Instagram. History Instagram began development in San Francisco when Kevin Systrom and Brazilian Michel "Mike" Krieger chose to focus their multi-featured HTML5 check-in project Burbn on mobile photography.[19][20] The name "Instagram" is a portmanteau of "instant camera" and "telegram".[21] On March 5, 2010, Systrom closed a $500,000 seed funding round from Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz while working on Burbn.[22] Josh Riedel joined the company as Community Manager.[23] Shayne Sweeney joined in November 2010 as an engineer and Jessica Zollman was hired as a Community Evangelist in August 2011.[24][25] On February 2, 2011, it was announced that Instagram had 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.[29] The deal valued Instagram at around $25 million.[30] On October 3, 2013, Instagram announced that it would be adding advertising to its platform.[64] Popularity.
Instagram and self-esteem: Why the photo-sharing network is even more depressing than Facebook. Photo by Soft_Light/iStockphoto It’s a truism that Facebook is the many-headed frenemy, the great underminer.
We know this because science tells us so. The Human–Computer Institute at Carnegie Mellon has found that your “passive consumption” of your friends’ feeds and your own “broadcasts to wider audiences” on Facebook correlate with feelings of loneliness and even depression. Earlier this year, two German universities showed that “passive following” on Facebook triggers states of envy and resentment in many users, with vacation photos standing out as a prime trigger.
Yet another study, this one of 425 undergrads in Utah, carried the self-explanatory title “ ‘They Are Happier and Having Better Lives Than I Am’: The Impact of Using Facebook on Perceptions of Others’ Lives.” All of these studies are careful to point out that it’s not Facebook per se that inspires states of disconnection, jealousy, and poor mathematical performance—rather, it’s specific uses of Facebook. 10 tips for getting more Instagram followers. Instagram, the Facebook-owned social networking app for sharing photos, is still growing in popularity.
In fact, it's the fasted growing social media site in the world, according to GlobalWebIndex. Celebrities, brands and most of your friends are using it to share square photographs with fancy filters with their followers. But how do you get more followers on Instagram? Here are 10 top tips. Read next: How to start a blog How to get more followers on Instagram: Follow others If you're just starting out with Instagram, the most obvious thing to do to get more followers is follow your friends to let them know you've arrived on the social networking site. To do so quickly and easily, open the app and go to your profile, then tap the Options cog in the top right corner. You can now tap Follow All if you're happy to do so, or go through and choose which friends you want to follow individually. You'll find that your followers grow quickly once you begin following others. Instagram adds feature to Hyperlapse app that lets users film themselves more easily.
Instagram's Hyperlapse app was launched In AugustIt lets users film long videos that are converted into short timelapses Latest update lets users film videos using both the front and rear camerasApp has a built-in feature that automatically stabilises video, tooApple launched a similar timelapse function in its iOS 8 software By Victoria Woollaston and Mark Prigg for MailOnline Published: 10:46 GMT, 26 September 2014 | Updated: 19:13 GMT, 26 September 2014 Instagram's Hyperlapse is the latest app to jump on the selfie phenomenon.
A recent update to the app, which makes it easier for people to create timelapse videos, has added support for front cameras on phones and tablets - dubbed selfielapse. Hyperlapse also automatically stabilises videos, and lets users choose what speed their timelapse is played back at. Scroll down for video A recent update to Hyperlapse (pictured) makes it easier for people to create timelapse videos by adding support for front cameras on phones and tablets.
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