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Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr And Lost The Internet
In the wake of Yahoo’s $US1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught — and gutted — another big fish. Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order of magnitude larger than Flickr was when Yahoo bought it. There are differences.
How To Handle Instagram Tagging Without Being An Asshole
We’ve all been victims of the distasteful Facebook tag at one point or another, and we’ve all felt that tiny shiver down our spine when that fateful red “1″ tells us [insert casual acquaintance] just tagged a new photo of you. That feeling won’t be going away anytime soon — today Instagram’s “Photos of You” tagging system goes live and to the public. But there are ways to minimize the pain and embarrassment of this entirely new set of unwanted tags. Here’s how you can make navigating this brave new, sepia-toned world as painless as possible.
Inspired By Coca-Cola, Instagram Reveals A Subtle Logotype Revamp
Today, when Instagram announced its new people-tagging feature, it focused on the new UI changes within the app. But, if you look closely, you’ll also see another change: a new script, designed by Denver typographer Mackey Saturday.
Instagram Finally Adds A Real People Tagging Feature
The Facebookification of Instagram continues today, as the company just added an official feature for tagging people photos. On your profile page, there will be a “Photos of You” section.
Woman Photoshopped Herself Taking Pictures With Her Phone Into Old Photographs
The awesome photographer Flora Borsi, who once showed how Photoshop would look like in real life, is up to her awesomely hilarious tricks again. This time, Borsi splices herself taking a picture with a cell phone camera into old photographs. It’s a commentary on how ridiculous we look trying to capture every waking moment through our camera’s screen. It’s fantastic.
What Happens When A Stranger Asks To Instagram Your Food?
Taking pictures of food is one of the tenets of Instagram (along with selfies, instabrags, #TBTs and the Kardashian family). But usually it’s you taking your own Instagram picture of your own food. What happens when a guy starts asking strangers to let him Instagram pictures of their food?
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