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Facebook Gives Its Ads a Boost, Using Your Photos

Peter Kafka in Media on February 9 at 2:58 pm PT

The world’s biggest photo-sharing service decides to make some money from all that sharing. Good timing!

So, How Long Does Facebook Keep Your Deleted Photos? (Comic)

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on February 8 at 3:01 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

Tobii’s Eye-Tracking Tech Knows What You’re Eyeing on Dating Sites

Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 6 at 8:00 am PT

Men like pictures; women like text. You don’t say.

Wikipedia’s Pledge Drive Ends — So Do Those Jarring Testimonials!

Tricia Duryee in Media on January 2 at 4:35 pm PT

The Wikimedia Foundation’s annual fundraiser ended today after the nonprofit raised $20 million from one million donors worldwide.

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Photo-Filter Hounds, Rejoice! Instagram Is Coming to Android.

Lauren Goode in Mobile on December 8, 2011 at 6:29 am PT

Instagram, the popular mobile photo-sharing app that has racked up around 14 million followers in the year since it launched, has always been an iPhone-only app — until now. CNET, The Verge and other outlets report that Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed yesterday, at the LeWeb conference in Paris, that he has dedicated staff working on an app for the Google Android mobile platform. He didn’t say exactly when the app would hit the Android Market, but said that he’s “excited to see our numbers today nearly double” when it does.

Loading Photos Into the Kindle Fire

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 7, 2011 at 2:38 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ technology questions, including loading photos into the Kindle Fire.

Here’s the Most Popular Image From Getty’s Flickr Collection

Peter Kafka in Media on October 19, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

There are 249,999 more.

Flickr Offers Official Android App and Virtual Photo-Viewing Parties

Liz Gannes in Social on September 28, 2011 at 12:31 pm PT

Flickr today debuted a couple of new photo creation and sharing tools: Its first official Android app and a new communal photo-sharing experience.

Last Night’s Amazing 9/11 Memorial Photo Is a Year Old

Peter Kafka in Media on September 12, 2011 at 8:23 am PT

But more important: Photographer John de Guzman isn’t particularly happy that the image went viral.

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Instagram Captures a Milestone: 150M Photo Uploads

Liz Gannes in Social on August 3, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

Instagram has reached a total of 150 million photos uploaded, with 1.3 million new ones uploaded per day, the company said today. The 150 millionth photo, of a carnival ride in the sunshine by user janefot, is here. That’s still quite a bit fewer than the 200 million photos uploaded to Facebook per day, but Instagram has only been around nine months and is available only as an app for the iPhone.