Articles tagged “flickr”

Geolocation is everything to travel now. From the smartphone in your hand to recommendations based on location coming to you on your desktop, information is tied to real-world locations now in ways that have revolutionized travel.

Whether it's Flickr users or Facebook users, people often react negatively to changes. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to eliminate Flickr Pro and her diss (since retracted) of professional photographers didn't help matters. Give her credit, though, for trying to modernize some of Yahoo's -- shall we call them legacy -- services.

Facebook and Instagram may be the most popular way to share images you probably don't need to see, but Flickr has remained strong despite years of neglect from Yahoo and attacks from better-supported Google Plus. It's next year will be vital to its survival.

The under-appreciated Flickr service is filled with insights about travel and tourism that are just begging to be explored.

By overhauling its Flickr iOS app, adding Instagram-like filters and photo-sharing tools, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is putting her mobile-first strategy into place.