Two years ago, photo-sharing application Instagram came onto the scene and quickly took the entire Internet by storm. Within its short existence, the service has made some major updates, been gobbled up by Facebook for $300 million in cash and 23 million shares of stock, and now has over 100 million registered users with ...
Instagram celebrates its second year with over 100 million users and over 5 billion photos shared
on 10.8.12
Instagram for Android follows iOS update with improved password recovery, new registration flow
on 9.28.12
As expected, Instagram today updated its native Android app to match the iOS update released earlier this week. You can download the latest version now from the official Google Play store. If you forget your Instagram password or username, all you have to do is tap the “Forgot Password?” link on the sign-in page, which ...
Shelly Palmer Radio Report – September 28, 2012
on 9.28.12
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally has something to be happy about. In August, for the first time ever, the Facebook-owned Instagram had more active mobile users than Twitter. In fact, Instagram’s daily user count has increased by about 6.5 million in six months. That’s good news for Facebook; it’s been following ...
Instagram Now Has More Daily Active Users on Mobile Than Twitter
on 9.27.12
Mark Zuckerberg must be smiling right now. Instagram passed Twitter in daily active users on mobile in August for the first time, according to new comScore data provided to Mashable. Instagram had 7.3 million daily mobile users for the month, while Twitter had 6.9 million. In fact, comScore’s data shows that Instagram’s ...
Leo DiCaprio-backed Mobli lands $22m more to enhance visual media sharing platform, boost usage
on 9.19.12
Whether it will be able to withstand the intense rivalry of the likes of Instagram, Viddy and SocialCam – plus a plethora of other media sharing apps – remains to be seen, but photo and video sharing platform startup Mobli has picked up $22 million in fresh funding to give it a shot. Mobli, which hit 2 million users in ...
Oh snap: Google acquires Apple’s favorite iPad app
on 9.17.12
Apple is a huge fan of Snapseed, the mobile photo editor for iPad and iPhone from Nik Software. So much so, in fact, that Apple named it the 2011 “iPad App of the Year.” But Snapseed has an even bigger admirer in Google, which just bought the German company behind the app, according to a report by The Verge. Apple’s ...
Instagram reportedly headed to Windows Phone 8
on 9.12.12
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 is finally starting to look like a mobile operating system that can compete with iOS and Android. Nokia’s colorful and feature-packed Lumia 820 and 920 Windows Phone 8 smartphones only serve to cement that feeling with wireless charging and a PureView camera. But the platform really needs ...
Instagram has grown more than 1,100% in six months
on 9.12.12
Facebook may be having trouble monetizing its one billion members, however its recent acquisition of Instagram is seen as a huge win for the company. The social networking giant purchased the popular photo-sharing app in April for about $1 billion and since then it has grown more than 1,100%, Business Insider reported. ...
Hip San Francisco Coffee Shop Bans Instagram
on 8.27.12
San Francisco’s Four Barrel Coffee made a stir last week when it posted a sign of rules including “not talking about annoying hipster topics”. Ever the fans of self-reference, its bohemian customers wouldn’t stop snapping camera phone pics of the sign so Four Barrel had to update it with a new rule: “No posting ...
Twitter developers send inquiries to the Federal Trade Commission over possible anti-trust issues
on 8.24.12
If you haven’t had your head in the sand over the past few weeks, you’ll know that people aren’t very happy with Twitter. This includes third-party developers, which have begun reaching out to the Federal Trade Commission urging them to look into recent restrictions put on them by the service. Technically savvy users ...
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