Tag: Rumour

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Flickr

Flickr Gossip


Slideshows
Flickr have just launched a new and improved version of their slideshows. They are now much bigger, and have lots of lovely features like transparent notes, adjustable speed, and the URLs are much nicer.

Have a look at some nice photos of Stonehenge: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/stonehenge/show/

Video
As read on TechCrunch, Flickr might soon be adding video, as well as Yahoo! closing! down! Yahoo! Photos!

The official thread over at Flickr makes interesting reading.

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3D Metaverse

Google Metaverse?

GigaOM reports that more evidence is turning up that Google are developing their own metaverse, i.e. a virtual 3D world like Second Life.

Google themselves have said nothing about it themselves, so this is pure rumour/wishful thinking.

What with Google’s acquisition of SketchUp and Keyhole which demonstrates their keenness in 3D, it wouldn’t surprise me if a Metaverse is up their sleeves. We shall have to wait, watch, and see…