When Facebook splashed a billion dollars on Instagram in 2012, not everyone was impressed. Six years later and their decision has been vindicated.
Photo-sharing website Instagram has released a photo compilation of some of their top 10 biggest events of 2012. It was selected from all the images uploaded this year by their more than 100 million users.
Yesterday we reported that Instagram has disabled all support for Twitter cards. This means that Instagram photos will no longer be viewable in your Twitter feed. Instead, they will now only be shared by way of a link to the photo’s Instagram URL. Lame, right?
Over the past couple of days, users have reported seeing their Instagram photos cropped inside their Twitter feeds. Others complained of only seeing a white block where the image was supposed to appear. While technical issues were first thought to be the cause, it has now been revealed that Instagram has completely disabled photo integration with Twitter.
There are two ways of taking out your competition: offer a similar, yet superior and/or cheaper product than your opponent. Or simply buy the entire rival business and start offering its service as your own. The latter happened yesterday when Mark Zuckerberg announcd that Facebook is about to buy Instagram for $1 billion.