Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen a photo of food on Instagram taken by a friend, or have ever snapped a shot of your meal… Ah, I see that each and every one of you are raising your hands because along with feet, furries (cats and dogs, not cos play) and selfies, food porn is super popular on Instagram. That’s why some restaurants are inviting customers to post pics of their meals — as long as the food looks good. No one wants to see the goulash with a Kelvin filter. Shudder. [More]
Facebook Launches Instagram Videos So You Can Make Moving Selfies Just Like In Days Of Yore
By 6.20.13
Charlie Chaplin. Alfred Hitchcock. Martin Scorsese. What if all those filmmakers could’ve taken 15-second selfie videos and slapped old-timey effects on them? Think of how great they could’ve been! If only they had Facebook’s new video service for Instagram, complete with all those sepia-toned, vintage-looking filters beloved by self-portrait artists flashing duck faces at their phones everywhere. [More]
Instagram Becomes More Like Papa Facebook With New Photo-Tagging Feature
By 5.2.13
The apple doesn’t fall from the tree in the Facebook family, it seems, although we’re honestly surprised it took this long: In a like father, like acquired property move, Instagram will now feature a photo-tagging function, so you can tag friends, things and oh yeah — brands. You can be your own little advertiser! [More]
Restaurant Learns Instagram Isn’t Intended For Hurling Racial Slurs At Bad Tippers
By 4.25.13
Someone at a restaurant in Delaware missed the class where they explain that the usual place to vent racially biased frustration at a customer is on the receipt, as the eatery is now having to do a lot of apologizing for things that showed up on its Instagram page. [More]
Instagram Reminds Users That Updated Terms Of Service Goes Into Effect This Week
By 1.16.13
It seems like only last month (because it was) that everyone was threatening to quit Instagram over the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy it introduced in December, and now here we are on the brink of that update happening. Of course, the policies that go into effect Jan. 19 — instead of today as originally planned — don’t include those pesky advertising efforts that caused such a stir. [More]
Some Of Those Threats Weren’t Empty: 25% Of Instagram Users May Have Quit Over TOS
By 12.28.12
UPDATE 4:15 p.m.: It seems those numbers from AppData indicating that Instagram is leaking users aren’t quite all they’re cracked up to be. To that end, a spokeswoman for Instagram denies the app is losing users, saying in a statement: “We continue to see strong and steady growth in both registered and active users of Instagram.” [More]
It Was Only A Matter Of Time: Instagram Hit With Civil Lawsuit Over Terms Of Service
By 12.26.12
While many of us were hanging our stockings with care on Monday evening, Facebook and Instagram were facing a far less cheery Christmas present in the form of a proposed class action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a little legal action against a ginormous social network, right? [More]
Here’s How To Opt Out Of Instagram’s New Arbitration Clause
By 12.21.12
Among the other controversial changes to Instagram’s Terms of Service is a spanking new forced-arbitration clause that, as things do, effectively takes away consumers’ rights to band together in a class-action against the company. Thankfully, you can opt out of the clause in writing before Feb. 15, 2013. [More]
Instagram Decides To Scrap Update To Advertising Section Of Terms Of Service
By 12.20.12
The backpedaling continues at Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service that ticked off a lot of users this week with some controversial changes to its Terms of Service and its Privacy Policy. It eventually agreed to change some of the language to quell concerns, but has now decided to just go back to the way things were. [More]
Instagram’s Most Followed User Kim Kardashian Might Totally Break Up With It
By 12.20.12
Despite the backpedaling Instagram performed on Tuesday night in the wake of a widespread backlash against its controversial new terms of service and privacy policy, the social media service is still facing the prospect of losing a lot of users. And if it loses its most followed user, things could be even worse. Do you really want Kim Kardashian to leave and possibly take a chunk of her 5.7 million followers with her, Instagram? Well, do ya? [More]
After Backlash, Instagram Backpedals A Bit On Changes To Terms Of Service & Privacy Policy
By 12.18.12
Yesterday, the folks at Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service, announced upcoming changes to its terms of service that raised concerns about privacy and content-ownership. With some users already talking about deleting their accounts, Instagram has issued a maybe-we-didn’t-think-this-through update. [More]
So Here’s How You Delete Your Instagram Account
By 12.18.12
If you’re among the many Instagram users who are taking to the Internets to grumble about the photo service’s new terms of service and privacy policy, both taking effect Jan. 16, you might be considering the next and final step — deleting your account. The bad news is it’s the only way to keep your photos out of the hands of Facebook advertisers. The good news is, it’s easy to do. [More]
Don’t Like Instagram’s New Terms Of Service & Privacy Policy? Quitting Is The Only Way Out
By 12.18.12
It seems like every week users of social network Instagram have been seeing more and more changes, all leading the service down the merry path toward becoming more and more like its parent company, Facebook. There was the Twitter card break-up, followed by the revelation that yes, Instagram would get ads. And now the service has updated its terms of service and privacy policy in ways that might see a whole lot of users fleeing for good. [More]
Facebook: Yeah, We’re Totally Going To Put Ads In Instagram Eventually
By 12.12.12
If you thought Facebook was going to acquire photo sharing service Instagram and not try to make any money off of it or otherwise change it for the worse, well, you’re either very naïve or you don’t know how the Internet works. Sure, users’ information can serve as currency for companies like Facebook, but making money by slapping ads into the social media mediums we love most? That’s just good business sense. [More]
Twitter To Users: You Want Filters On Your Photos? We’ll Give You Filters.
By 12.11.12
In the latest news regarding the super passive-aggressive fight, between Twitter and Instagram, Twitter is responding to Instagram’s decision to break itself rather than share their photos easily through Twitter by announcing its own set of fancy, and of course, vintage-y looking photo filters. Oh, you got served via a nice sepia wash! Or something. [More]
How To Save Your Instagram Photos Before You Delete Your Account
By 4.10.12
If you’re miffed that Facebook has flung its billions around to engulf Instagram, you may want to take your photos and run. [More]
Facebook Loves Instagram So Much, It's Buying The Company For $1 Billion
By 4.9.12
Since it seems like most everyone’s Instragram photos end up in their Facebook stream, it just makes sense for the huge website to snap up the company behind the photo-sharing app for the princely sum of $1 billion. [More]
A Million People Download Instagram For Android & Annoy All Their iPhone Friends
By 4.4.12
Just the other day, you might’ve been enviously watching your roommate flip through his Instagram pictures on his iPhone, shooting your Android sullen glances for its Instagram deficiency. But then, then there was yesterday –¬†when one million downloads of Instagram for Android went flying through space and into eager hands. [More]
