Microsoft plans to open an analogue of Flickr
Microsoft soon will have the new on-line service similar to popular photoservice Flickr.
Started about three years ago service Flickr now belongs to company Yahoo. The photobank totals more than 25 million active users and in Flickr database are stored hundred millions digital images. The service is accessible in English, French, German, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese languages.
On November 9th on site Microsoft there was an announcement of search of the expert which could head a command of developers of new on-line service. In the announcement it is marked that in the long term given service ” should make competition Flickr, SmugMug and to other similar services “. From the description of vacancy follows that the service will be included into family of free-of-charge web-applications of Windows Live.
Observers are asked by a question whether one more is necessary to network community Flickr. However occurrence of photoservice from Microsoft can help users Flickr. The matter is that for high-grade access to the given service it is necessary to pay 25 dollars a year. And if Microsoft will offer free-of-charge photoservice company Yahoo, quite probably, will reconsider cost of a subscription on Flickr or in general will make service free-of-charge.
It is necessary to notice that recently corporation Microsoft applies many efforts on strengthening own positions in the market the Internet-services. Nevertheless, according to general director Microsoft Steve Ballmer, during some time on-line initiatives of corporation will remain unprofitable as Microsoft continues to invest means in corresponding sphere. However incomes of advertising, according to Balmer, nevertheless grow.
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