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 Sasha in Oval Office 
 Evokes John-John 



Photo of youngest Obama visiting Dad echoes Camelot image

Sep 3, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new photo released by the White House shows Sasha Obama sneaking up on her dad from behind an Oval Office couch—recalling an iconic image of John Kennedy Jr. hiding under his dad’s desk in 1963. That picture became part of the Kennedy family’s "‘Camelot’... More »

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politics • White House • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Flickr • photograph • Oval Office • Sasha Obama • President Obama • John F. Kennedy Jr.

 The Best of the Web 2009 

Time ranks top websites

Aug 24, 09 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Overwhelmed by the stream of new, powerful sites constantly emerging to suit every taste? Time picks 50 you should explore, if you haven’t already:
  • Etsy: “The long-haired, Birkenstocked love child of Amazon and eBay,” and the place to go online for handmade crafts, from housewares
... More »

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Internet • list • Flickr • website • Hulu • World Wide Web • Academic Earth

OPINION

Flickr Cowardly for Taking Down Obama Joker

Website caved too easily: image isn't a copyright violation

Aug 22, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flickr is catching fire for its decision to take down the now-infamous image of Barack Obama photoshopped to look like the joker. Flickr says it received a takedown notice under the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act for the Time cover mockup, but that excuse doesn’t fly for Michael... More »

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Barack Obama • copyright law • free speech • Flickr • Heath Ledger • copyright infringement • the Joker

Flickr Lost 3K
of My Photos: Angry Blogger 

Slams service after hacker permanently deletes costly images

Aug 5, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Flickr has earned a blogger’s harsh rebuke for losing 3,000 of his photos, Gawker reports. A hacker was able to permanently delete the photos by attaching a Hotmail account to Morgan Tepsic’s Flickr account, and Tepsic is livid that Flickr didn’t better protect work he says... More »

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Internet • Flickr • photograph • blogger • photo sharing • photos

(Newser) - Traditional media are having a tough time covering the Iranian election fallout, but fear not: Web 2.0 is up to the task. The Washington Post runs down the best destinations for those hoping to stay on top of the situation:
  • PicFog.com: Current, unedited photos containing "
... More »

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Iran • blogosphere • Web 2.0 • Facebook • Flickr • Twitter • blogs • Iranian election

China Blocks Twitter Ahead
of Tiananmen Anniversary

Flickr, Hotmail, Bing get shut down

Jun 2, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Thursday's 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre approaches, China has blocked access to Twitter, Flickr, and Hotmail, among other sites, TechCrunch reports. “The lead-up to any date like this is usually a time when the Firewall is tightened,” notes Mike Butcher, who was told by a... More »

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China • Tiananmen Square • Flickr • Twitter • Hotmail • Bing

 
 Social Sites Don't 
 Delete Photos 
 Promptly: Study 

7 sites left photos up after purportedly removing them

May 21, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Uploaded photos remain on social-networking sites long after users think they’ve deleted them, a study finds. Researchers put photos on 16 popular sites and then deleted them. A month later, the BBC reports, the photos were still accessible using their direct URLs on seven of those sites, including Facebook—... More »

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social networking • Facebook • online privacy • Flickr • photos

Brown Blocks Comments
on His YouTube Channel

Says volume of feedback would be impossible to monitor

Apr 28, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government has tried to harness the power of the Internet, but for Gordon Brown, the Web’s been prickly: a video of him picking his nose, for example, has been viewed far more often than recent policy address. Now the prime minister’s team has disabled comments on... More »

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Internet • YouTube • Gordon Brown • Facebook • Flickr • prime minister • Britain • Twitter

(Newser) - How much is your digital self worth to you? At least one new website is betting it’s enough that you might want to pass on that value after you die, Mashable reports. Legacy Locker, which launches today, allows you to designate caretakers to take control of your YouTube videos,... More »

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social networking • Internet • YouTube • Web 2.0 • Flickr • estate • digital content • heir • Legacy Locker

(Newser) - Online image libraries combined with widely available pro-quality photographic equipment are creating a new—and potentially lucrative—outlet for amateur shutterbugs, USA Today reports. Stock photo behemoth Getty Images officially joins forces with Flickr today, but the screening process is tough: From Flickr’s online library of 3 billion... More »

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Internet • photography • Flickr • Getty Images • stock photos • iStockphoto

ANALYSIS

 No, Blogging Isn't Dead 

Tools like Twitter complement, rather than replace, traditional blogging, argues blogger

