Corbis Supplies Thousands of Images For Yahoo! Picture Gallery; Yahoo! Users Can Select From Vast Collection of Pictures.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 Corbis(R), The Place for Pictures on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the (TM)(www.corbis.com), today announced that it is providing images for Yahoo!(R) Picture Gallery (http://gallery.yahoo.com). Yahoo! Picture Gallery, which launched earlier this month, is one of the biggest selections of browseable photographs on the Internet. With more than 400,000 photographic and fine art images from Corbis to choose from, Yahoo! Picture Gallery allows users to add photos to their Yahoo! Briefcase In Windows 95/98, a system folder used for synchronizing files between two computers, typically a desktop and laptop computer. Files to be worked on are placed into a Briefcase, which is then transferred to the second machine via floppy, cable or network. (http://briefcase.yahoo.com), send the photo as Yahoo! Greetings greetings interj an expression of friendly salutation (http://greetings.yahoo.com), or add the photo to Yahoo! Pagebuilder where they can add it to their Yahoo! GeoCities Yahoo! GeoCities is a webhosting service founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet (BHI). In its original form, site users selected a "city" in which to place their webpages. (http://geocities.yahoo.com) Web page. "This agreement allows Yahoo! users to choose the perfect Corbis image and use it in a variety of ways, from incorporating it into their Yahoo! GeoCities Web page to ordering a custom-framed print," said David Rheins, vice president of Corbis Productions. "This exciting relationship marks a significant step in Corbis' efforts to bring the world's finest World's Finest may refer to:
"Our relationship with Corbis provides Yahoo! users with a vast selection of photographs and images along with creative and convenient applications," said Mark Hull, senior producer of communications, Yahoo!. "We are working with Corbis because they share our commitment to provide quality products and services to our large user base worldwide." About Corbis Corbis is the world's definitive destination for licensing digital photography and fine art. The Corbis Collection -- more than 65 million images, with more than 2.1 million available online -- contains some of the world's most significant photography and fine art from more than 1,500 creative sources, including Ansel Adams and the Bettmann Collection as well as leading celebrity, commercial, and news photographers. Corbis, with over 850 employees worldwide, is a privately owned company based in Seattle, with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and Paris. For more information about Corbis and its products and services, call 800/260-0444, 425/641-4505, fax 425/746-1618, or visit the Web site at www.corbis.com. Corbis and The Place for Pictures on the Internet, are registered trademarks of Corbis Corporation in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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