Outage at Yahoo-owned site preventing users from uploading and browsing images. October 8, 2013 7:43 PM PDT Flickr down. (Credit: Flickr) Photo-sharing site Flickr was down Tuesday night, preventing the site's users from uploading and browsing images. Related stories Yahoo: Miss Flickr during the outage? Try Tumblr! Foursquare's new app forgoes check-ins Flickr for iOS lets you apply filters before you snap the photo It wasn't immediately clear how long the site had been offline or what the cause was, but the Yahoo-owned site's usually home page was replaced by a message saying it was aware of the problem and was working to resolve the issue. CNET has contacted Flickr for more information and will update this report when we learn more. In celebration of Yahoo Mail's 16th birthday, the Web portal on Tuesday unveiled a host of new e-mail features, including a new desktop theme based on Flickr images. Unplanned outages from technical problems, some of which afflicted Flickr shortly after its major redesign earlier this year, remain a problem for many companies. Culprits there include hardware and software problems and network attacks.
Outage at Yahoo-owned site preventing users from uploading and browsing images.
Flickr down.
(Credit: Flickr)
Photo-sharing site Flickr was down Tuesday night, preventing the site's users from uploading and browsing images.
Related stories
- Yahoo: Miss Flickr during the outage? Try Tumblr!
- Foursquare's new app forgoes check-ins
- Flickr for iOS lets you apply filters before you snap the photo
It wasn't immediately clear how long the site had been offline or what the cause was, but the Yahoo-owned site's usually home page was replaced by a message saying it was aware of the problem and was working to resolve the issue.
CNET has contacted Flickr for more information and will update this report when we learn more.
In celebration of Yahoo Mail's 16th birthday, the Web portal on Tuesday unveiled a host of new e-mail features, including a new desktop theme based on Flickr images.
Unplanned outages from technical problems, some of which afflicted Flickr shortly after its major redesign earlier this year, remain a problem for many companies. Culprits there include hardware and software problems and network attacks.
