Saturday, April 14, 2012

Would Instagram have been better off in Twitter's hands?

Would Instagram have been better off in Twitter's hands?

. Instagram's Android release recently shook the Android (and iOS) ecosystem. A huge number of users had been waiting for the image filtering and sharing app to reach Android devices. But such release was overshadowed by the news that were to come some days later. Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion, an acquisition that upset many users.

The main complain was that Facebook has a rather bad reputation with image politics. The social network giant holds rights over any image uploaded to users' profiles, whether it is a simple memory or a master piece.

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