If you ever wanted to use Flickr, but you couldn't, because you didn't have Yahoo account, we're pleased to announce that Yahoo and Google have decided to become partners.

Thanks to this new partnership between Yahoo and Google, you can now open a new Flickr account with your OpenID. This is great, because Google users won't have to create a Yahoo account which is needed for signing up to Flickr. Instead, they can now sign up with their Google account almost instantly with a press of a single button.

Google is the first partner to team up with Yahoo, and we're positive that there will be more in the future. Of course, existing Flickr users will still have to use their Yahoo login to access Flickr. Question remains, why did Google decide to team up with its direct competitor Yahoo? Since many users prefer Flickr over Picasa, Google thought that this would be a good move in preventing its users from opening Yahoo accounts.

Anyhow, this is a great move by Yahoo and Google, and we can't wait to sign up for Flickr with our Google accounts.

[via Ubergizmo]