What's next for Flickr after Yahoo's sale?

Future of photo-sharing site remains unclear but its founders say the innovation at Flickr died as soon as it was acquired in 2005

As Verizon gobbles up ailing tech company Yahoo for $4.8bn, the prognosis for photo-sharing site Flickr remains unclear.

In an age of Instagram and hipster filters, it's easy to forget that Flickr used to be hands down the best photo sharing tool on the internet, with loads of features and a huge, vibrant community of professional and amateur photographers. It combined a social, celebratory environment with image storage in an era long before Picasa, Dropbox and iCloud.