Software : Flickr Pro dangles free 3 months in front of angry Instagram users

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Flickr Pro dangles free 3 months in front of angry Instagram users Posted: Photo-sharing service Flickr is hoping to capitalise on the Instagram terms of service controversy, by offering free access to its Pro service. The Yahoo-owned company is giving new and existing users three months of free Flickr Pro, the unlimited subscription service that usually costs $25 (UK£15, AUD$24) a year. Existing users will get three free months added to their subscription. The free offering also follows the launch of a brand new Flickr iOS app, which introduces Instagram-style filters, a brand new and attractive interface and the integration of Flickr Groups. Sniffing the opportunity The timing of the promotion is not insignificant, with users threatening to walk away from Instagram following a PR disaster for the Facebook-owned sharing service over the course of the last week. Instagram issued and subsequently reneged on a new Terms of Service document, which gave it the right to use members' photos in advertisements without paying the photographer or asking for permission. On Friday the company announced it was returning to its existing terms, but one feels that the damage has already been done. Flicker, once the most popular photo-sharing site on the web, now sees an opportunity to regain the ground it lost to the likes of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook Poke app now offers self-destructing option Posted: Facebook today launched its new Poke mobile messaging app for all of those who think social media would be better off without all of that pesky permanence. The Poke app lets users send short self-destructing messages, pictures, videos, and yes, even Facebook pokes to anyone and everyone on their friends list. Users can set messages with a timer of 1, 3, 5, or 10 seconds, giving the recipient a short window of time to view it before it vanishes forever. Because of short viewing time the app also lets recipients take screenshots of the messages, which also notifies the sender that their message has been saved. App deja vu If this all sounds familiar then there is a good chance you have already discovered Snapchat, a messaging app released back in June that offers nearly identical functionality. Snapchat has become the sexting app of choice due to its self-destructing messages leaving no trace behind, and now Facebook is making a bid for that audience. Messages sent with the Poke app can only be viewed through the app, without leaving a public marker on anyone's timeline. Just in case the messaging gets out of hand, there is also a report and block feature built into the app. Even though Facebook recently updated its Messenger app to allow communication with non-Facebook users, the Poke app is locked down to only those with a Facebook account. Poke is only available on iOS for now, so iPhone users can already start sending secret messages to all of their Facebook friends.

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