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Instagram gets face-tagging with ‘Photos of You’ feature
May 2, 2013 10:04 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Just like in Facebook, you can now tag faces in Instagram photos. Of course, it's not just for adding other people's usernames to your own pics; you'll also get to see pics people are tagging you in.
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One year after launch, Instagram’s Android app makes up nearly half of its users
April 3, 2013 1:08 PM
Devindra Hardawar
After only one year, Instagram's Android app has grown to account for almost half of the photo sharing app's 100 million users, the company announced today.
Are #hashtags geeky? 71% of social media users say no
March 27, 2013 4:11 PM
John Koetsier
"Seventy-one percent of consumers say they post hashtags from their mobile devices," RadiumOne VP Kamal Kaur told me yesterday. "I've even caught myself hashtagging in my emails."
Now at 100M users, Instagram shows rumors of its decline are greatly exaggerated
February 26, 2013 12:46 PM
Jolie O'Dell
The photo-sharing service has gained 10 million users in the past month alone. Here's what Instagram founder Kevin Systrom has to say about it.
The 20 biggest private exits of 2012 (for the top 20 VC firms of the year)
February 19, 2013 11:18 PM
John Koetsier
Private company research firm Privco has ranked the top 20 merger and acquisitions of the top 20 technology VC firms of 2012, including Ancestry.com's $1.6 billion sale to private equity firm Permira and other top tech acquisitions such as Yammer, Meebo, Instagram, and NextG networks.
Curalate introduces analytics for visual social media on Pinterest and Instagram
February 19, 2013 9:19 PM
John Koetsier
A picture might indeed be worth a thousand words as visual social networks Pinterest and Instagram continue to grow. But how do analytics change when photos say more than text?
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‘Fastest rising startup’ closes $13.5M for fastest fading photos
February 9, 2013 9:41 AM
Rebecca Grant
SnapChat secures a hefty investment from Benchmark Capital to support the viral growth of its now-you-see-it-now-you-don't photo sharing app.
Survey: Facebook is the most stress-inducing social media site (and, paradoxically, the most positive)
January 31, 2013 11:36 PM
John Koetsier
Facebook causes Americans more stress than any other social network. But it's also the network with the most positive effect on our moods.
Will.I.Am challenges underprivileged kids to look up to tech founders
January 31, 2013 12:46 PM
Meghan Kelly
Will.I.Am wants kids to stop dreaming of being a rapper and start dreaming of being a technologist.
#Cutting: One artist reacts to the Internet’s self-harming problem
January 24, 2013 8:10 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Editor's Pick "When I first saw a thinspiration blog, all I wanted to do was get it shut down. Then I saw how much my friends were getting from it. This wasn’t my battle; it was theirs."
Instagram releases traffic stats after accusations of declining usage
January 17, 2013 2:04 PM
Tom Cheredar
To silence reporters and critics who cried foul over Instagram's recent terms of service changes, Instagram has released some monthly traffic analytics for the first time in the service's history.
Instagram launches New Year’s Eve site for all those embarassing photos you’ll take tonight
December 31, 2012 10:51 AM
Tom Cheredar
Photo sharing social network Instagram has created a new site in anticipation for the lots of photos people will be taking during their New Year's Eve celebrations tonight.
Foursquare will publicly display users’ full names (but don’t be alarmed)
December 31, 2012 9:23 AM
Ricardo Bilton
Not long after Instragram's messy privacy policy changes, Foursquare is making a few policy tweaks of its own.
Facebook’s top 10 from 2012: A big acquisition, a mobile hangover, and, oh, yeah, an IPO
December 29, 2012 10:00 AM
Jolie O'Dell
This was Facebook's year, with 1 billion users and an IPO. For many of the its first employees, it was the stuff dreams are made of -- until reality set in.
Social Media Fight Club! Top tiffs from 2012
December 29, 2012 7:00 AM
Jolie O'Dell
Editor's Pick Instagram v. Twitter! Yahoo v. Google! Can't we all just get along? No. No, we cannot. Besides, it's more amusing this way.
Instagram may have lost 25% of daily users after terms of service debacle
December 28, 2012 8:11 AM
Sean Ludwig
Instagram may have lost about 25 percent of its daily active users since people started revolting over a questionable terms of service change.
The top 10 social-media stories that shaped 2012
December 25, 2012 12:00 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
With outlandish lawsuits, a botched IPO, and a detailed social record of historic world events, 2012 will be remembered as a year of extreme highs and lows in social media. Here are the top 10 social stories that defined the year.
