Yahoo made headlines this afternoon after they announced the purchase of the blogging/hipster porn site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. If you thought they’d need some time to lay down after all that big spending, they’re just getting started. Shortly after the Tumblr purchase, Yahoo made another announcement, this time with news about their dusty old photo hosting site, Flickr. Yup, Flickr, were you used to store all your 2MP jpegs back in middle-school. Well, they’re back and going all out with a new site redesign, new policies, and revamped mobile apps.
First off, let’s talk a little more about these “policy changes.” Make no mistake, Yahoo is gunning after Google and they aren’t pulling any punches. Flickr will now gladly store ALL of your photos (videos too, but only 3 minutes in length) for absolutely free. And that’s not even the best part. Whereas Google+ will only give you unlimited storage for photos up to 2048 resolution, Flickr will take all of them — no matter the resolution, absolutely any size, all the way up until 1TB. Yes, a full terabyte. While that normally wouldn’t sound too exciting (it being Flickr and all) keep in mind this is ain’t your grandpappy’s Flickr.