Nokia has added another device to its burgeoning Lumia portfolio of smartphones today, with the introduction of the Lumia 925: a sleek, PureView-branded handset that will be its first flagship on T-Mobile U.S. At today’s London launch, Nokia executive VP of smart devices, Jo Harlow, sat down with TechCrunch to field a few questions.
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Nokia’s Smart Devices Chief On Instagram, Android, Phablets & The Continued Lack Of A 41MP PureView Lumia
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on May 14, 2013
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With Oggl From Hipstamatic, Vyclone And More, Nokia Focuses On Camera Features (But Still No Instagram In Sight)
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on May 14, 2013
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Nokia is going big on the camera features in its new 925 and 928 Lumia devices, continuing on in its PureView legacy first introduced back when it was still making Symbian devices. Within that it is adding a few key apps to the device — Oggl from Hipstamatic, the slick video sharing app Vyclone and Cinemagraph — but there is still no sign of popular picture-taking and picture-sharing app Instagram.
Suspected ID thief exposed by food porn on Instagram
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on May 12, 2013
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Investigators say that a man accused of being in illegal possession of 50,000 IDs was caught after they found an image he took of a steak and macaroni and cheese meal on Instagram. [Read more]
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Grow First, Ads Later: Facebook’s Strategy For Desktop, Mobile, And Now Instagram
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on May 6, 2013
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When you’re spreading like wildfire, why douse the flames to make a few bucks? Facebook’s willingness to wait on advertising helped its site and mobile apps grow massive, and now it’s applying the same strategy to Instagram. Wall Street is clamoring for Facebook to earn back the $ 700+ million it spent buying the photo app, but Mark Zuckerberg refuses to trade tomorrow’s dollars for today’s dimes.
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The Trouble With Identity’s Late Arrival On Instagram
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on May 3, 2013
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BeTheDancer is Alex Greenburg’s name and handle on Instagram. He’s a good friend and a brilliant photographer, but because Instagram doesn’t require real names, I had a lot trouble using the app’s new tagging feature to point him out in my photos. Right now, Instagram’s 100 million users are discovering that while pseudoanonymity can be fun, it’s not very functional.
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Nokia Sweden tips official Instagram app is coming to Windows Phone
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on April 21, 2013
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Android users and iPhone users have been able to enjoy the wonders of Instagram on their phones for quite some time, but where is the love for Windows Phone 8 users? Well one concerned used decided to ask Nokia Sweden whether the Instagram app will be heading over to his Nokia Lumia 920 anytime soon,
Nike PHOTOiD colors Air Max sneakers with the aid of Instagram snapshots
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on April 18, 2013
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Sure, you can head over to Nike’s online shoe repository and haphazardly toggle through color options for a custom pair of kicks. Or, you could let your Instagram library do the heavy lifting. With the new PHOTOiD HTML5 web app, the shoe maker combines those filtered smartphone snapshots with its custom ordering process. Once a photo has been selected, the software applies the color palette to a pair of Air Max 1, 90 or 95 sneakers — based on the available color library for each footwear option, of course. From there, sharing is enabled through the usual social networks and creations can be purchased to hit your doorstep in about a month. Consult the source link below to color your pair of Air Max 90s based on yesterday’s sandwich or iced coffee.
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See a pro photog’s beautiful Instagram view of baseball
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on March 30, 2013
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Veteran Sports Illustrated photographer Brad Mangin captures MLB’s more intimate moments in these cool shots from his Instagram account that have been turned into a book. [Read more]
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Klout Users Can Now Add Bing To Their Account And Include Instagram In Their Score
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on March 28, 2013
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Klout, the service for measuring online influence, is boosting its integration with both Bing and Instagram today.
On the Bing side, the news follows last fall’s announcement of a strategic investment from and partnership with Microsoft. That announcement included the unveiling of a feature in Bing that would show Klout scores for select people. (And Bing continues to surface more data on that front.)
