Tag Archives: Instagram

Instagram: sorry, you took too long getting to Android

As I prepared to go to bed last night, a saucy email arrived that tickled my app fancy. ‘Instagram is out on Android’ it proclaimed, and I got excited. I was not the only one with over 3 million downloads from Google Play in mere hours of the app going live. Which then upset a bunch of iPhone users, some of which resorted to unsavory language to express their chagrin. Fanbois, eh? Having never had the iOS privileged version, I bought into the whole “Instagram has changed photo sharing forever” Read more [...]

Get in the queue for Instagram on Android

Photo sharing and manipulation phenomenon Instagram is about to open its doors to Android users. The service has a page at Instagr.am/android where you can be placed on a waiting list to get access once it has been released. With the plethora of similar apps on Android, they are coming over to the platform and playing a game of catchup. The native sharing functionality of Android makes some of the aspects of Instagram redundant, and coupled with the likes of Paper Camera and Pixlr-o-matic, the Read more [...]

Instagram headed to Android soon

Instagram has become a sensation for those who love to take pictures and make them look wierd afterwards. Part social network and part pocket-Photoshop, the app has over 50 million users on the iPhone. Today at LeWeb in Paris, Instagram Chief Executive Kevin Systrom said an Android version is in the works, and stating “we have two people working on Android now”. How quickly this materialises remains a mystery as Systrom remained tight lipped. Shame. Via CBS News Read more [...]