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Flickr is a killer resource for photographers of all stripes, but navigating through its massive photo catalog is far from elegant. Hopefully, Yahoo’s purchase of IQ Engines can change that. According to the image recognition startup’s website, IQ will be applying its skills to improving photo organization and search functionality to the online photo repository. Maybe its first order of business will be arranging all of Yahoo’s new logos.

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Via: TechCrunch

Source: IQ Engines

The mounting national debt? Yeah, you’re probably better off just ignoring why exactly it’s mounting. The Guardian is continuing the blow the lid off of the whole NSA / PRISM saga, today revealing new documents that detail how the NSA paid out “millions” of dollars to cover PRISM compliance costs for a multitude of monolithic tech outfits. As the story goes, the National Security Agency (hence, tax dollars from American taxpayers) coughed up millions “to cover the costs of major internet companies involved in the PRISM surveillance program after a court ruled that some of the agency’s activities were unconstitutional.” The likes of Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Facebook are expressly named, and while Google is still angling for permission to reveal more about its side of the story, other firms have conflicting tales.

For whatever it’s worth, a Yahoo spokesperson seemed a-okay with the whole ordeal, casually noting that this type of behavior is perfectly legal: “Federal law requires the US government to reimburse providers for costs incurred to respond to compulsory legal process imposed by the government. We have requested reimbursement consistent with this law.” Meanwhile, Facebook stated that it had “never received any compensation in connection with responding to a government data request.” Microsoft, as you might imagine, declined to comment, though we heard that Steve Ballmer could be seen in the distance throwing up a peace sign. At any rate, it’s fairly safe to assume that your worst nightmares are indeed a reality, and you may have a far more enjoyable weekend if you just accept the fact that The Man knows everything. Better, right?

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Source: The Guardian

For the first time in over two years, Yahoo came in at number on on ComScore‘s list of Top 50 US Web Properties. The list, which was just released today, is a bit of a surprise, as Yahoo hasn’t claimed the top position since May 2011. While initial speculation made it seem like the acquisition […]

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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Quite a lot of people wondered who Yahoo would function under its new CEO, the former Google executive Marissa Mayer. Since she took over, Yahoo has released a number of beautifully designed apps, shut down a number of its services and has made a few acquisitions as well. The biggest acquisition was Tumblr, which Yahoo acquired for $1.1 billion. Yahoo definitely seems to be focused on the future but today it brought back something from the past. The company has announced an update for its browser toolbar today, which lets users quickly access some of Yahoo’s most used services.

Much has changed from the early days when people had a lot of toolbars installed in Internet Explorer to enhance their browsing experience. Now other browsers such as Chrome, Safari and Firefox have jumped far ahead and most people don’t really use toolbars anymore. Nevertheless, its certainly a useful add-on for those people who heavily rely on Yahoo services. The toolbar offers quick access to search, email, local and international weather as well as financial news. It also lets you check in on social networks like Facebook and Tumblr. The toolbar has a new look and Yahoo says that they’ve made it to be quite fast. The toolbar is available for Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer from here.

Yahoo Announces New Update For Its Browser Toolbar original content from Ubergizmo.