Yahoo extends Flickr with video
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Yahoo extends Flickr with video
In a bid to broaden Flickr if not actually crush YouTube, Yahoo is adding videos to what has just been a photo-sharing site.
The change, which the company plans to launch publicly later Tuesday, is a modest but significant extension of Flickr's features. The videos, limited to 90 seconds and 150MB, will be shown as thumbnails alongside users' photos, and will inherit all the features of photos stored on the site: users can add comments, captions, comments, geotags, and privacy restrictions so only friends or family may view the videos, the company said.
The company sees the videos in effect as "long photos," moving snapshots people take now that digital cameras (except SLRs) can record video as well as still images, said spokeswoman Terrell Karlsten Neilson. The hope is to populate the site with "authentic" videos, not clips from last night's TV shows, and Yahoo will police the site for violations of the terms of service, added Flickr product manager Shanan Delp.
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I thought what kept Flickr great is the fact that it was just a photo website and that is what is famed for. I guess moving into Video is just the next logical step forward, but I can't see it being as big as youtube.
Its a good move: Online video streaming seems to be a hot hub these days..Orkut already has a video section-albeit it involves linking to youtube..Crushing youtube is not something I can imagine ! Youtube is a phenomenon now and I don't see it going down..
Does anyone really think that Yahoo will give You tube a run for the Money??...Cmon...maybe adding this now might help its price with Microsoft..anyone think of that??....and lastly..even if thats not its intent..You tube...Google Videos..Metacafe.....will still kick Yahoos ass.
Just my opinion
Gary
it'll only work if the content is good, myspace has had video for ages, yet i never use it. bbc has a new service called iplayer, it is very good, purely because it has the bbc content on it =)