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Mediocrity Rules! Why the iPhone’s Crummy Camera Is Flickr’s Favorite.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm PT

Flickr is one of the Web’s most popular photo-sharing sites. Flickr users’ camera of choice? The iPhone–even though the image isn’t great, the flash is nonexistent, and the only way to zoom is to move your hand closer.

The Duck Call Stylings of Cisco's John Chambers (No, Really, Duck Calls)

Kara Swisher in News on July 7, 2009 at 6:34 pm PT

What hath the Flip digital video camera wrought? Well, for one, getting to see a major Silicon Valley tech exec do duck calls online, that’s what. Cisco PR guy John Earnhardt, who is obviously studying technique from BoomTown’s shaky-cam video style, caught company CEO and Chairman John Chambers quacking away in his office.