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Popular photo sharing service Flickr added a new feature Wednesday that lets users tag each other in photos. In addition, Flickr has updated its privacy controls so users can opt out of being personally identified in individual photos. Once a person is tagged, it makes finding them in searches much easier. Instead of searching for somebody’s name and only seeing photos blindly tagged with your search term, Flickr now shows you where that person is located inside the photo — especially helpful if you’re looking at a group shot. (full article...)

Webmonkey | Flickr Adds People Tagging for Finding Friends in Photos (by Michael Calore)