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The Outlaw Instagrammers of New York City
Trading selfies for skyscrapers.
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It's your face. It's your photos. Meet the creepiest kind of Instagram spambot
Verge video director Christian Mazza is an active Instagram user with 571 followers, posting as @mazza. But recently he discovered something weird: a copycat Instagram account, @eastlaine, that looked exactly like him. The account's avatar was Mazza's face, copied from his real account. Its first photo was a shot of Verge editor David Pierce, also copied from Mazza's real account. It even had the same exact caption: "Early calls with @piercedavid and @joplinger #bts."
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11 Incredible Food Artists On Instagram You Should Follow
Remember when your parents told you not to play with your food? Well at one point these artists decided to go against their parents’ wishes and look who has the last laugh now. Unlike those who take photos of their meal at fancy restaurants and then upload the images using a carefully selected filter, these artists are taking their food and creating works of art on their plates.
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Instagram’s ‘Richest Kid’ Jailed For Selling Stolen iPhone
Param Sharma has something of a gag account on Instagram — he’s the disgustingly “rich kid” known as Lavish P who is often seen in photos showing off his wads of money and wasting elite items without a care in the world. Whether it is an act or real narcism is debatable though — Sharma just got busted selling a stolen iPhone on Craigslist.
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Instagram has a drug problem
Instagram has ushered in a golden age for the drug trade. You read that correctly: Thousands of accounts — perhaps many more — are currently selling marijuana, prescription pills, ecstasy, and other narcotics in the Internet equivalent of an open-air drug market. It operates like the notorious Silk Road (a marketplace for anonymous, and often illicit, trade) — except it’s a thousand times more user-friendly, and it hasn’t been shut down.
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Iran blocks Instagram account of ‘rich kids’ showing off wealth in Tehran
The richkidsoftehran group flaunts lifestyle of young Iranian elite, featuring sports cars, luxury goods and expensive homes
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Slütsof v Instagram highlights unpredictability of domain name enforcement
Instagram’s cease-and-desist letter to an individual who registered ‘slutsofinstagram.com’, and the site owner’s response, has been widely reported by media outlets. The respondent, Los Angeles-based writer Matt Unsworth, told World Trademark Review that the coverage led to the website getting “a million hits in under a day”. While that may suggest that Instagram’s action led to increased traffic to a site of concern, one trademark attorney argues that Instagram took the right stance.
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Microsoft joins Instagram, hires photographer to travel the world
Microsoft is using Instagram to show all sorts of people -- from baristas to surgeons -- using its products in their work.
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NO FILTER: An Afternoon With Kim Kardashian (NSFW)
Kim wears Mikimoto necklaces and earrings, customized dress and vintage gloves throughoutIf you know nothing else about Kim Kardashian, you know that she is very, very famous. Some would say that's all you need to know. At press time,...
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5 Ways to Improve Your Instagram Marketing
Is there a place for Instagram in your marketing plan? This article explains how to use Instagram to drive big results for your business.
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Instagram Tops 300 Million Monthly Users
To date, users have shared 30 billion photos.
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Instagram tops 300 million active users, likely bigger than Twitter
Facebook's billion-dollar Instagram acquisition is looking better and better.
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Integrate Images from Your Instagram Feed to Your WordPress Site
Create a wonderful world in WordPress by embedding Instagram. This tutorial has the simplest way to integrate images into your page with no sweat at all.
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Facebook has likes. Instagram has hearts. Twitter's got faves. But Flickr had them (and me) first
Yahoo may be ‘ruining’ the photo-sharing site again, but as my Flickr friend says, ‘it really just comes down to feelings’
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Instagram Updated with New Filters and Design
Just when you thought you had enough filters, Instagram goes and adds more along with an updated design and a whole slew of other new and improved features.
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6 Crazy Easy Ways To Convert Instagram Visitors To Your List
Struggling to see results from your efforts on Instagram? You are not alone. Read on for 6 crazy easy ways to convert Instagram followers to your list.
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Tips for Better Social Media Photography
For those of you who want to “up their photography game” on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter, keep these simple tips in mind to get the best photos possible.
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10 Social Media Resolutions for 2015
Reinvent your selfie for the new year.
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7 Tips to Become an Instagram Rockstar!
The most successful brands know that Instagram is about more than just sharing product shots. Here are 7 ways you can become an Instagram rockstar today!
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20+ Instagram stats marketers need to know
It is my intention to write a few posts focusing on brands doing great work on Instagram, but first I feel it’s worth rounding up a few stats to show why it's such an important social network.
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