I like Fotopic for its ability to instantly generate online photo albums but there are two new services that will come in handy if and when I need to share a single image for a brief period of time.
Both UploadYourImages.com and TinyPic do not require registration but there are some restrictions. UploadYourImages.com limits file sizes to 500kb while TinyPic automatically resizes images that are larger than 250kb. TinyPic also deletes pictures from its servers after 10,000 hits or 30 days of inactivity.
(If you have time to kill, browse through random pictures on UploadYourImages.com and the 50 most popular images on TinyPic to see what’s on Joe and Jane Internet’s minds.)
So what’s the catch? There was a suggestion these services could be using spyware in some way to track users but I’m not sure how they would be doing this.
A whois check shows TinyPic was registered by Alex Welch, the guy behind Photobucket.com. Like Photobucket.com, TinyPic is accepting donations but I suspect the owners of services like these are willing to absorb the initial costs in order to build up a large enough user base with the hopes of eventually tempting advertisers.
(Link obtained from MeFi.)
