Instagram

Today, Seattle-based Simply Measured launched its Instagram analytics tool for both the public, and its enterprise customers. In conjunction with that release, the company made public a study that it executed of the Interbrand 100 firms, concerning their usage of Instagram. The Interbrand 100, for the uninitiated, is a list of the world’s one hundred Continue Reading →

(This content was originally posted on IanSchafer.com.) Every week, there’s a new buzz around an app that is purported to be the “Instagram for Video.” It was Socialcam, Viddy, and several others in the past. Today it’s Ptch. But I can confidently say that there is no “Instagram for Video.” And for anyone over the age Continue Reading →

Feeling like a voyeur? We mean that in the best of ways, really – and it’s all because of a brand-new website that allows you to watch real-time feeds of Instagram pictures uploaded in various locations. In essence, the website “This is Now” makes it feel as if you’re actually there, participating in all of Continue Reading →

Windows users can’t catch a break with viruses, even when they’re getting software for their Apple device. An app called “Instaquotes Quotes Cards for Instagram” was found to contain a worm called “Worm.VB-900,” which isn’t a threat to iOS itself or any other MacOS platform. However, users who tend to their apps with a Windows Continue Reading →

A severe patch of storms that rumbled across the Eastern U.S. — leaving nine people dead and millions without power — also disrupted an Amazon Web Services data center, affecting service for social media sites like Pinterest, Instagram and Netflix, which host their services at Amazon’s data centers. Netflix and Pinterest had recovered most of Continue Reading →

To our surprise, Instagram has quietly updated its Web presence to allow for comments and likes (example). More than anything else, this move, which the company calls “the new Photo Page,”  is a clear sign that Instagram is expanding beyond the phone and onto the Web. Keep in mind, however, that this update still does Continue Reading →

“Explore: photos taken nearby”. Instagram may be looking to follow in Foursquare’s footsteps and give you more to do than just post and browse the main feed with today’s iOS app update that merges Popular with search to create its own Explore tab. It also added new Facebook sharing controls, visual and speed improvements, better Continue Reading →

After eight months of development, the popular iPhone photo filter app FilterMania just got a big upgrade, its developer Dropico Mobile announced today. Now known as FilterMania 2, it includes several improvements, including the addition of a ‘Filter Market’ in which users will find over 300 free new filters. That’s obviously a much larger number Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120525_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook has been all over the news, with last week’s lackluster IPO and this week’s lawsuits, but, if you remember, just a few weeks ago, Facebook spent a billion dollars buying Instagram, a very popular photo sharing site.  Well, yesterday, Facebook launched its own camera app called, Continue Reading →

I remember the hype going into the Facebook IPO and how people were literally drooling over what was to be the seminal event to reinvigorate our financial markets, create wealth for thousands and cement Facebook as the success story of this generation. Well two out of three ain’t bad. Many thought of this as a Continue Reading →