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This week Facebook has been announced as purchasing Lightbox, this purchase topping off their recent $1 billion dollar grab of Instagram and coming up right behind their summer IPO. This service purchase will have lightbox.com shutting down sign-ups immediately and will have current users given a final chance to download their current photo collection before Continue Reading →

Like Tumblr and Pinterest before it, the popular online photo-sharing service is banning content that encourages eating disorders, self-mutilation, or suicide.  Read the full story at CNET Continue Reading →

Originally posted at MediaBizBloggers Most social media advertising is poorly suited to the medium. According to Vindico, nearly all (98%) online video ads were re-purposed from a broadcast original.  The lack of originality is one reason ads and sponsored stories on Facebook realize comparatively low average click through-rates of under 5%, says Spruce Media. One Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with Fox 5’s Steve Lacy & Heather Nauert about Instagram on Good Day Wake Up. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120410_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Would you buy Instagram, the second largest photo site on the Internet for a billion dollars?  Facebook did.  Considering that they can never make back the billion dollars Instagram will cost, what could have possessed Mark Zuckerberg and company to buy it?  Well, this is an easy Continue Reading →

Facebook has just announced that it will acquire Instagram, the popular mobile photo-sharing service for $1 billion in cash and shares.  Read the full story at All Things D Continue Reading →

Instagram has been around since 2010, available only to iOS devices. Android users have been waiting patiently, with repeated promises of an Android version arriving soon. Read the full story at CNET Read more Top Stories Continue Reading →

Instagram, the iPhone photo-sharing app that turns almost anyone into an artful photographer, is growing at an astonishing rate.The app now has 27 million registered users — up from 15 million in December, its co-founders announced Sunday. And a long-awaited version of Instagram for the Android platform is coming soon. Read the whole story at Continue Reading →

Leaked documents obtained by TechCrunch.com reveal that Facebook is creating a sophisticated photo-sharing app. Current photo apps like Instagram have become hugely successful, finding millions of users. Facebook users already upload 6 billion photos a month. Read the full article at TechCrunch.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110616_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Streaming online music service Pandora recently launched its initial public offering, selling 14.7 million shares opening day. The share price gives Pandora a valuation of nearly $2.6 billion, but many investors are skeptical about whether it’s worth it. Having millions of subscribed users does not necessarily translate Continue Reading →