.3 billion ($820 million) loss last year.

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