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April 8, 2008

Flickr Video Launches - A Unique Experience

Michael Arrington

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Flickr users can now add video clips alongside their photos, a much requested and much anticipated feature that has been promised for over a year.

The puppet version of Shel Israel graciously kicked things off for us by announcing the new feature in the Flickr Video below.

The product is not a YouTube clone by any means. The Flickr team, led by Director of Product Management Kakul Srivastava, spent considerable time debating the feature set and user experience internally before launch.

The goal is not to have people upload long videos or clips of copyrighted material. To reinforce that, videos can be only 90 seconds in length and 150MB in size (however these limitations may be changed later, Srivastava says).

In a phone prebriefing, I was very critical of the length limitation. But the team then brought me in for a demo and I was sold. The short clips are a perfect compliment to event photos, in my opinion.

Videos are treated the same way as photos and are placed alongside those photos in albums and the main stream. Videos can also be tagged (and geotagged) in the same way as photos.

The video player itself is extremely clean, so videos look like photos on pages that include them. Videos can also be embedded, of course, as we’ve done above.

Another great feature is the ability to play the videos from the thumbnail screens as well as the permanent page for the video.

Flickr video also differentiates itself from YouTube by only allowing pro users upload videos (it costs $25/yr to be a pro user), although both free and pro users can view videos. As with photos, videos can be made public or private. They can also be shared/embedded individually or as part of sets. But like YouTube, Flickr is providing an API for programmers to create services that access videos hosted on Flickr.

Other standard Flickr features are also available for video, such as search by tags and descriptions, uploads directly from camera phones, and various licensing options.

With this launch, video sharing sites that have focused on privately shared videos should be worried. These include Motionbox, Viddyou, and Vimeo, among others.

Update: The Flickr blog blatantly rips off our puppet schtick:

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  1. VentureDeal

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    Will be interesting to see adoption rate versus still photos…

  2. Judson

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    When is this going to launch? (Or are we seconds away, and I just don’t realize it?)

  3. Scott K

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    This just makes it all the more sad if Microsoft is successful in acquiring Yahoo and gets their grubby little hands on Flickr.

  4. Andy

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    Comes up when I click to comment in the flash player after the video finishes. Is it possible to write something in Flash 9 that doesn’t pop up ridiculous errors all the time? I’m half-serious here… I just don’t get why Flash 9 stuff pops up so many damn errors all the time, even on high quality sites.

  5. Andy

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Oops, it’s the “Flash Security Error” that I’m talking about:

    SecurityError: Error #2137: Security sandbox violation: http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/control.swf.v1.5 cannot navigate window _self within http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....nt-2152217 (allowScriptAccess is ). Attempted URL was http://www.flickr.com/photos/m.....399589900/.
    at global/flash.net::navigateToURL()
    at com.flickr::Photo/commentButtonClickHandler()

  6. Don Campbell

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Wow - I’m looking forward to playing with this. The 90 second limit on the videos seems like a problem at first, but it may actually force people to be creative. It makes me think of how the new iMovie software works - it encourages you to work with clips of video, and I find myself making short movie clips along with photos to tell a story that is much more interesting than the longer videos.
    Also - I wonder if the new Flickr video will allow you to embed them in your blog easily like YouTube does?

  7. Don MacAskill

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

    Disclaimer: I run a “competitor” to Flickr, SmugMug. I’m clearly biased, but I’m also a Flickr fan.

    Michael, I expected something really new and interesting from Flickr. Am I missing it? Or are you writing up a more detailed posting later and this is just the quick announcement?

    (Don’t get me wrong - I think clean, inline video on Flickr is a great move. I’m just looking for earth-shattering, and I don’t see it).

  8. MistOne

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    @2 - good point - flickr is one of the primary reason yahoo matters - and yes this is super cool, can’t believe it took so long but very nicely executed addition to the flickr experience.

  9. Don Campbell

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    Well, I guess the evidence is right in this blog post :) Didn’t realize this video was on Flickr already.

  10. Josiah Carlson

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    Wait - are those links to private photos or is that just me?

  11. harold

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    I like this a lot. I’m a flickr user and the biggest concern is the site being overwhelmed with bullshit. That won’t happen with 90 second clips, plus the look is clean and simple.

  12. Gary

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    About time too. However, the cynical side of me thinks there will be some sort of ‘premium usage’ regarding the longer vids.

