Flickr Update Brings @Username Tags And Notifications
Flickr’s iOS app, which pretty much relaunched the company into mobile after years of creeping neglect, has gotten a pretty significant update. No, it has’t yet gotten an iPad-native version, but you will like the new features nonetheless.
First up are some welcome but pedestrian changes – you can now save your own photos to your camera roll, as well as save the original, non-filtered versions of shots taken with the app. Uploading is faster, and the light-box view (the full-screeny, black-background view) now uses higher-res photos. And you can use the volume button to snap a picture.
But the coolest part is the improved social aspect. You can now use @-replies to tag users in comments. That is, you could write @mistercharlie in a comment and it will autocomplete my name, turn that tag into a link (to my photo stream) and – if I have the option switched on – send me a notification.
If you use Instagram or Twitter, this will seem very familiar. It should also take Flickr another step closer to being a great Instagram alternative. I can’t wait – I love Instagram, but I certainly don’t like Facebook. The problem is everyone I know is on Instagram not Flickr.
Anyhow. Grab the update and – if you like – follow me. Better still, leave a comment so I can test these notifications – they don’t seem to activate if I add comments to my own pictures.
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Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
