rumors – Andy Sternberg https://andysternberg.com insights from the digital future Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:47:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 3320022 Flickr Video Uploads Are Go https://andysternberg.com/flickr-to-allow-video-uploads-starting-today/ https://andysternberg.com/flickr-to-allow-video-uploads-starting-today/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:47:18 +0000 http://netzoo.net/?p=913 Continue reading "Flickr Video Uploads Are Go"

]]> UPDATE It’s 6p.m. PDT and it is NOW possible to upload videos (for Flickr PRO account holders). My question is, will it accept video uploads via e-mail, i.e. directly from a camera phone? Let’s see.
flickr video screenshot

The service will only take 90 seconds of video at up to 150mb for starters, which is fine. There are other options for longer video, and as Arrington wrote, “The short clips are a perfect compliment to event photos….”

Written at 3:45 p.m.: Or are they? I just wasted a good 15 minutes trying to figure it out after reading blog posts on both CNET’s WebWare and TechCrunch “announcing” the launch of Flickr Video hosting (complete with samples). But as far as anything official from Yahoo, only the rumor itself has been confirmed as rumor, albeit in a Flickr video — irreverent teaser from Stewart Butterfield and Heather Champ (with puppets) on the Flickr blog:

Hopefully this will be live later today (as rumored)!

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