  13. lisa (kystorms)

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    I agree with you Scott K… must keep MS monster away from my flickr. Out of all the different services I use on the internet, Flickr and Twitter are my main stays.
    But being able to get videos up is very cool….

  14. Josh Eaton

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    The links were to private photos. I was unable to access them.

  15. Ismael

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Yup. Private photos.

  16. sean percival

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Ya its live now, i think?

    We can’t see the video on Mike’s page because its set to private.

  17. Coreburn

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    The “See this, for example” link leads to a “Oops! You don’t have permission to view this photo.”….

  18. Brian Eisenberg

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Coolness! I just tried to upload a short 15 sec video clip from my mobile phone to my Flickr account via email and it didn’t work. Mike - how do we upload clips? I’ve tried through the web UI and via email to no avail…

  19. MickO

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    So… why couldn’t they use Yahoo! Video for this? Or .. why wasn’t that question even asked? If they have some special insights on how to handle video in a great new way, then share those insights with Yahoo! Video and improve that product. Product duplication, lack of communication — More of the same from the big Y! I guess.

  20. Dude

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    Is it me or does the video player look just like the one at vimeo.com? I am just saying- looks like Yahoo lost originality when the staff started to bail

  21. Adam Saverian

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    Right on!… but I’m getting errors…

    SecurityError: Error #2137: Security sandbox violation: http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/control.swf.v1.5 cannot navigate window _self within http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....xperience/ (allowScriptAccess is ). Attempted URL was http://www.flickr.com/photos/m.....399589900/.
    at global/flash.net::navigateToURL()
    at MethodInfo-37()

  22. Don MacAskill

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    (See my post above for more)

    I guess I’m asking how this is a “Unique Experience” like the story title? Good, yes. Clean, yes. Well executed, yes. Expected, yes. Where’s the good stuff?

  23. Consultor Anónimo

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    Seems like a way to keep together your pictures and the videos you take with your photo camera (or cell phone). I find this quite smart: with these kind of cameras nowadays there’s really no difference, from a user point of view, between your pictures and your short / low quality videos; you shoot one or the other depending on the moment.

    Then pro photographers can still use the power of flickr, and “pro” film-makers will go to other providers with full video capabilities.

    Again, it makes sense to me.

  24. David Merwin

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    I can’t see anything about video on the Flickr site. Nothing in the blog, nothing on my pro account. Did I miss the joke?

  25. Scott K

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Mick O-

    90 sec time limit. That’s why they couldn’t use Yahoo Video for this. I see the two products as distinct enough in their target audience:

    Yahoo Video = YouTube clone full of would-be viral videos

    Flickr Video = a video photo album (small clips) for family, friends

  26. chris (trade2save.com)

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    I like the way the horizontal progress bar disappears and also the ease of switching to full screen whilst still embedded - Can’t do this with youtube. Nice - this is something new I suppose?

  27. Glen

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    David Merwin:

    It’s not publicly available as yet… but I presume it’s very close. Michael obviously was lucky enough to get a sneak preview.

  28. esther

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    90s/150mb doesn’t matter? what if i want to upload a clip from last weekend which is 20 minutes long? imo this makes flickr video totally useless.

  29. Bryan

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    esther: why would anyone want to watch 20 minutes of video on Flickr? Distinct product differences in my mind… I will use a video hosting site for video of a conference or something, i’ll use flickr video to share my sons first reaction to ice-cream with my family (no one likes watching a kid eat ice cream for 20 minutes).

    But yeah, no sign of video on my account. Kind of misleading to say it has launched when its not publicly available yet.

  30. mroth

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    Looks like Flickr has addressed the rumors:
    http://blog.flickr.net/en/2008.....on-flickr/

  31. Brian

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Is there a problem with loren making money off of shel’s name?

  32. Patrick

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    @Ester,

    Then you would use Vimeo.

    http://vimeo.com

  33. esther

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    i just read at cnet that they support avi, mpeg and mov. what abou 3gp?

  34. another dude

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    I agree with “Dude” above.

    This is nearly identical to Vimeo’s old player. Look, feel, functionality. Can we at least give credit where credit’s due?

  35. dude #3

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Hmmmmmmm…..

    http://caseypugh.tumblr.com/post/31183384

  36. Ken

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    IMHO this really reinforces Flickr’s positioning by allowing users to upload only that which they can capture from their digital cameras and/or camera phones. YouTube, on the other hand, is really more about the video cam and stories that require more time to tell.

