Dr. Augustine Fou creates Flickr Cash: Possibly the first e-commerce Mash Up!
June 7th, 2007
Dr. Augustine Fou who is also known for his work on contextual commerce has created a site called FlickrCash which is a powerful search engine for Flickr. Sounds normal so far right?? well just wait a second. And you’ll see why this guy totally Pwns. Once a term is entered into the search box and queried one will receive thousands of thumbnails on your screen relating to your search topic. So, now you’ve got a bunch of thumbnails, and you want to use one legitimately on your site (or you could search for those images within the creative commons). What Dr. Augustine Fou has done now is basically merged his Flickr search engine with what basically amounts to a peer to peer shopping cart. Another reason this is so cool is that Fou doesn’t own the photos, or pay for their hosting, he just found a way to utilize an existing service and merge it with e commerce. We’ll see what Yahoo has to say about it:)
A word from Dr Augustine Fou
“I created FlickrCash because I found many really beautiful photos on Flickr but could not use them for “commercial” purposes like design work for clients, because there was no way to document I had a license to use it. FlickrCash is BOTH a search/find interface to more quickly find images on Flickr, and also a way to document that you have a license to use a specific image.”
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