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The sheer sadness of Nokia begging Instagram for a date
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on March 21, 2013
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It used to be that phones were sexy. Now, even good phones are resorting to begging for apps. Isn’t this a little demeaning? [Read more]
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Polaroid to make Socialmatic Camera a reality for fans of Instagram, recursion
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on March 2, 2013
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Instagram owes its distinctive identity to Polaroid’s OneStep cameras; it’s now time to return the favor. Socialmatic has signed a deal for a production, Polaroid-branded version of its 2012 Socialmatic Camera concept you see above, which translates the mobile app’s retro icon to a real-world, instant-print shooter. While technical details are scarce, the agreement will see accessory maker C&A Marketing build and sell the design sometime in the first quarter of 2014. If the finished Polaroid work is anything like the concept, it could be more than a novelty with its interchangeable lens system, 4.3-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, WiFi and 16GB of storage. We don’t know if the camera will ship with Android, but we hope it does — there would be an appropriately Xzibit-like aspect to running Instagram on top of an Instagram-shaped camera.
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Instagram, Twitter posts begin to flow from North Korean 3G network
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on February 28, 2013
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This week, tourists (and at least one reporter) visiting North Korea began accessing the web directly from their smartphones, through the country’s Koryolink 3G network. Associated Press journalist Jean H. Lee has been tweeting from Pyongyang since Monday, though she didn’t get around to detailing the service until yesterday. Her tweet, “Hello world from comms center in #Pyongyang,” is believed to be the first to come through the new wireless data service, which can be activated for the princely sum of €75 (about $ 100). From there, data rates range from €150 for 2GB to €400 for 10 gigs, according to a DailyNK report. (Those tariffs should come as no surprise to DPRK visitors, who often shell out thousands for week-long tours that include meager accommodations and constant monitoring.)
The Koryolink network, which was built in cooperation with Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, marks a radical shift in policy for North Korea, which also recently began to allow tourists to enter the country with their own cellphones — previously, visitors were required to hand over the devices upon landing in Pyongyang. Access may be pricey, but considering that connectivity can provide peace of mind to travelers and their families at home, a data-enabled SIM seems a worthwhile acquisition for anyone visiting 3G’s famous final frontier.
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Source: AP, DailyNK, Jean H. Lee (Instagram)
Instagram tops 100 million active users per month: what policy uproar?
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on February 26, 2013
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Instagram started reporting its active user base in what many saw as an attempt to quell talk of an exodus following its terms of service debacle. It has a better reason to post hard numbers today, however: there’s now a neat, tidy 100 million active Instagram users every month. The milestone suggests that another 10 million mobile photographers got hooked on square-shaped photography in about five weeks, and it implies that the Facebook-owned company isn’t about to slow down just yet. Not that everyone is in a position to join the party, mind you.
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Instagram reportedly says no to native Blackberry 10 app
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on February 22, 2013
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Blackberry, ever confident in its Blackberry 10 platform, threw a lot of effort into ensuring that consumers would have access to a variety of apps, including the staples everyone wants such as Facebook and Twitter. One highly popular app is still missing, however – Instagram. According to sources, the company isn’t planning on making a
Instagram seeks dismissal of lawsuit over TOS change
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on February 14, 2013
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Facebook-owned photo-sharing service says plaintiff could have deleted her account before the change but didn’t and continued to use the service. [Read more]
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InstaThis Prints Out Your Instagram Photos On Wood Or Acrylic
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on February 13, 2013
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Printing out your Instagram photos isn’t all that revolutionary.
We’ve seen countless companies do this: CanvasPop puts your Instagrams on Canvas, Printstagram turns them into calendars, minibooks, and stickers, while Kanvess will hook you up with 3×3-inch Instagram prints for 25 cents a pop.
But a new service called InstaThis is taking it to a whole new level, letting users print their Instagram photos onto either wood or acrylic. “There’s a bit more craftsmanship in what we do,” said founder Nate Larkin.
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Twitter unveils Vine, its six-second Instagram for video
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on January 24, 2013
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Twitter acquired Vine last fall, and today it unveiled the stand-alone iOS app. It offers short looping videos that can be embedded anywhere. [Read more]
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Instagram For Video – Music, Meaning And Moments Succeed Where Others Fail
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on January 20, 2013
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Editor’s note: Peter Csathy is president and CEO of online video technology company Sorenson Media.
There is a burgeoning fascination around the topic of which startups will become the “Instagram for video.” Stories abound on the subject. But while most articles do identify mobile video “contenders,” they also miss the mark, because they fail to focus on the fundamental differences between video and still-image content. These differences mean that virtually all current “public share”-focused video Instagram clones are dead on arrival out of the gates.