    I’m glad Flickr chose to impose the time limit. In my experience, most of the video I capture with my digital point and shoot are small clips that rarely exceed 90 seconds and are really meant for me to capture a moment or experience that I don’t believe a still image accurately captures (e.g. Niagra Falls, sound from cars whizzing by in a Nascar event, etc.); an enhancement to the story that my still image couldn’t tell otherwise.

    Great stuff!

  37. Bryan

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    To all the dudes and the vimeo stuff… your acting like they own the semi-transparent black bar on the bottom with un-beveled UI items.

  38. Mark Hendrickson

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    Looks like Flickr hasn’t quite launched this yet.

  39. adam

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    I don’t get it… I guess TC REALLY wanted to scoop everyone by announcing something that isn’t live yet…? And WTF is with that annoying puppet?

  40. Mirza R

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Looks a lot like Vimeo. i dont know why Yahoo is trying to launch a service thats already there with no innovation at all.

  41. MickO

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    This whole hairsplitting over “Use video.yahoo.com (VYC) for a 2 minute video of my kids at the lake, but if it’s under 90 seconds, then that’s a completely different use case, and appropriate for Flickr” is the exact same thinking that caused Yahoo! to develop the whole Yahoo! Photos redesign shortly before shuttering the whole Photos site. Short UGC video to share with friends is *most definitely* within the mission of VYC. If VYC wasnt delivering on that mission, then fix it. Building a new video platform instead of perfecting what they have is an example of why Y! will keep stumbling. It diverts expertise and builds competing factions.

  42. Kevin

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Trying to upload one I get this “MVI_0561.AVI was not uploaded: File was not a recognised type or was unable to be decoded (we only support JPEG, PNG, non-animated GIF, BMP and TIFF)”

    Sweet. Not really live yet.

  43. damon

    April 8th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    Let me get this straight?

    - 90 seconds
    - lean player
    - have to pay to upload

    And tell me again why this is worth a crap (other than “it’s flickr”).

    I don’t think the feature debate lasted long enough.

  44. evan

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    Posting videos… online? revolutionary!

    wait, no, the other thing… tedious. Flickr’s late to the game, despite their attempt to spin it as unique (which Arrington fell for hook line & sinker).

  45. Folks

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    if flickr gets overwhelmed by crap clips like youtube does, many users would leave, 90 seconds seems a way to prevent this to happen.

  46. TR

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    I don’t think people are getting it. Flickr is obviously trying to create a site where the video is going to appear next to photos, not where people can upload their latest video creations a la YouTube.

    Here’s an example: you went on a ski trip with some friends. You took a ton of pictures, but you also record a small video (perhaps with your camera). Flickr now gives you the ability to keep the photos and video all in one place rather than spread across Flickr, Yahoo Video, or other sites.

    If you wanted to upload a video of you lip-synching to Britney’s latest single, this wouldn’t be the place. That’s what Yahoo Video (or more likely YouTube) is for.

    As for the “dudes” who keep claiming it rips off Vimeo’s interface, who cares? There’s only so many different ways you can design a web-based video player. I think the video player looks great and don’t mind at all if it copies Vimeo, YouTube, or anyone else.

  47. Bryan

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Not to mention that everyone who is expecting a game-changing innovation is missing the point. The point is video on your photostream. My family visits my photostream, they have Flickr accounts or guest passes, they check it daily, weekly, whatever. Having clips right there for them to see is the beauty of it.

    Of course if you want to upload longer clips, or embed exclusively on external sites this isn’t a viable option. Its a dream come true for avid Flickr users though who want to share short clips with the audience they already have on a site their audience is already accustomed to.

  48. Bwana

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    I wish it would launch already so I can form a valid opinion about it. :)

  49. Brian Eisenberg

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

    I tend to agree with @43. I use my mobile phone to post pics directly to Flickr pretty much every day. I also record a lot of .3g2 clips on my mobile that I’d also like to splice into my Flickr stream, so this seems pretty decent feature to add. Now if only Verizon would let me send more than 15 sec clips over their network…

    PS - looks like the video site will live here: http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/ (currently get a permissions denied message though)

  50. TR

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    @44-

    Well said.

    And as for the 90 sec limit, that might change. This is a launch. Imposing that limit now helps Flickr keep a reign on having tons of crap uploaded. They can always relax that limitation down the line.

