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Flickr deepen photo-licensing relationship with Getty

Stephen Shankland | Nov 06, 2009

Yahoo's Flickr site has deepened its relationship with photo-licensing power Getty Images so photographers can nominate their own photos for inclusion in Getty's Flickr Collection.

Previously, Getty decided which images it believed were commercially viable, and since the program launched in July 2008, it has put together a collection of more than 60,000 commercial images. Now photographers, instead of just being able to indicate that they're willing to be contacted by Getty, can actively submit a portfolio of images.

"A submission should include exactly 10 images that represent what you consider to be the best of your work. The Getty Images creative team will evaluate submissions based on style, subject matter, and technical skill," Andy Saunders, Getty's vice president of creative imagery, said in a statement. "If some or all of the photos--or other images from your photostream--are selected for the Flickr Collection on Getty Images, you will receive an invitation via FlickrMail. This invitation will clearly show Getty Images' initial selection of images and introduce the enrollment process."
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An unofficial "dislike" option on Facebook

Josh Lowensohn | Nov 05, 2009

Feeling grumpy? Add a "dislike" button to Facebook.
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Facebook's "like" feature has been around since February, but the massive social network never provided users with a way to quickly voice their opinions going the other way. French developer Thomas Moquet took matters into his own hands by creating a cute (albeit useless) Firefox extension that adds a dislike button to Facebook, letting users who have it installed mark things they don't like.
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MSN gets new butterfly logo

Ina Fried and Tom Krazit | Nov 05, 2009

Along with redesigning the MSN home page, Microsoft also gave the site's butterfly logo a new look.
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Aiming to stay relevant, Microsoft is introducing a new look for its MSN.com home page.

Although MSN gets far less attention than the company's Bing or Windows Live efforts, the home page remains an important economic engine for Microsoft's online business, as well as a significant source of search traffic for Bing.

"We believe it's an important asset for Microsoft," said MSN general manager Bob Visse.

The site is still the top portal in about 25 of the 46 markets, with about 600 million unique users globally and 100 million in the US, where it trails Yahoo in popularity.
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Will you wear a Google Halloween costume?

John Chan | Oct 30, 2009

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This week, Google announced that it will be making significant changes to its Maps application in the latest version of its mobile operating system, Android 2.0. One of its new features is free turn-by-turn navigation, something users have been paying top dollar for either in the form of expensive software in smartphones or dedicated personal navigation devices (PND). TomTom and Garmin's (both PND companies) stock prices have plummeted from the news and are down about 25 percent in the last two days of trading.

Interestingly, in an interview with Forbes, HTC's CEO Peter Chou said some of Google's actions can be "destructive". He did say that he valued the partnership with the company, but his choice of words is telling. Even though most of Google's actions benefit end-users tremendously, it's scary to think about the power it wields. At what point would you start to fear Google's growing influence? Or does it spook you already? Let us know.

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Music search is Google's latest tune

Caroline McCarthy | Oct 29, 2009

Already the far-and-away leader in search, Google wants to be a big player in music discovery, too.

The pop-up MySpace player that will appear when clicking the 'play' button in a Google search. (Credit: MySpace)

The search giant teamed up with News Corp.'s MySpace and streaming service Lala for the Wednesday debut of the new Google music search feature at the historic Capitol Records building in Hollywood. With the new music search, which had been internally code-named "OneBox" when news of the project broke earlier this month, search queries pertaining to something like a song, artist, lyrics, or album will bring up links to streaming songs from iLike and MySpace, as well as links to artist information on Pandora, Imeem, and Rhapsody. The lyrics search is provided through a partnership with Gracenote.
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