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Instagram sends reminder to users about policy changes
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on January 15, 2013
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The photo-sharing site, owned by Facebook, sends an email to users to remind them the new terms of service and privacy policy go into effect Saturday. [Read more]
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Instagram one month later: No hint of lingering troubles
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on January 3, 2013
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After the December debacle over new wording in its terms of service, traffic statistics suggest Instagram has recovered nicely. [Read more]
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Instagram kicks off New Year’s Eve with worldwide photo stream
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on January 1, 2013
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The photo-sharing social network creates a desktop-optimized stream that displays how users around the globe — from Dakar to Dublin to Doha — are ringing in the New Year. [Read more]
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Former Engadget editor-in-chief quits Instagram, Facebook
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on December 31, 2012
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Instagram User Drop Claims Overblown
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on December 28, 2012
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Nerval’s Lobster writes “When AppData first posted a graph showing a 25 percent drop in Instagram’s daily active users, it sparked a flurry of discussion online—much of it focused on the recent controversy over the photo-sharing service’s Terms of Use. The New York Post, for example, blamed the dip on a ‘revolt’ among Instagram users incensed over changes in the Terms of Use, including new legalese that some interpreted as blanket permission for the service to start selling user photos to advertisers. But a new statement from AppData, which tracks app traffic, suggests there’s another cause behind the dip in daily active users: the season. ‘The decline in Facebook-connected daily active users began closer to Christmas, not immediately after the proposed policy changes,’ read a statement the firm sent to The Wall Street Journal. ‘The drop between Dec. 24 and 25 seems likely to be related to the holiday, during which time people are traveling and otherwise have different routines than usual.’” It’s also possible (likely, even) that there’s no loss of users at all. AppData only checks a subset of Instagram users, and the photo-sharing site itself has said the data represented there is not accurate. Another article points out that several other Facebook-related services showed significant drops, according to AppData, which could suggests a problem with the entire platform or with the data gathering methods.
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Users flee Instagram after privacy outcry
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on December 28, 2012
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Instagram faces lawsuit for terms of service changes
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on December 26, 2012
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Instagram over the company's controversial update to its terms of service last week.
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Class-Action Lawsuit Goes After Instagram Terms of Service Changes
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on December 26, 2012
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New submitter Alex Belits writes “Users of the Instagram image sharing service owned by Facebook filed a class action against Facebook for the recent change in Terms of Service.” The changes that were supposed to take effect on January 16, 2013 declared for Facebook an unlimited right to use and license users’ photos, added an arbitration requirement for legal disputes, and more. Guess the lawyers involved here weren’t impressed enough by Facebook’s hasty back-pedaling on this front; the company did explicitly disclaim ownership interest in the uploaded photos after a wave of complaints, but left in place certain other clauses in the new terms.
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Instagram hit with proposed class-action lawsuit
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on December 25, 2012
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Suit claims that not only is Instagram making a “grab for customer property rights” with tweaks to its terms of service, it’s also attempting to cover its tail by prohibiting users from seeking legal relief. [Read more]
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Instagram Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Related To Last Week’s Change Of Service Terms
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on December 25, 2012
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Instagram just got a lump of coal in its stocking: a class action lawsuit, which was filed in response to its change of service terms last week. Reuters reports that a California Instagram user has leveled breach of contract and other claims against Instagram owner Facebook. In response, Facebook told Reuters “we believe this complaint is without merit and we will fight it vigorously.”
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User takes shot at Instagram with proposed class-action suit
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on December 24, 2012
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Suit claims that not only is Instagram making a “grab for customer property rights” with tweaks to its terms of service, it’s also attempting to cover its tail by prohibiting users from seeking legal relief. [Read more]
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CrunchWeek: The Big Instagram Backlash, Cash For Facebook Messages, Twitter Sprucing Up For An IPO
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on December 23, 2012
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There was certainly no pre-holiday slump when it came to tech news, so we had a lot to talk about in the latest CrunchWeek, that very special time of the week when a few of us gather in front of the TechCrunch TV cameras and dig into a few of the most interesting stories of the past few days.
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Instagram takes a hit, but users may be too addicted to quit
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on December 22, 2012
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Even though it backed away from a controversial change to its Terms of Use policy, Instagram’s once glossy image has taken a big hit.
