2.2.1 (March 14, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-03-14)) (2 kam. [±] Development status Active Operating system iOS 3.1.2 or later; Android 2.2 or later Size 12.5 MB Available in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish Type Photo & Video License Freeware Instagram is a free photo sharing program launched in October 2010 that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it on a variety of social networking services, including Instagram's own.[2] A distinctive feature confines photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras. Instagram was initially supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch; in April 2012, the company added support for Android camera phones running 2.2 (Froyo) or higher. It is distributed via the iTunes App Store and Google Play.[3] In its lar! gest acquisition deal to date, Facebook made an offer to purchase Instagram (with its 13 employees) for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock in April 2012,[4] with plans to keep it independently managed.[5] However, the closing on the purchase has been delayed indefinitely pending Federal Trade Commission review . [6] A collage of an image modified with 16 different Instagram filters. Instagram's welcome page on iOS. Contents 1 History 1.1 Start-up 1.2 Under pending Facebook ownership 2 Popularity 2.1 Users 3 Businesses 3.1 Awards 4 References 5 External links [edit] History [edit] Start-up Instagram development began in San Francisco, when Kevin Systrom and Michel "Mike" Krieger chose to focus their multi-featured HTML5 check-in project Burbn on mobile photography.[7] [8] On March 5, 2010, Systrom closed a $500,000 seed funding round from Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz while working on Burbn.[9] The product launched in Apple's App Store on Octo! ber 6, 2010.[10] Shortly after the launch, Josh Riedel joined ! the company as Community Manager.[citation needed] Shayne Sweeney joined in November 2010 as an engineer and Jessica Zollman was hired as a Community Evangelist in August 2011.[11][12][13] In January 2011, Instagram added hashtags to help users discover both photos and each other.[14] In September, version 2.0 went live in the App Store (iOS). It included new and live filters, instant tilt shift, high resolution photos, optional borders, one click rotation and an updated icon.[15] On February 2, 2011, it was announced that Instagram raised $7 million in Series A funding from a variety of investors, including Benchmark Capital, Jack Dorsey, Chris Sacca (through Capital fund), and Adam D'Angelo.[16] The deal valued Instagram at around $25 million.[17] On April 3, 2012, Instagram for Android was released[18] and it was downloaded more than 1 million times in under 3 days.[19] That same week, Instagram raised $50 million from venture capitalists for a share of the company that ! valued it at $500 million.[17] [edit] Under pending Facebook ownership On April 12, 2012, Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock.[20][21] The deal, which was made just before Facebook was scheduled to go public, cost Facebook about a quarter of the cash-on-hand they had as of the end of 2011; the deal was for a company characterized as having "lots of buzz but no business model", and the price was contrasted with the $35 million Yahoo! paid for Flickr in 2005,[5] a website which has since become among the 50 most popular in the world.[22] Mark Zuckerberg noted that Facebook was "committed to building and growing Instagram independently", in contrast to its common practice of, as CNNMoney.com put it, buying "hot startups, kill[ing] their products, and redeploy[ing] their staff on other projects".[5] According to multiple reports, the deal netted Instagram CEO Systrom $400 million based on his ownership stake in the business.! [23] The exact purchase price was $300 million in cash and 23 million s! hares of stock.[24] [edit] Popularity [edit] Users By December 2010, Instagram had one million registered users.[25] In June 2011 Instagram announced it had five million users[26] and it passed ten million in September of the same year.[27] In April 2012, it was announced that over 30 million accounts were set up on Instagram.[28] Instagram announced that 100 million photos had been uploaded to its service as of July 2011. This total reached 150 million in August 2011.[29][30] Instagram's new Android version in Google Play crossed more than one million downloads within 12 hours.[31] Instagram has recently made headlines with its efforts to keep the "Insta-universe" as a positive space and has prohibited any hashtags or photos that promote self harm.[32] There are basic Terms of Use that Instagram users must follow, including an age requirement of 13 years or older, restrictions against posting nude, partially nude, or sexually suggestive photos, and responsibility for one's! account and all activity conducted with it. There are also proprietary rights in content on Instagram. Instagram does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, content) that you post on or through the Instagram Services.[33] [edit] Businesses Instagram has spurred other startups as well. For example, Pinstagram and Webstagram are websites that allows you to view your Instagram account online.[[1]] CanvasPop has launched an Instagram canvas printing option, as well as MoPho which allows users to print Instagram photos on a variety of photo products from an app. [[2]] A graphic design firm in Italy recently built a prototype for a physical digital camera, called the Socialmatic, with the housing designed to look like the Instagram icon. The camera is designed with 16 GB of storage, WiFi and Bluetooth capability, the ability to interface with the Ins! tagram app, and produce color prints. The project (apparently unrelated! to, nor officially commissioned or approved by, Instagram) seeks crowdfunding via Indiegogo, in order to be made available as a product. [34][35]
| Industry | Mobile software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder(s) | Kevin Systrom , Mike Krieger |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, ! USA |
| Products | |
| Employees | 13 (as of April 2012[update] ) |
| Parent | Facebook, Inc. |
| Website | instagr.am |
| A typical Instagram for Android profile | |
| Original author(s) | Burbn, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 6, 2010 |
| Stable release | 2.2.1 (March 14, 2012) (2 kam. [± ] |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | iOS 3.1.2 or later; Android 2.2 or later |
| Size | 12.5 MB |
| Available in | English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Type | Photo & Video |
| License | Freeware |
Instagram is a free photo sharing program launched in October 2010 that allows users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it on a variety of social networking services, including Instagram's own.[
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