Tim Wang's eLearning Blog

It's funny that this morning on the way to work I was thinking about how flickr should expand their service to a wider audience. I know such a service can be really profitable in Asia. Then here I read this from a Chinese news network (Xinhua)

BEIJING, Mar. 22 -- Ludicorp Research & Development Ltd. President Stewart Butterfield on Monday confirmed Yahoo has agreed to acquire its photo-sharing Web site Flickr.

Wonder what's Yahoo really up to, they have recently acquired multiple companies and rolloing out bundled services such as blogging, wiki and group organizers. Here's a quote that may answer the question:

Last week, Yahoo said its 360 service will combine instant messaging, photo storage and sharing, and Internet radio together. It is currently being tested by employees, and will be made available to Yahoo users by March 29.

So I guess Yahoo = search engine + game + instant messaging + blog + photo storage + internet radio + 300 other services!