It's a trend that seems unstoppable. More and more, social media services are implementing algorithms that automatically manage what you do and don't see. First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Now, Instagram is doing the same thing. Earlier this month, the photo-sharing service posted this on its blog: You may be surprised to learn that people miss on average 70
Last week Instagram released a major update to its mobile apps, most notably including a revamped "Explore" page and streamlined search functionality. The Explore tab will bring up trending topics and hashtags in real-time. Users will also find curated photo collections, such as Ancient Ruins, Glimmering Islands, and Extreme Athletes. In addition, search will now bring up the most relevant posts for
Well, that didn't take long! The first class action lawsuit against Instagram has been filed. This civil lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. The case is called “Lucy Funes, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs. Instagram Inc.”. It was filed by a San Diego based law firm called Filkelstein & Krinsk.
Twitter and Instagram are getting ready to offer you a few more places to post your photos. Right now, there aren't a whole lot of details that have been released. Those of you who feel that you don't have enough of places to post your photos will probably embrace at least one of these upcoming options. Instagram has announced that
Today, July 5th, marked the official opening of the new tallest building in the European Union, although construction was actually completed back in April of this year. Called "The Shard", and formerly known by the name "London Bridge Tower", the building is 309.6 meters tall with 72 habitable floors. It also features a viewing gallery and observation deck on the
Social photo service Instagram just had a big week, although not as big as the week of the billion dollar buyout, but it's all relative. This week the mobile app company released a slew of updates, including ones to their Android and iOS apps, as well as to their web site. There were bug fixes and new features for everyone,
Instagram launched their long-awaited Android app just a few weeks ago. It was followed by several small updates to get it up and working properly, but today they have finally released the first feature update, dubbed version 1.1. The latest version adds just one feature, but it's an important one to anyone that has used Instagram - tilt-shift. The name