Yahoo is launching a native Flickr app for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 later this month that leverages Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.
The app connects Flickr data with Windows Azure via an API. Using Windows Azure, Yahoo is able to optimize the images for the Windows 7 environments and on the Windows Phone 7 devices.
For example, let's say someone is using the Flickr app on a Windows 7 tablet device and decides to view one of their albums. The app then makes a call to Windows Azure, which computes the context for the way the image should be viewed on the device.
On a Windows Phone 7 device, the Flickr app shows images in its "live" tiles interface. These are flat, square tiles on the device. They represent your email inboxes, phone calls and apps among other things.
The images appear in the tiles and then open according to the context of the device. You can tap on a tile to get a map via Bing and then swipe to view a comments section.
The Flickr app will be available January 31.
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