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No, Instagram can’t sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean
Instagram’s new terms of service, which go into effect on January 16th, clearly state that your photographs and associated information (like location data) can be promoted by companies without anyone notifying you about the transaction. It’s not even hidden in legalese — it’s right there in black and white:
To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you.
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Instagram 3.2 is an impressive update that refines the camera experience and adds a new filter
In version 3.2, it will now have an Instagram-themed shutter and shutter release button (it’s all about branding), the ability to preview your most recent photo on your camera roll, optional gride lines for live photos along with a more permanent one for scaling and cropping, and now the application is supposedly faster and more reliable. For those with an iPhone 5, your Instagram version will contain a Camera Roll image selector that allows quick access to the most recent photograph.
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Face It, Instagram Is Replaceable
One of the service’s earliest boosters, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, instantly recognized Instagram’s potential. “As expected,” he Tweeted in December of 2010, “Instagram is a hit this Christmas.” Along with the Tweet was Dorsey’s first Instagram photo, a perfectly composed image of him (just his hands, really) using Instagram on his iPhone.
A few months later Dorsey and a group of investors handed Instagram $7 million. Clearly, he knew a good idea when he saw one. Dorsey amassed nearly 200,000 followers and posted 520 Instagram pics. He wasn’t just an investor and fan. Dorsey was an avid user.
The Twitter founder posted his last Instagram picture roughly a year and a half later. It’s a somewhat eerie shot of the inside of an empty bus. The accompanying text was about Dorsey’s commute, but it might as well have been a commentary on how his feelings about Instagram had changed.
It was posted, after all, on the same day that Facebook announced it was buying Instagram for $1 billion
From that moment forward, the Instagram/Twitter buddy picture transformed into a separation drama. To be fair, Twitter has spent the past couple of years slowly choking off third-party tool access to its API calls, so Instagram isn’t necessarily special. On the other hand, up until April, Instagram wasn’t really on the Twitter naughty list of apps that sought to duplicate and improve upon Twitter.com’s native services. Twitter had built its social network on a solid messaging and micro blogging platform and, up until recently, allowed a whole bunch of third-party companies to handle photos and videos.
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Instagram confirms it disabled Twitter Cards support so it could boost its own Web presence
Despite assurances that it would stay independent following its acquisition by Facebook, a recent move by Instagram may affect the way images are displayed on rival social network Twitter, after the photo-sharing service disabled support for media displayed Cards.
This means that over time, Instagram images will no longer display inline on Twitter.com and will require users to click links to view images on the Instagram website.
“Because of that, we wanted to make sure we direct users to where the content lives originally, so they get the full Instagram experience,” Instagram CEO Kevin System said on stage at LeWeb in Paris, “It’s just about where do you go to interact with that image? We want that to be on Instagram.com because it has a better user experience currently.”
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Facebook-Instagram Deal: Feds are Done Here
The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that it had completed its investigation of Facebook’s purchase of photo-sharing app Instagram — all but clearing the way for the deal to close.
“It now appears that no further action is warranted by the Commission at this time,” the FTC’s acting secretary April Tabor wrote both companies on Wednesday. “Accordingly, the investigation has been closed … [but] the Commission reserves the right to take such further action as the public interest may require.”
Instagram: Hashtag Highlight: #emptychairsproject
Last year, Raphaël Liais (@raphaelliais) began snapping photos of empty chairs in Casablanca, Morocco, tagging them #emptychairsproject. The collection of photos grew as he started to notice more empty chairs in and around Casablanca. He created an account for the photos, @…
Zuckerberg Bartered Insagram Down From $2 Billion to $1 Billion
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An Open Letter To Those Not Employed At Instagram
Dear Non-Instagramers,
Sorry that you didn’t get bought out for $1 billion last week. That’s got to be a bummer. Kevin Systrom just made enough money to buy a boat big enough to make Larry Ellison jealous and you’re still living in a studio apartment.
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tInstagram: The Making Of: A One-of-a-Kind Chandelier
Adam Wallacavage, also known as @awallacavage on Instagram, is not your typical chandelier maker. The words you would associate with “chandelier” might include “crystalline,” “opulent” or even “stodgy,” but prepare to see things in a different light!
In addition…
With Instagram Buy, Facebook Officially Pushes M&A Strategy Beyond The ‘Acqui-hire’
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