February 19, 2008
Flickr is key prize in Yahoo Takeover
Stephen Wellman, writing on Information a couple of weeks ago, suggests that mobile phone maker Nokia should buy Yahoo, with the number one carrot being Flickr, "the best Web 2.0 application for storing and sharing digital photos". directtrafficmedia reports.
He argues that Nokia "would be able to leverage its global dominance in the camera phone market and create a truly compelling synergy between its hardware and Yahoo".
It seems more likely, though, that Yahoo will be bought by Microsoft, which wants to improve its Online Advertising position so that it can compete more effectively with Google.
But some Flickr users are not happy about that outcome, with more than 3,000 creating a group entitled "Microsoft: Keep Your Grubby Hands Off Our Flickr", Computer World reports.
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