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Flickr Opens An App Garden Full Of Photo Tools

12:30AM Kevin Purdy | There are a lot of mobile, desktop and helper apps tied to Flickr. The team at the photo sharing service decided to make those apps easier to find and install by opening a free “App Garden” to everyone. More »
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Flickr Adds People Tagging à La Facebook

12:00PM Adam Pash | One of the better features in Facebook (and now both Picasa and iPhoto) is people-tagging — allowing users to identify who’s in a picture by mousing over the image. Starting today, Flickr’s joined in the fun. More »
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Flickr Schedulr Uploads Pics To Flickr Whenever You Want

8:45AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free, open-source application Flickr Schedulr lets you set specific times you’d like to upload pictures to the popular photo-sharing site, Flickr. More »
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Flickroom Enables Desktop Browsing Of Flickr

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): Flickr users looking for a change up from the standard Flickr site interface will want to check out the lightweight Adobe AIR desktop application, Flickroom. More »
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Official Flickr App Brings Smooth Uploads, Browsing To iPhone

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | iPhone/iPod touch: There have been third-party apps like Flickit to upload iPhone photos directly to Flickr, but Flickr’s own app has hit the App Store, combining tools for uploading, tagging, search and set organising in a crisp-looking package. More »
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Fotobounce Downloads Full Facebook And Flickr Albums In One Click

4:00AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac OS X: Ever wanted to download a friend’s full album from Flickr or Facebook but quickly discovered that downloading one photo at a time is an enormous pain? Free application Fotobounce aims to alleviate that pain. More »
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Free Tools To Back Up Your Online Accounts

2:00AM Gina Trapani | Cloud computing means you can store your data in web applications and access it from any browser, anywhere—but that doesn’t mean you don’t need a backup plan. Safeguard your data when a storm’s a-brewing in the cloud with these tools. More »
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Flickr Image Search Finds Better Photos

6:30AM Gina Trapani | My favourite way to find photos (especially for publication in blog posts and use in presentations) saw a big upgrade today: Flickr’s search results page is now a whole lot easier to browse. More »
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Your Deleted Social Network Pics Are Probably Still There

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Tech site Ars Technica saw a university study reporting that photos and other images posted by Facebook, MySpace and other social network users are often left on those services’ servers long after the posters hit “delete”. They put that finding to the test. Images posted to Flickr and Twitter were immediately gone upon refreshing, but images could still be found on Facebook and MySpace’s servers two months later, with both companies saying the issue was one of third-party server response. Anyone who can grab a direct link, in other words, can get at your stuff long after you want it gone. Need some web reputation triage? Break out the web Band-Aids and get to managing your online reptutation.

ThisMoment Compiles Event Albums From Multiple Social Sites

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | You’re trying to compile a record of last weekend’s ridiculous party, but your shots and your friends’, are spread across Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Picasa and other places. thisMoment can pull them all down and compile a slick-looking “moment.” More »