  51. jason

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    because damon, those of us who are already on flickr, who are using it on a semi-professional basis, might want to have the option of a short clip to help explain the still images we’ve posted. most people who would be using this feature of flickr are already “pro” users paying a yearly subscription so your point of having to pay is moot.

    for everyone else who wants 20+ minutes of video storage, go to youtube (or someplace similar), that’s where your video belongs. the point of having video on flickr, in my opinion, is to be able to elaborate a little more on the photos i’ve just uploaded.

    besides, if you don’t like what they are offering, just go somewhere else. it’s not like flickr is your only option.

  52. Sina

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    30 second cap?

    Surely it would be better to have free 30 second videos for everyone, and then unlimited HD video for Pro subscribers. That way could easily control copyright by canceling infringer’s Pro accounts (i.e. penalizing them $20).

    That could have made for a really great product for Yahoo in the video space. Youtube is really lacking in lots of ways, and it would have been nice to see some great competition from Yahoo. Shame :(

  53. Sina

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    * I mean 90 seconds.

  54. Hhmm

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Sweet, another Yahoo! video player….um, maybe standardizing the thing across all the properties just doesn’t make sense!

  55. Michael Arrington

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    sina - i think they want to capture the spirit of a photograph in a short video clip. longer videos tend to tell stories, a short clip is really just a photo with more info. I’m not really putting it right, but yes I do think they did this the right way. Like I said, I didn’t agree until I worked with the product directly, then it sort of hit me.

  56. Crazyglues

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    Ok I don’t know which one is more crazy Flickr adding video, or the fact that Michael Arrington appears to have a puppet in his closet… LoL

    either way, pretty interesting… Personally I can’t see it, but then I kinda can understand it, because it’s like if you want to do video you do youtube, but this is suppose to be photos…. I mean will people use it… Sure

    Do you really need it… nah.. but who can really be upset about another site to upload video to.

  57. adam

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    I’ve been able to freely upload video clips to my picasa web album for a while now… is this flickr service any different?

  58. Kosso

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    I think 90 seconds is good when you have potentially lots of videos. I think in the future they’ll let free (non-PRO) users upload 90 seconds and Pro users more / unlimited (to an extent)

    When does it *actually* launch?

    I already have the foundations laid for a system which it will slot in to beautifully ;)

  59. drew olanoff

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Dangit, I want to upload a sockpuppet video tooooo!!!

  60. striatic

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    there are far more people with the capability to create video out there, than there are people actually *uploading* video.

    i think flickr wants to tap into the massive number of people who don’t find you-tube to be an appropriate place to host the video of baby’s first steps.

  61. Ben

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    To those saying “dudes” shouldn’t care that this looks like the vimeo player, it’s not just the progress bar section that looks like vimeo. How about how the buddyicon, username, and title are on the video, as well?

  62. Dude

    April 8th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    Bryan (et. al)-

    The issue is that when Michael is claiming a unique experience, there is in fact nothing unique in this “experience”. Is it a good feature to add to Flickr to tell a story, sure. But all in all it is a feature add-on to flickr not a new, unique, creative, out of the box experience.

    I agree that video player designs can be a dime a dozen, the question is- if they are then why didn’t Yahoo create something new? Or better yet credit the guys at Vimeo? I mean when you knock-off almost the exact same expansion overlay button there is something to be said…

  63. Michael B

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    I was waiting for them to do this.

    -Please check out my blog for ways to make money online.
    http://mikesmoneyclub.blogspot.com

  64. :: r y a n ::

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    This comment is from one of the founders of a site “that should be worried” (www.viddyou.com) for full transparency reasons…

    I’m with Don. I’m a Flickr fan. I’ve had a “Pro” account for years and fully believe in a paid service model. Viddyou integrates Flickr into the service and I’m still very much an active Flickr user. I’ll be brutally direct. I laughed my ass off when I saw this offering.

    90sec
    150MB
    Pro (paid) accounts only

    The bonus laugh came when I saw the brutal thievery of Vimeo’s player. It doesn’t take a designer’s eye to see how intentionally Flickr has lifted Vimeo’s player in a very poor manner. Yes I’ve always loved tDR’s “Talent Borrows. Genius Steals” motto, but this has been so long coming and to finally have it released in such a half assed manner and limited offering has me laughing and scratching my head. I expected more from Flickr and all I got was this lousy sock puppet promo.

    Worried Michael? Hardly…

    Yahoo! is at the helm at that ship handles like the Titanic. The way I see it is this just further asserts our model for personal video and further enhances the distinction of Viddyou vs the other video sites or sites that merely offer video as a small side dish.