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Instagram reverts to prior terms of service after user outcry
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on December 21, 2012
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iOS Instagram Gets Update With Facebook Single Sign-On, New Filter And Album Uploading Option
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on December 21, 2012
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Instagram just released a new version of its iOS app which allows people to login through Facebook’s iOS 6 single sign-on integrations. It also adds a new filter called Mayfair, and returns the ability to share photos from any album on your iPhone instead of just the main camera roll, which many users missed after it disappeared from the app’s last update. Users can now sign in directly with their FB account, while the Mayfair filter adds a cool lavender cast, lightens the center of the photo and has subtle vignetting (Instagram really seems to be into purple lately, as evidenced by Mayfair and Willow, last week’s new filter).
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Instagram Reverts To Original Ad Terms After Outcry, Says It Needs To Figure Out Ad Program First
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on December 21, 2012
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Following the controversy over recently-unveiled changes to its terms of service, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom just announced via blog post that the advertising-related section of the TOS has reverted to “the original version that has been in effect since we launched the service in October 2010.”
The Facebook-owned photo service had already hinted that this was coming, with Systrom saying that the team was listening to user concerns and that there would be changes to the TOS to make it clear that “it is not our intention to sell your photos.”
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Insta-hate: users wary of Instagram promises
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on December 20, 2012
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Instagram users in uproar over plans to sell their pics
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on December 19, 2012
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Instagram has alerted its users to a change in its Terms of Use policy, and users are in an uproar about it.
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Instagram won’t sell user photos, vows co-founder
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on December 19, 2012
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After coming under loud and unrelenting fire from angry users, Instagram announced late Tuesday afternoon that the company is going to try to clarify changes it’s making to its Terms of Use policy.
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Why I’m Not Quitting Instagram
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on December 19, 2012
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Instagram co-founder responds to user outrage
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on December 19, 2012
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If you felt a disturbance in the force earlier today, it was probably the Internet losing its collective cool over Instagram‘s new Terms of Service, which go into effect on January 16, 2013. We picked apart the new Terms in the latest installment of SlashGear 101, and while there are a few questionable Terms you’ll
Instagram takes back policy change, says users’ photos won’t appear in ads
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on December 18, 2012
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Instagram responds to user concerns, adjusts new Terms of Service to allay fears
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on December 18, 2012
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Were you among the many put off or freaked out by Instagram’s changes to its Terms of Service announced yesterday? You’re not alone, as many informed the Facebook photo sharing platform that they weren’t pleased by the new language — they mistook it as a means for their photos to be monetized in unscrupulous ways. Good news is, Instagram heard these complaints and has responded, explaining the changes and pledging to nix parts that caused unnecessary confusion.
In a blog post today, co-founder Kevin Systrom made clear that the ToS tweaks were meant to inform Instagrammers that the company wants “to experiment with innovative advertising.” What kind of advertising? Say a company wants more folks following its Instagram account. According to Systrom, the changes allow Instagram to see which of the people you follow also follow that business and can use that information to better promote said company.
Basically, the changes were made so Instagram can find ways to increase ad revenue without spoiling the UX with banner ads. Additionally, Systrom made clear that users own their content and Instagram will not be selling user photos to advertisers. And, he has pledged that updated language to that effect is in the works. Still uneasy about using Instagram for your filtered photography needs? Head on over to the source for the full explanation straight from Systrom himself.
