Yahoo upgrades Flickr mobile apps: add Filter function

Beijing Time December 13 News, Yahoo is on the smartphone Flickr image sharing applications to upgrade, and Facebook and Twitter for mobile users.

The iphone platform's upgraded Flickr app was launched in Wednesday. Yahoo Vice President Brettes Wien (Brettway video: Flickr promotional video media source: Sina Technology N) said that through this application, users can share photos with others, and to edit, trim, and apply color filter function.

Yahoo is upgrading Flickr to challenge Twitter and Facebook as it uses smartphone cameras to take photos and record daily life more and more people. Twitter added a photo-sharing tool to mobile apps this week, and Facebook acquired the photo app Instagram earlier this year. Flickr currently has more than 80 million active users worldwide, and this upgrade will help Flickr attract more smartphone users.

For users who love creating, sharing, and discovering photos, Flickr is a brand and product that is closely related to them, says Wayne. Earlier this week, Yahoo upgraded its email service to allow users to use the service faster and more easily via the desktop Internet, smartphones and tablet computers.

Yahoo CEO Mariza Meyers (Marissa) plans to recruit engineers with experience in mobile applications to strengthen the technology of Yahoo's advertising service and provide personalized services to individual users.

Flickr new photo Editing Tool is developed in collaboration with New York photo application provider Aviary. The company also helped Twitter develop similar functionality in mobile applications.

After Ms. Mayer became CEO of Yahoo in July this year, a Flickr user set up a website called dearmarissamayer.com. "Please let Flickr shine again," the source said. "Wayne says Yahoo has heard the appeal and is" investing in Flickr to make it better. "