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Online Spaces Snub Free Speech That Offends

Jul 7, 2008 6:52 PM CDT

Online Spaces Snub Free Speech That Offends

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

(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...

Yahoo to Reorganize in
Wake of Microsoft Bid

Jun 20, 2008 7:26 AM CDT

Yahoo to Reorganize in Wake of Microsoft Bid

Company execs quit amid changes

(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...

Previewing What's Next
in Social Networks

Feb 29, 2008 3:57 PM CST

Previewing What's Next in Social Networks

NY meeting introduces new services to new media leaders

(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...

Private Photos Find Way to Online Viewers

Feb 21, 2008 4:00 PM CST

Private Photos Find Way to Online Viewers

Case of circumvented Flickr privacy settings has parents worried

(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...

Facebook Graffiti Proves Worthy

Feb 3, 2008 6:50 PM CST

Facebook Graffiti Proves Worthy

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

(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...

Video Caught in Copyright Claim

Dec 13, 2007 1:18 AM CST

Video Caught in Copyright Claim

Silicon Valley parody video taken down after photog complains

(Newser) - A parody video about the return of an Internet bubble by Bay Area group Richter Scales has been taken down from YouTube for copyright reasons, after a photographer complained about one of her images being used, Wired reports. The group claimed that it since it was satire, it was fair...

Flickr Launches Search Map of World Photos

Nov 19, 2007 6:44 AM CST

Flickr Launches Search Map of World Photos

New service groups pix by location

(Newser) - Beginning today, a new mapping feature will make it easier to view photos stored on Flickr by location. "Places," a new geographical sorting service on the massive photo-share website, pinpoints photo contributions to one of 100,000 locations on a global map, Reuters reports. The map also shows...

Post-Yahoo Photo Solutions

Aug 2, 2007 7:51 AM CDT

Post-Yahoo Photo Solutions

The WSJ examines the competition

(Newser) - Yahoo is shuttering its popular photo sharing site in September, but never fear—there are plenty of alternative places to dock your digital pics. The Journal surveys the field:

Kodak Gallery is the easiest to navigate, but lacks editing tools and requires a yearly purchase commitment.
Shutterfly is totally, no-strings-attached

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'Picnik' Lets Photographers Edit Anywhere

Jul 28, 2007 8:22 AM CDT

'Picnik' Lets Photographers Edit Anywhere

Review: Web-based photo editor 'elegant' says Mossberg

(Newser) - Extolling the new crop of slick, easy-to-use Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg singles out "Picnik"—a new free alternative to traditional desktop editing programs. Picnik lets photogs on the go add simple edits like cropping, resizing, and color correction without installing anything.

Internet Users Slam Chinese Censorship

Jun 20, 2007 4:32 PM CDT

Internet Users Slam Chinese Censorship

As top sites are banned, web surfers rail against 'Great Firewall'

(Newser) - Frustration with government curbs on the Internet is growing among China's 140M web users. Wikipedia has been banned, and the censors recently shuttered photo-sharing web site Flickr, after a user uploaded a picture of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tens of thousands of human monitors and an elaborate filter system...