• Are Instagram Copycats for Real or Just for Show?

    Are Instagram Copycats for Real or Just for Show?

    Have you ever thought that someone was trying to be just like you?  Maybe its someone in your circle of friends?  Or maybe its someone you hardly know.  A Scottish college student recently discovered that a classmate had been imitating her pictures on Instagram, but in a really odd way.  Let me start by saying…

  • Facebook is Now Using Instagram to Track Your Location

    Facebook is Now Using Instagram to Track Your Location

    As you’re well aware, Instagram founders made an abrupt exit from Facebook.  The rumors are that they weren’t always happy as being seen as one of Facebook’s apps.  In fact, they had always wanted to be a standalone platform.  Given everything that Facebook has gone through over the last year, there’s no wonder why they…

  • Instagram Founders Leave Facebook to Pursue Other Opportunities

    Instagram Founders Leave Facebook to Pursue Other Opportunities

    When Facebook acquired Instagram six years ago, the two founders – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – made an agreement with Mark Zuckerberg that they would be able to operate it independently, despite the change in ownership.  That said, it hasn’t exactly worked out that way and the two have become frustrated.  Their timing on…