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Instagram

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Instagram is a free photo sharing application that allows users to take photos, apply a filter, and share it on the service or a variety of other social networking services, including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, Flickr , Foursquare and Posterous.[2] The application is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 3.1.2 or above.

Instagram, in an homage to both the Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid cameras, confines photos into a square shape. This is in contrast to the 3:2 aspect ratio normally used by the iOS device cameras.

The application was developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.

Milestones

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  Instagram added Gregor Hochmuth as Engineer. (1/1/12)
  Posted 1/3/12 at 3:07pm
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  Instagram added Oli Ryan as Recruiter. (8/1/11)
  Posted 10/6/11 at 12:55pm
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  Instagram added Jessica Zollman as Community Evangelist. (8/1/11)
  Posted 8/3/11 at 11:00pm
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  Instagram added Josh Riedel as Community + Partnerships. (10/1/10)
  Posted 8/3/11 at 10:59pm
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  Instagram added Shayne Sweeney as Engineer. (11/1/10)
  Posted 12/6/10 at 4:36pm
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  Instagram added Mike Krieger as Co-Founder. (6/1/10)
  Posted 9/20/10 at 6:23pm
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  Instagram added Kevin Systrom as Co-Founder. (3/1/10)
  Posted 3/5/10 at 2:07pm
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  Instagram received $7M in Series A funding. (2/2/11)
  Posted 2/2/11 at 8:55pm via techcrunch.com
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  Instagram received $500k in Seed funding. (3/5/10)
  Posted 3/5/10 at 2:06pm via techcrunch.com
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  Instagram — Instagram Now Has 12 Million Users, 100K Weekly Downloads In China Alone (10/31/11)
  Posted 10/31/11 at 8:51pm via techcrunch.com
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  Instagram — Instagram Has 4.25 Million Users Just 7 Months After Launching (5/23/11)
  Posted 5/23/11 at 7:00pm via businessinsider.com
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  Instagram — 3 Months To The First Million Users, Just 6 Weeks To The Second Million For Instagram (2/14/11)
  Posted 2/14/11 at 11:02pm via techcrunch.com
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  Instagram — Announced hire of Shayne Sweeney (11/17/10)
  Posted 1/8/11 at 3:14pm via techcrunch.com
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  Instagram — Instagram Is Raising Money At A $20 Million Valuation (11/11/10)
  Posted 11/11/10 at 9:09pm via businessinsider.com

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Screenshots

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Above: Instagram Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 9/21/10

Above: Instagram Screenshot -- #2
Uploaded: 9/21/10

Sources

1. techcrunch.com [edit]
2. Instagram Raises $7M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Instagram Is Raising Money At A $20 Million Valuation (businessinsider.com) [edit]
4. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. 3 Months To The First Million Users, Just 6 Weeks To The Second Million For Instagram (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Instagram Has 4.25 Million Users Just 7 Months After Launching (businessinsider.com) [edit]
7. Instagram Now Has 12 Million Users, 100K Weekly Downloads In China Alone (techcrunch.com) [edit]