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Source: Instagram Blog
The Backlash Continues: Zuck’s Sis Doesn’t Seem To Like The Instagram Changes Either
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on December 18, 2012
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If you haven’t heard by now, yesterday Instagram announced an update to its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy that’s set to go into effect next month. Instagram was acquired by Facebook earlier this year for a $ 1 billion sale price, and the new ToS is ostensibly meant to make the photo-sharing app integrate better with the social networking giant. The most notable thing about the new terms is that Instagram will reserve the right to sell its users’ photos to companies that want to use them in advertisements — without needing users’ knowledge or consent, or of course, giving them a share of the money. If this sounds like a bum deal to you, you’re in good company. It looks like even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sister isn’t so keen on the changes. Today, Arielle Zuckerberg publicly “liked” an Instagram photo from a user named Clayton Cubitt that’s essentially a screenshot of the most controversial bit of the new Instagram ToS with the caption, “Instagram’s suicide note.” The gesture did not go unnoticed by Cubitt — he went on to post a screenshot of Zuckerberg’s “like” along with the caption, “I’m sure Mark Zuckerberg isn’t too happy with me today, but his sister was very nice.” (Actually, Clayton, Zuck’s a very busy man and I’d put my money on you not necessarily pinging on his radar of concerns… but who knows.) Now, it of course bears mention that Arielle Zuckerberg is a private citizen and does not speak for Facebook at all. She’s actually an employee at Google in the Wildfire Interactive division. But as someone who has made tech industry headlines several times before — and has more than 14,000 public subscribers to her Facebook updates — taking a stance publicly on this (her ‘like’ shows up to anyone who is signed in to Facebook, not just her friends or subscribers) is interesting. And her not retracting it even after having it noticed and called out is, I think, newsworthy — or blog-worthy, at the very least. It’s indicative of just how divisive these new Instagram terms are. Indeed, the backlash may just be beginning. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper seems to have just gotten wind of the news this morning and is apparently also displeased. He tweeted to his 3.4 million followers asking if they can recommend a different photo-sharing app: #Instagram will now be able to use
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New terms of service could spell end of Instagram
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on December 18, 2012
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With New Profiles, ‘Following,’ Search & HD Photos, 360 Is Starting To Look Like The Panoramic Instagram
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on December 18, 2012
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As great as the allure of its filters may be, Facebook didn’t spend $ 1 billion on Instagram for its digital photo effects. No, it was because Instagram was mobile-first, growing like a weed, had just launched on Android, and because it had created (with a small team) the first good-looking, mobile-centric social network for photos — location-tagged photos to boot. Launching a major redesign of its panoramic photo-sharing Android app, 360, today, Silicon Valley-based TeliportMe wants to do for the panoramic view what Instagram did for your regular old mobile photos.
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Dish.fm Relaunches Its Foodspotting Competitor To Make “Best Dish” Recommendations Using Reviews From Yelp, Foursquare And Instagram
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on December 17, 2012
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Dish.fm is a new restaurant recommendation mobile application, launching today, which focuses on helping users find the best dishes at their local eateries. Initially, the company had gone the Foodspotting route, having debuted an early version of the app this summer which relied on crowd-sourcing techniques to fill its database with photos and reviews. But just a month after the app went live in the App Store, the company knew it had to revamp. Today’s app scraps that earlier approach, and now generates its “best dish” recommendations using sentiment analysis technology, not original user-generated content.
Twitter, Instagram, And The Internet of (Disconnected) Things
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on December 13, 2012
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Apps and web services are starting to act just as “dumb” as 20th-century toasters and blenders.
You’ve heard of the “internet of things”: that just-over-the-horizon utopia in which our formerly dumb, disconnected physical appliances become “smart” and digitally networked. Here’s what I didn’t see coming: an ironically reversed “things of the internet” scenario, in which our formerly networked, interoperable apps and web services evolve into siloed products that can’t and won’t talk to each other. Welcome to the future: you can use gadgets like Twine and WeMo to make your air conditioner talk to your toaster, but you can’t make your Instagram photos show up on Twitter, or your iPhone work natively with Google Maps. (Well, technically there is a workaround for the Twitter/Instagram issue, but don’t expect it to work for much longer.)
Flickr for iPhone app takes on Instagram
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on December 12, 2012
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Yahoo has launched a new Flickr app for iPhone, completely reworking the interface and throwing in some Instagram-style filters. Flickr Groups has also been properly injected into the mobile software, with the ability to browse through different groups, see the photos that have been shared, and comment on them. It’s also of course possible to
Twitter vs. Instagram in a knock-down, drag out filters fight
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on December 11, 2012
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CNET took a single photo and compared what it looked like using each of Twitter’s new filters and Instagram’s free filters. You decide which is best. [Read more]
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Instagram officially kills photo integration within Twitter, leaves no trace behind
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on December 10, 2012
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If you’ve taken to Twitter today, it’s likely that you noticed all your Instagram photos that were stored gallery Cards are gone. Unfortunately, this isn’t a temporary glitch: as of today, the photo-sharing service has officially killed all photo integration with Twitter. So, although links to your photos will function like normal, there is no way to preview them within Twitter anymore. If you’ll recall, it was merely a few days ago that Instagram pulled Card support from Twitter, which made any filtered snapshots display in wonky fashions within the micro-blogging network. While today’s move by Instagram isn’t totally shocking — it would rather you view pictures on its new browser-accesible profiles, after all — it’s a shame that the contents of many Twitter galleries have vanished in a flash.
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