This time it's GhostBird, a thing that'll help them make Flickr better, maybe. GhostBird made apps that let you add filters and change colors in pictures you took. Now those things are gone, because Yahoo took them away. What thing will Yahoo buy next? Something.

Of all the reasons to flee a startup, death rarely ranks—but photo editor Corey Pein ditched Demotix after its acquisition by Corbis. "I thought their plans were dangerous," he explains. The Gates-owned copyright vault is under the gun again.

Brandon Stanton, the photog behind mega-popular portrait site Humans of New York, is posting specimens from his trip to Zuckerberg's Money Den. The results? Portlandia meets Palo Alto.