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Did Apple’s Phil Schiller drop Instagram after Android launch, blaming ‘signal to noise ratio’?

2012-04-19T23:25:40-04:00

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Before Instagram was snatched up by Facebook for $1 billion, there was the launch of the Android version of the photo-sharing app. While we knew the release rattled the cages of more than a few iOS users, what we didn't know was that one of them may have been Apple's own Phil Schiller. 9to5Mac reports that one of its readers reached out to Apple's senior vice president of marketing after noticing that his Instagram account, under the name @schiller, had vanished. Schiller allegedly responded to the user via a Twitter direct message, writing "It 'jumped the shark' when it went to Android."

Another 9to5Mac reader, Clayton Braasch, claims to h …

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Instagram surpasses 40 million users ten days after Android launch

2012-04-13T16:20:06-04:00

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Instagram's move to Android has done wonders for the photo sharing app - first it managed to amass five million new users in less than a week, and now its overall userbase has reportedly surpassed 40 million. That number comes from Rakshith Krishnappa, creator of Instagram-viewer Gramfeed, who told TechCrunch that Instagram's API now lists a total of 40,026,379 users. That's a jump of 10 million from when the app first launched on Android, which was just ten days ago. We're not sure what percentage of those new users are on Android, but given the explosive growth of Instagram on the platform, we'd imagine that the majority of them are, thoug …

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Instagram updated to support HTC One X, other Tegra 3 devices

2012-04-10T23:28:46-04:00

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It's honestly pretty incredible just how fast Instagram is rolling out updates for its Android app: it's only been a week since the artistic photo filter program arrived on Google's mobile operating system, and tonight the app's seeing its third update. This one brings support for the HTC One X, which amusingly didn't work at launch, despite the company prominently using the phone in its promotional photos. In fact, Instagram says the new version works better with Tegra 3 devices in general, and also includes bug fixes for the tablet update that the company rolled just a few days back, and an issue that caused photos not to appear in the gal …

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Instagram for Android surpasses five million downloads in six days

2012-04-10T17:20:38-04:00

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Instagram for Android hit one million downloads in less than one day, and it seems the pace has barely slowed since then - according to Google Play, Instagram has been downloaded more than five million times in about six days. And what a six days it has been, with Mark Zuckerburg opening up Facebook's wallet to snap the photo-sharing service up for a cool $1 billion. That said, there's been a slight amount of backlash to Facebook snapping up Instagram - time will tell if that backlash affects the app's popularity. While we don't expect it'll continue to pull in nearly one million new users a day for much longer, there are still plenty of And …

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Instagram for Android update adds tablet and Wi-Fi device support

2012-04-06T17:55:13-04:00

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Just a few days after its launch on Android, the Instagram app is getting yet another update - that's three, if you're counting - that brings support to tablets and Wi-Fi handsets like the Galaxy S Wi-Fi. The new 1.0.3 update is available now from the Google Play Store, and while it's running at our Transformer Prime's native resolution, it looks like an scaled up version of the phone UI. You can also now install it on an SD card, and the update fixes an audio mute bug that appeared during photo capture. Unfortunately, HTC One X users are still out of luck, but the update brings Instagram to many more devices and now there's yet another way …

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Instagram set to receive $50 million in funding and $500 million valuation, says AllThingsD

2012-04-06T11:54:15-04:00

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Instagram is close to receiving new funding which would set its valuation at $500 million, according to AllThingsD. Citing sources "close to the situation," the site says that Instagram will receive a $50 million round of funding reportedly be led by Sequoia Capital, which has previously invested in the likes of PayPal and YouTube. While $500 million may pale in comparison to the likes of Facebook's $100 billion valuation at the time of its initial public offering, it does seem like a pretty hefty sum for the free photo sharing app. Instagram has been experiencing some solid growth, though - the company recently released its long-awaited And …

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What does it mean when iPhone users complain about Instagram on Android?

2012-04-04T21:16:18-04:00

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It's no secret that some people take their mobile OSes very personally - just as your parents weren't likely to buy you both a Super Nintendo and a Sega Genesis, you're probably not going to take out multiple phone contracts, and as such you may need validation that you made the right decision. This extends to the app world, too, and former iOS poster boy Instagram's jump to Android this week had a few iPhone users questioning their identity:

Dont follow me on instagram if you have an android….. Ew
- mantha (@dyatwavysam) April 3, 2012

I feel gross knowing people with an android phone can follow me on instagram…
- Francisco Castillo (@Fran …

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Instagram for Android breaks 1 million downloads in less than a day

2012-04-04T06:05:48-04:00

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According to the numbers listed on Google's Play Store, Instagram has already hit a million downloads in its first day of availability, meaning the download was about as popular on opening day as Microsoft's Consumer Preview for Windows 8. After getting a chance to try it ourselves, we're not surprised so many people are giving the long-awaited app a shot - we just hope everything gets sorted out with HTC's One X so we can get snapping. If you're an Android user and want to see what all of the fuss is about, the app is a free download at Google Play.

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Instagram for Android updated with bugfixes, but doesn’t support HTC One X

2012-04-03T19:58:56-04:00

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Instagram for Android was probably the most anticipated app on the platform before today's earlier release, but it's having a couple of teething problems. The developers have already pushed out an update intended to improve compatibility, after reports of the photo-sharing app not working on certain devices. It hasn't entirely fixed the problem, though - while our HTC One X refused to work before the update and pushed us out to the feed whenever we tried to take a photo, applying the update results in Instagram simply displaying the above message instead.

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Instagram for Android hands-on video

2012-04-03T14:54:15-04:00

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Earlier today, Instagram finally launched its filter-heavy photo-taking and sharing app for Android, and we loaded it up on a Droid Razr running Android 2.3 for testing. If you've ever used the iOS version of Instagram, you'll feel very much at home here. In fact, I was able to log into the Android app with my iOS account, and it pulled in all my photos, friends, and activity without any problems.

The app's basic layout is the same as on iOS, with the five main sections (home, popular, shoot, news, and profile) organized in the same order. The buttons and font choices are slightly different and feel subtly tailored for Android, but that's t …

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