By Brandon Russell |
Instagram got a small dose of Facebook on Thursday, with an update that allows users to tag their friends in photos. No more @ mentions. It’s exactly the same experience you’d find when sifting through albums in Zuckerberg’s online friend palace. Once you update, a…
By Brandon Russell |
There are some really wonderful photo-editing apps available for your iPhone—Afterlight, VSCO Cam and Camera+ just to name a few—but sometimes people prefer the easy one-and-done filters of Instagram. Sometimes, though, not everyone wants to broadcast their photo to the world, but still retain the…
By Todd Haselton |
Instagram for Android launched a year ago today and, to mark the anniversary, the company revealed new details about its Android usage statistics. Instagram said that its Android application was downloaded more than 1 million times in just a single day, not an easy feat, and…
By Todd Haselton |
We’re pretty sure Instagram is going to make its way to Windows Phone at some point, especially since recent leaks have displayed the social network running on the platform (see below), but the company doesn’t seem to be too excited to port it over quickly.…
By Adriana Lee |
Socialmatic‘s dream of producing a physical Instagram camera just got real, thanks to a new agreement that gives the company the right to build the device under the Polaroid brand. So what do you get when you combine the filter-happy, photo-sharing service with one of…
By Brandon Russell |
Instagram is feeling no ill effects following its terms of service nightmare from last year. Instead of seeing a “max exodus,” the company is actually still growing, on Tuesday announcing the app sees 100 million monthly active users—10 million more than last month. TechnoBuffalo added…
By Todd Haselton |
BlackBerry tried to tout the growing number of popular applications that it will add to its BlackBerry World store. There are a few now, for sure, but for some reason Instagram seems to be the one application that people always look for on iOS, Android…
By Todd Haselton |
An Instagram user leveraged a lawsuit against the social network after it decided to change its terms of service to include some seemingly bizarre content controls. The case is still in front of a judge in San Francsico, and now Instagram is asking that the…
By Todd Haselton |
Instagram announced Tuesday that it has added several features to its web client that make it more similar to the features on its mobile applications for iOS and Android. In a note to users, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said the focus was always on the…
By Brandon Russell |
BlackBerry has quite a few apps ready for the launch of its new platform, BlackBerry 10. And while the company has some big names onboard, there are two glaring omissions that need to be on the platform if BlackBerry wants to truly compete: Instagram and…
By Brandon Russell |
Multiple reports suggest Facebook and Instagram users are suddenly being locked out of their accounts without explanation. And the only way to regain access is to provide an image of a government issued ID. Apparently, a select number of users have been asked to confirm…
By Brandon Russell |
Instagram’s public relations nightmare from the end of last year seems to have had little to no effect on overall usage. According to an official page full of impressive statistics, Instagram says that there are now 90 million monthly active users on the platform, with…
By Adriana Lee |
As promised, Instagram has announced that its user agreement will revert to its previous version starting January 19. The move comes after a public outcry last December over revised terms that insinuated user images could be pulled into advertising without consent or compensation. Truth is, the old…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook is hosting a special event on Tuesday, Jan. 15 during which the company is expected to make several announcements. One of those announcements may just be Facebook Messenger for tablets. TechCrunch got a hold of the above image recently, which is clearly a screen shot…
By Brandon Russell |
TechnoBuffalo is heading out to the sweltering Las Vegas strip next week to stand in the ring with CES, and while there we’ll be bringing you a ton of coverage of the events that transpire. But our comprehensive reporting might not tell the whole story,…
By Brandon Russell |
Don’t act like you weren’t wondering: What was 2012’s most-Instagrammed place? The Colosseum in Rome? The Gateway Arch in St. Louis? Or what about the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco? Turns out, none of those three cracked the top ten, which Instagram revealed on…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week’s episode, Jon rants Terms of Service—that super long legal contract-looking agreement that companies always push out and that…
By Todd Haselton |
This year was loaded with amazing tech stories, both good and bad. But there were some pretty huge blunders that left us with our jaws wide open, staring in disbelief at our screens as we wrote up the news stories. Here are 10 of the…
By Sean P. Aune |
Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like the gift of a class action lawsuit, and that is exactly what Instagram has found in its stocking this year. Reuters is reporting that a proposed class action lawsuit was filed in California this past Friday for breach of contract in regards…
By Brandon Russell |
Flickr is getting into the holiday spirit, and capitalizing on Instagram’s ToS snafu, by offering three free months of Flickr Pro to new and existing users. This is actually a pretty great offer, and perfectly timed for those looking for a place to upload their…
By Brandon Russell |
Instagram wants to pretend that this whole ToS debacle never even happened. Because of enormous public outcry and threats of mass user exodus, the company on Thursday said it’s going to revert back to the language used in its original advertising section that’s been in…
By Adriana Lee |
There has been quite some der-rama in mobile photo-land lately, with Instagram’s latest PR/privacy/ToU fail. When the service issued a revamped Terms of Use, users absolutely freaked out and blamed new parent company Facebook for the “changes” that would allow companies to grab user images…
By Brandon Russell |
People are understandably freaking out about Instagram’s new ToS. Facebook wants to monetize the service, and to do that it has to run ads. But, according to its own terms, it might cull from Instagram’s mighty userbase to do so. Maybe. CEO Kevin Systrom on…
By Todd Haselton |
National Geographic’s Instagram’s feed is home to truly stunning photos from around the world. Well, it was anyway. The company recently said that it’s no longer posting photos to the social network following Instagram’s new terms of service. @NatGeo is suspending new posts to Instagram.…
