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June 14, 2007

Agnese Caruso

Flickr Goes International

Caught this piece in The Globe and Mail: Flickr is now internationalizing its services by offering them in seven other languages besides English. Sites in French, German, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and traditional Chinese will soon be introduced.

Did you know this about Flickr?….

  • Its already 3 years old
  • Founded in Vancouver
  • Now owned by Yahoo Inc
  • First to popularize website "tagging" (using key words or phrases to help others find relevant material online)

    • Agnese Caruso is a Research Specialist for Tax Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Agnese became a Slaw core contributor in 2006. Her skills and interests include legal and business research, social networking and collaboration tools, mobile design and delivery, online user experiences, and emerging technologies.
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    One Comment on “Flickr Goes International”

    1. Ben says:
      June 14, 2007 at 10:20 am

      And did you know that they have a huge PR-Problem following this internationlization right now:
      http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/42597 ?

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