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Primarily interested in the synergies with flickr, Polaroid has emerged as a white knight in Yahoo’s battle against a hostile takeover by Microsoft.

Arguing that the Polaroid platform is more flexible and developer-friendly than Windows could ever be, Polaroid is busily porting the flickr archive.

The medium is the message. We make McLuhan manifest in multimedia. The early days of any new media mimic its predecessor, and it’s still early days in the Internet,” said spokesperson Dr. Lirpa Sloof.

Polaroid has been in stealth mode, developing Film 3.0 for years now, with big plans to scale the medium. At TED, I saw a sneak peek (photos below, finally released from embargo)…

16 responses to “Polaroid Makes Bid for Yahoo”

  1. brilliant! (is that beard real? or is it polaroid editable digital 3.0 film effect
    wonderin when will get invited to a TED 😉 😀

  2. @Foto Fever…."s that beard real? or is it polaroid editable digital 3.0 film effect" No it s the Todd Effect O=) (really thought it was todd for a sec ,from the thumbnail)

  3. Bid closes at noon I assume?

  4. So will that make us "Flickroids" if they buy Yahoo?

  5. 🙂

    She’s made a lot of wicked moves today…this Dr. Lirpa…

  6. this post is already indexed by google wtf?
    http://www.google.com.ar/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&...;

    Polaroid Makes Bid for Yahoo on Flickr – Photo Sharing!– [ Traduzca esta página ]
    The early days of any new media mimic its predecessor, and it’s still early days in the Internet,” said spokesperson Dr. Lirpa Sloof. …
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2381094236/hace 24 minutos – Páginas similares – Anotar esto

    wow.

  7. nice one 🙂

    and on google well fast !

  8. I believe everything I read today 🙂


    Seen in my contacts’ photos. (?)

  9. i love my polaroidian pals, but sometimes i just get way too into it, looking through faves and all, and the chemicals kind of fume me out.

  10. Apparently Dr. Lirpa sloof was also behind this:

    Google Goes Nuclear

    APRIL 01, 2008

    Discuss >

    The telecom industry’s concerns about the growing strength and dominance of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG – message board) were further realized Tuesday when the Internet advertising and search giant disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has developed nuclear capabilities to help power its business and protect itself from "unforeseen events."

    Google noted in a "Form AF" that while its nuclear installations (locations unspecified) have been developed initially to help power its enormous server farms, the same capabilities will likely be used to develop "land-based defense systems" that could help thwart "terrorist threats" and "hostile takeovers," and take it a step further towards its goal of becoming an independent, sovereign, but profitable, entity.

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