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This week Instagram became the fourth online service app owned by Facebook to pass the one billion mark in Android app installs. Relatively speaking, it did not take Instagram all that long to get their, either.
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Instagram has announced a new feature called Stories, a name which might sound a little familiar. There's more in common with Snapchat Stories here than just the name though, as Instagram has almost completely copied Snapchat's original idea.
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Over 500 million people now use photo-sharing service Instagram every month, the company has revealed. The news comes shortly after it switched to using algorithms to sort photos in feeds and launched a controversial redesign of its app and icon.
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A new research study, looking at the brains of teenagers who use social media regularly, has found that the responses in the brain to things like Instagram likes is similar to eating chocolate or other "pleasure responses."
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Like the song says, love hurts.
What the song does not say — but what actress Vanessa Hudgens found out last month — is that love can hurt in more ways than one.
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Instagram has announced a major refresh of its app that includes a new icon and updated design. Instagram has abandoned its old blue colours in favour of a monochrome palette accented by bright shades of pink, a significant revision of its app.
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A ten year-old boy from Finland has hacked into Instagram, exposing a flaw in the Facebook-owned software. He has been rewarded by the company for his efforts.
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When this father helped his daughter remove a loose tooth, the Force was with him. Along with a toy Millennium Falcon drone, which removed said tooth.
And the whole episode was caught on video by mom in their home in Marin County, California.
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Roughly two years after launching the video feature to the public, Instagram has made another big step, 60 second videos.
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An update to Instagram, the popular photo sharing app and social network, has added support for two-factor authentication. It keeps users more secure by requiring them to enter a code sent to their smartphone each time they login from somewhere new.
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Instagram has added the functionality to log into their application using multiple accounts on Apple and Android devices.
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Tracking social ROI is tricky but that doesn't give companies an automatic out. Even if every share doesn't turn into a sale, a solid social strategy can make shoppers sweet on your brand.
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A beta update to Instagram has added official support for using multiple accounts. The feature lets you switch logins at will without having to sign-out and in again. It will be particularly useful for people who maintain several different profiles.
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Apple and Google have removed a third-party Instagram client app from their stores that has stolen hundreds of thousands of user passwords. InstaAgent has quickly grown to be one of the most popular free clients in the UK, Canada and U.S.
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Instagram has launched a new standalone app designed to "turn everyday moments into something fun and unexpected." Available on Android and iOS, Boomerang provides a one-click way to create a 1-second long looping video.
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A new novel that follows the correspondence of paternal twins on the eastern seaboard initially won't be a physical book; it will be released in installments via Instagram.
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Instagram announced today that it is "thinking outside the square" and will now allow users to post in both landscape and portrait format.
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Late last month, an appeals court in California affirmed a firearms conviction that used Instagram photos as evidence.
The court documents also revealed that the San Francisco Police Department has at least one officer dubbed an “Instagram officer.
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When Michelle Thomas went on a date with a man she'd met on dating app Tinder in late June, it seemed to be a nice outing.
The evening went from drinks to dinner to a night on the town and then ended with a kiss.
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A Los Angeles resident is firing back at people who can't park by shaming them on Instagram.
Andria Farrell, 32, started @ParkingSpotShaming out of sheer frustration with the parking situation in LA.
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Photo-sharing app Instagram is now rolling out a new feature that copies other rival social networks by sending inactive users regular digests of what they have missed. New "Highlights" emails feature some of the best unseen photos in a users' feed.
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An artist is exhibiting and selling other peoples' Instagram photos without permission in New York City right now. With prices reaching as much as $100k, the story is drawing controversy and criticism as a copyright loophole means it could all be legal.
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An enterprising elephant grabbed a Vancouver tourist's GoPro camera and snapped an "elphie" with the student.
It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity for Christian LeBlanc, a University of British Columbia student.
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A Colorado visual arts teacher has been fired after insulting a student by posting a picture of a student on the social media website on Instagram.
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An Instagram account called “Murder Mall” has decided to go Nazi by picking on homeless people as targets in Sydney. Social workers are furious, and local media is less than impressed.
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Taylor Swift appears to the be the latest victim of the infamous Lizard Squad hacking group. Her Twitter and Instagram accounts were compromised early Tuesday afternoon.
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Meet Russian child star Kristina Pimenova, 9, "the most beautiful girl in the world." Kristina is the subject of a raging controversy over the age appropriateness of her status as a supermodel. Critics are alleging that her handlers are "sexualizing" her.
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Facebook announced a lot of updated user numbers during its third quarter earnings call Tuesday evening. For example, 1.35 billion people now use Facebook every month, and 703 million people use Facebook on their mobile devices every day.
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Spain's National Police have been beefing up their social media presence recently. Having already gained a huge following on Twitter, they are now a great hit on Instagram, after posting a photo of a muscular and very attractive anti-riot police officer.
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Swiftly spreading across the Web is this photo of a hungry great white shark taken by New Jersey elementary school teacher Amanda Brewer. “I wasn’t even a little bit frightened,” she said in an interview.
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A major street in Lagos, digitally filtered with Instagram Linkwell mode
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Fog rolls into the Tellico River Valley in Tennessee Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Michelle Thomas knew what to do when her date tried to body-shame her. With permission by Michelle Thomas Instagram
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Examples of the new photo sizes available on Instagram Via BusinessInsider.com
A photo of a partially submerged truck in Mobile, Alabama, due to Hurricane Isaac Via Instagram user chass_d
Instagram's monochrome design refresh, launched 11/05/2016 Instagram
Screenshot of InstaThis.com available mediums for ordering Instagram photo prints. Mediums include wood, aluminum and coasters.
Screengrab via WSBTV video
A commercial motorcycle rider, popularly known as Okada in Lagos. Here, this Instagram photo was set at Toaster mode.
InstaAgent, an Instagram client that stole the passwords of hundreds of thousands of users David-LR (@PeppersoftDev)
A cloudy evening in Lagos. This Instagram photo was left on normal mode.
Examples of work in Richard Prince's controversial "New Portraits" gallery of allegedly stolen Instagram photos Gagosian Gallery
Camel trainers scatter after releasing their racing camels at a track in Abu Dhabi. Via National Geographic Instagram feed
What would he like to see Instagram add? “I'd like there to be live links in my caption... web links. And I miss my favorite filters: Apollo and Gotham. I wouldn't mind those coming back.” John de Guzman
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