Oct 23, 08 8:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A recent Wired magazine article argued that blogging is out, that mainstream media have taken the practice over, and one-time bloggers have moved on to social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr. Not so, responds Allyson Kapin on Fast Company. Witness the 175,000 new blogs created daily and... More »

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social networking • blogosphere • Facebook • blogging • Flickr • Twitter

Microblogging
Creates World
of 'Ambient
Awareness'

Experts compare it to physical closeness

Sep 6, 08 7:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mini-missives that friends post on websites like Twitter create what experts call "ambient awareness"—a form of contact akin to picking up a friend's body language or stray remarks. Alone they add up to little, "but taken together, over time, the little snippets coalesce into a... More »

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social networking • Web 2.0 • Facebook • Flickr • Twitter • Loopt

Lover Joined Edwards on Tour to Announce Prez Race

Blogger posts pix of 'inner circle'

Aug 12, 08 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards brought former mistress Rielle Hunter on his campaign plane during his four-day presidential announcement tour, reports the Washington Post. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, did not accompany her husband. A technology blogger invited along on the 2006 trip has published photographs of Hunter, who was working as a videographer... More »

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John Edwards • Hurricane Katrina • Elizabeth Edwards • New Orleans • presidential campaign • Flickr • Rielle Hunter • Robert Scoble

Photo-Sharing Site Offers Ease, Collaboration

Souped-up Shutterfly is in beta and set to launch in August

Jul 30, 08 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - With lost passwords and clunky sign-up procedures, online photo-sharing can be a bit of a hassle. But a new service from Shutterfly offers a simpler way, Katherine Boehret writes in the Wall Street Journal after taking it for a spin. Shutterfly Share still has some problems— you can’t... More »

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Internet • digital photography • Flickr • Shutterfly • Snapfish • Photobucket • web hosting • tech review • photo sharing

 Flickr Users Help ID
 Archival Photos

Historical archives find new life online

Jul 29, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flickr users are helping the Library of Congress identify photos in its historical archives, reports USA Today. So far, users have supplied information on 500 photos featured in Flickr's "The Commons" project, which drew 8.2 million views in just 6 months. Both partners are "stunned by... More »

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social networking • Internet • photography • Flickr • file sharing • Library of Congress • The Commons

Online Spaces Snub Free Speech That Offends

'Good corporate citizens' send blogs, photos, videos to the trashbin

Jul 7, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - A variety of websites are deleting postings that could offend, and with full legal protection—sparking debate about whether free speech exists online. Case in point: an image of a young smoker posted on Yahoo's photo service. It was cut for promoting underage smoking, but the photographer calls it a... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • MySpace • free speech • Facebook • Flickr • Pearl Jam • LiveJournal

Yahoo to Reorganize in
Wake of Microsoft Bid

Company execs quit amid changes

Jun 20, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Regrouping in the aftermath of Microsoft’s takeover bid, Yahoo plans to consolidate its myriad branches, the Wall Street Journal reports. President Susan Decker aims to centralize the mail, search, and home-page teams to help boost earnings and justify its rejection of Microsoft’s $47.5 billion offer; some executives... More »

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Yahoo • Susan Decker • Flickr • restructuring • quitting

Previewing What's Next
in Social Networks

NY meeting introduces new services to new media leaders

Feb 29, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - What’s next for online social networking? A heavy dose of geography, writes David Kirkpatrick in Fortune’s Fast Forward. At a real-life meeting for 100 new-media notables in New York, one hot topic was adding location information to user-driven sites so that “not only will you know what... More »

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social networking • Internet • New York City • Web 2.0 • Twittervision • Google Earth • Facebook • Flickr • Google Maps • new media • Jeff Pulver • Twitter

Private Photos Find Way to Online Viewers

Case of circumvented Flickr privacy settings has parents worried

Feb 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The privacy settings on online photo-sharing sites aren’t always foolproof, as one Washington mother discovered. After posting pictures of her kids skinny-dipping on Flickr and marking them “private,” she found recently that they had been viewed thousands of times, the Washington Post reports. "Are creepy people... More »

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online privacy • digital photography • Flickr • privacy settings • Shutterfly • Snapfish • website

Facebook Graffiti Proves Worthy

Dell's "ReGeneration" contest sparks Graffiti users to post green art

Feb 3, 08 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Most blog posts, Flickr pics, and YouTube vids are junk, a Los Angeles Times blogger laments, but Facebook has drummed up a cyberspace winner called Graffiti. The online painting tool has had more than 8 million users and sparked fine submissions in Dell’s “ReGeneration Contest," which asks... More »

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YouTube • Dell • art • Facebook • Flickr • graffiti

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