Cha-Ching! Instagram Series B Investors Doubled Money in 1 Business Day
Right before its billion dollar buyout from Facebook, Instagram closed a $50 million Series B round from Sequoia, with Thrive Capital, Greylock, and Benchmark which pegged the company at a $500 million...
View ArticleHaters: Get Your Facts Straight on the Instagram-Facebook Deal
Two years ago we invested $250,000 in Instagram. Thanks to the spectacular vision and effort of Kevin Systrom and the Instagram team, the investment will be worth $78,000,000 when the Faceboook...
View ArticleYes, the Anticipated Instagram Video Has Arrived
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) had a highly anticipated press conference on Thursday to announce their latest product, an Instagram video-sharing service. The announcement was made at Facebook’s headquarters in...
View ArticleIs Instagram Video Competing With Twitter’s Vine?
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has teamed up with Instagram to announce the new Instagram video. Users of the popular photo-sharing website will now be able to shoot short videos and post them to Instagram and...
View ArticleWill Instagram Make the Move to Google Glass?
Don’t expect Instagram’s new video app to appear on Google Glass anytime soon. While seemingly every mobile app is clamoring to ready their product for Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Glass, Facebook’s...
View ArticleOn Instagram, Straight Flexin’: Can App Executives Woo Advertisers?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosenkrieger/ In the Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Instagram world, Mark Zuckerberg is to Kevin Systrom as Sheryl Sandberg is to Emily White. Both power duos are working...
View ArticleInstagram Sends Mysterious Invitations for a Media Event on December 12
Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) photo sharing site, Instagram, has sent a mysterious letter to reporters, inviting them to attend a media event in New York on December 12. CNET received one of the Instagram...
View ArticleLook Out, Snapchat: Instagram Messaging Is Here
Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) photo-sharing site, Instagram, held a media event in New York on Thursday, unveiling an anticipated messaging service after Facebook’s $3 billion offer for popular disappearing...
View Article3 Differences Between Twitter and Instagram
Source: Thinkstock Instagram now has a bigger active user base than Twitter, according to a much-shared blog post written by the up-and-coming social network’s CEO. A post on Instagram’s blog announced...
View ArticleSilicon Valley’s Finest: 10 of the Best-Dressed Tech Execs
Source: Thinkstock While consultant Tom Searcy famously wrote that in Silicon Valley, “it’s a status symbol to dress like you’re homeless to attend board meetings,” not all tech executives make public...
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