If you use Twitter, and follow lots of people who post photos from Instagram, you may notice that those photos don’t look quite right.
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Facebook Releases New Instagram-Style Photo App for iPhone
Hey, remember when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion? Well apparently buying the number one mobile photo app on the market isn’t stopping the freshly IPO-ed Facebook team from releasing a similar app of its …
Could iOS Photo Sharing Be Apple’s Next Ping-like Social Failure?
Apple’s enjoyed success in almost everything it’s done lately, with the exception of social networking.
The company may try to change that with iOS 6, the next version of its iPhone and iPad software. Unnamed “people familiar …
Apple’s Phil Schiller: Instagram Snob
When Instagram arrived on Android a couple weeks ago, we all laughed at iPhone users who were disgusted with the Android riff-raff in their exclusive photo-sharing club. Turns out one of those snobbish iPhone users was Phil …
TechnologizerSocial Networking
Dear Facebook: Here’s How to Not Screw Up Instagram
First, an important disclaimer: I’m not predicting that Facebook is going to ruin Instagram, the wonderful photo-sharing service for smartphones which it is acquiring.
True, when I think of startups Facebook has acquired, I …
Facebook to Buy Instagram: 5 Lingering Questions
When Facebook announced on Monday that it will buy Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stocks, both companies emphasized that the photo-sharing app isn’t going away. But that’s about all they focused on in the announcement, …
How to Quit Instagram and Export Your Photos
Seeing as I just started using Instagram last week when it first became available for Android, it’s hard for me to muster outrage over the fact today Facebook bought it for $1 billion.
But apparently people are upset.
I …
Facebook to Acquire Instagram Photo-Sharing App
Facebook just announced that “it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a fun, popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices.” The deal consists of “approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook” …
Kevin Systrom Says Comparing Instagram to Photography Is Like ‘Comparing Twitter to Microsoft Word’
TIME talks with the Instagram co-founder about the pressure to monetize, photo snobs & why a good mobile experience is so hard to come by.
TechnologizerSmartphones
Maybe You’d Be Better Off Without Filters, Instagram
I’m not sure if I have a favorite smartphone app, but I can’t think of one which has given me more pleasure than Instagram.
I like using it to take photos with my iPhone 4S; I like sharing them; I like seeing the photos which …
No Joke: Instagram Is Finally Available for Android
The wait is over. Instagram has finally released an app for Android, available right this second on Google Play.
It’s no secret that Android users coveted the app, which was previous only available on the iPhone. According to …