    The more people getting used to the concept of using the video features their camera has the better and thanks to Yahoo!’s massive userbase this just pushes things forward more rapidly.

  65. Juan

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Great, more videos which aren’t viewable on my iPhone.

  66. Sid

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Arrington: “In a phone prebriefing, I was very critical of the length limitation. But the team then brought me in for a demo and I was sold. The short clips are a perfect compliment to event photos, in my opinion.”

    Translation: “I was very critical of the product until they brought me some tasty Kool-Aid. Now I’m sold!”

  67. ANurag

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    I agree with Don MacAskill …. Video is good, but where is the innovation????
    Disclaimer - I own subscription to SmugMug

  68. Ersatz

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    Screw the vid service, forget MS, Yahoo.

    Just bring back Ludi’s Game Never Ending already!

  69. nobosh.com

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Does that video star the Lloyd Brawn 2 million dollar puppet?

  70. AnonTroll

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    I was critical of the service until I got the exclusive demo.

  71. Ely Fall

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    where is the API for it?

  72. Kosso

    April 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    I notice the links on the ‘credits’ at the end don’t seem to do anything (yet?)

    and the embed/share is not available until you get to the end (which, ok, is short, but…)

  73. ineedhits Australia

    April 8th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Flickr video.. I’m worried it will be distracting to their core business of photo sharing. Leave the videos to youtube I say…

  74. AW

    April 8th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    I’ve finally seen someone publish a Flash-based video player that seems to infrequently *not work*.

    I have officially seen all there is to offer of Web 2.0.

  75. http://www.meetingflex.com/index.html

    April 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    That is plain old video…isnt it.

    http://www.meetingflex.com/index.html
    Internet Web Meeting.

  76. xavierv

    April 8th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    I don’t see what the fuss is all about, it’s just a video player

  77. damon

    April 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    #43 … of course flickr is not the only photo option

    just pointing out that this is bland at best

  78. Still Rob G

    April 8th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

    I’ll bet the 90second limit is to kill its potential for hosting copyright infringing material, very little commercial music fits into that time, and almost no commercial video. So, no need to spend money on audio/video fingerprinting.

  79. vutt

    April 8th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    I expected more from Flickr and all I got was this lousy sock puppet promo.
    I already have the foundations laid for a system which it will slot in to beautifully

  80. drew olanoff

    April 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    Add video recording and comments and you’ve got yourself a Seesmic killer.

  81. Bruce Lewis

    April 8th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

    Why does everybody talk about the size/length limitation in terms of its effect on the content? Isn’t the real reason that hosting large videos is a money-losing proposition? I’m surprised they allow as large as 150MB.

  82. Charles

    April 8th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    Why is the puppet naked?

  83. Tom

    April 8th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Flickr appear to have moderated this video off: http://flickr.com/photos/micha.....399589900/

  84. Michael Arrington

    April 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

    good post on flickr video:

    http://weblogs.macromedia.com/.....ces_vs.cfm

  85. Debbie Davies

    April 8th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Changing your mind, saying it is ‘unique’, endorsing it before it is live, not including the $25.00 fee in the headline, most of the comments on a different wave length. What did you agree with Yahoo to get this story first?

  86. quirk

    April 8th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Definitely not a Vimeo-killer, or even a Vimeo-worrier. The folks over there like to innovate and keep their users happy. They have a large, growing community of incredibly loyal users, myself included.

    The flickr player does look exactly like Vimeo’s 2007 player. That’s just weird. It’s a great design, but can you really just blatantly rip it off?

    I love flickr for photos, but this whole thing just seems weird when there are so many vanilla video sharing sites out there. Where is the innovation here? It’s like when a car dealer gives you a free 19″ TV with your new car purchase. Yeah that’s nice, but I’d rather go get the TV I actually want to use at the TV store.

  87. Michael Arrington

    April 8th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    Debbie - yeah, you’re banned.

  88. Debbie Davies

    April 8th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    Why?

  89. Professional Technology Expert

    April 8th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    Big deal. So what. This is not news. This is a press release. Arrington, can you find something actually interesting to write about? Is this the best use of your time? How much are they paying you to publish this drivel? What next? An article on how much more disk space Google allocates to GMail?

    In the profound words of Borat, “i NOT like this article.”

    Not.

  90. Sunil

    April 8th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    Its good service from Flickr, I will sure use it.

  91. darrylxxx

    April 9th, 2008 at 1:14 am

    Does anyone know what the resolution specs are for Flickr video? 640×480 or 320×240?