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Flickr is key prize in Yahoo takeover
As speculation over a possible Yahoo! takeover continues, commentators are suggesting that its photo sharing site, Flickr, is one of its key assets.
Microsoft recently made a $42.1 billion takeover bid for Yahoo!, and other firms believed to be interested in a possible deal include News Corp and AOL.
Now blogger Stephen Wellman, writing on Information Week, suggests that mobile phone maker Nokia should buy Yahoo, with the number one carrot being Flickr, "the best Web 2.0 application for storing and sharing digital photos".
He argues that Nokia - the world's biggest camera phone maker - "would be able to leverage its global dominance in the camera phone market and create a truly compelling synergy between its hardware and Yahoo!."
It seems more likely, though, that Yahoo will be bought by Microsoft, which wants to improve its Online Advertising position so that it can compete more effectively with Google.
But some Flickr users are not happy about that outcome, with more than 1,500 creating a group entitled "Microsoft: Keep Your Grubby Hands Off Our Flickr", Computer World reports.
Yahoo! News posted on 19 February 2008
