Instagram responded to user outcry Tuesday over the company’s updated terms of service, clarifying that it does not intend to sell a user’s photos and that users still retain all rights to their content, in an update to the terms of service originally released by the company on Monday morning. The blog post said that ...
No, Instagram Can’t Sell Your Photos to Anyone
on 12.18.12
"You agree that a business may pay Instagram to display your photos in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions without any compensation to you." That sentence was added to Instagram's terms of service yesterday, sparking widespread outrage — the most panicked analysis claims Instagram just gave itself ...
Your Instagram Photos Are Up For Sale and You Can’t Opt Out
on 12.18.12
On Monday, Instagram said that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry. The new intellectual property policy, which takes effect on January 16, comes three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the ...
Instagram and Advertisements? Prepare for the Future of Photos
on 12.13.12
The beauty of Instagram is its simplicity and lack of advertisements. But if comments made by Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s vice president of global marketing solutions are accurate, advertisements could be coming to Instagram in the near future. When asked if Facebook would put ads on the photo-sharing app and micro social ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – December 11, 2012
on 12.11.12
Over the past week, you may have noticed Instagram not showing up on Twitter. Well, now they’re gone for good. Twitter disabled the ability to view these photos on its site in hopes that you’d be more likely to use Twitter’s own web interface for photos. But there’s just something about adding filters and ...
Instagram Pictures Are Totally Gone From Twitter
on 12.9.12
Instagram pictures have been wonky inside of Twitter ever since Instagram disabled Twitter cards in hopes of driving users to its own web interface. Now Instagram pictures aren't showing at all in Twitter's native web client, and that change is permanent. From now on, links to Instagram pictures on Twitter will work as ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – December 6, 2012
on 12.6.12
If you have a smartphone and love taking pictures with it, you’ve probably tinkered around with Instagram. For those who don’t know, Instagram is a free photo-sharing app that lets you take a photo, apply different filters to it and then share it with your friends and family. Beyond adding filters, did you know ...
Instagram and Twitter Are Fighting
on 12.5.12
From now on, you may happen to notice Instagram photos appearing oddly on Twitter. Some images may appear cropped or somewhat off. This is not a bug. It’s because Instagram doesn’t want to play nice with Twitter anymore. In a post to Twitter’s status blog on Wednesday morning, the company notified users that Instagram ...
25 Standout Apps From 2012
on 12.4.12
Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were, without a doubt, the most talked about apps of 2012, but they're not what we consider the top apps of the year. Newcomers like Zeebox and Ad Hawk weren't part of everyday conversation for most smartphone users, but we feel they should be. Although some were launched before 2012, we feel ...
How to Master Instagram Tilt-Shift
on 11.29.12
Instagram’s tilt-shift effect is the finishing touch on a work of smartphone art. It can be a masterstroke or a muddy mess, depending on how you use it. Too often, we’ve seen tilt-shift overused, misappropriated or misunderstood. For the uninitiated, the tilt-shift effect is used by photographers to highlight a plane or ...
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