Facebook To Buy Instagram For $1 Billion 162
Dorduan writes with news that Facebook is buying Instagram, the company who makes the popular mobile photo-sharing app of the same name, for approximately $1 billion. Mark Zuckerberg wrote,
"... in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram's strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook. That's why we're committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people. We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook."
Wonder how iPhone idiots will react to this? (Score:5, Funny)
Here's their reaction to Instagram on android: http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/blog/404116/instagram-for-android [androidpit.com]
More here: https://twitter.com/#!/AndroidAGram [twitter.com]
And my personal favourites:
The Bad Guy @DamnLes
Apple needs to stop whoever is converting their programs.. Now android have temple run and instagram.. its not special to have an iphone
Michael @Periphereality
@DamnLes I agree they need to stop the guy who keeps converting the iPhone apps! It should be illegal isn't it against copywright?!1
Is Slashdot broken today? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is Slashdot broken today? (Score:5, Funny)
What's cooler... (Score:5, Funny)
What's cooler than paying a million dollars for a useless hipster app?
Paying a BILLION dollars.
Disturbance in Skinny Jeans (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bubble? (Score:2, Funny)
Y u no understand powers of 10?
Re:One Billion? (Score:4, Funny)
Facebook supports Android as well.
Is that what you call it?
Re:Wonder how iPhone idiots will react to this? (Score:5, Funny)
Android has Instagram? Well that does it. Prepare to be flooded with pictures of ramen noodles and food stamps.
Re:Wonder how iPhone idiots will react to this? (Score:3, Funny)
i don't typically go all grammer nazi but isn't it supposed to be iDiots?
Re:Wonder how iPhone idiots will react to this? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wonder how iPhone idiots will react to this? (Score:4, Funny)
I thought instagram and iphones were big in artist circles. Instagram should already be full of pictures of ramen noodles and food stamps.