You know, the coolest application now is Instagram? Instagram is a free app from iTunes that serves as a place to upload photos. This application can be used in communications devices such as the iPhone, or iPod with iOS version 3.1.2. Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are incorporated in the company which they have developed themselves, namely, Burbn, Inc..

Instagram name itself comes from an understanding of the overall function of this application. The word "insta" comes from the word "instant", like Polaroid cameras that used to be known as "instant photo". Instagram can also display photos in an instant, like a polaroid on the zoom. While the word "gram" is derived from the word "telegram", which is a way of working themselves telegraph to send information to others quickly. As with Instagram can upload photos using the internet, so the information is to be conveyed can be received quickly. Therefore Instagram from instant-telegram.


Usability is not just to share your Instagram photos, but can also be used to edit a photo. At this time Instagram already has 16 effects that can be used to edit photos. Through Instagram, the photos can also be
uploaded via social networks such as facebook, twitter, foursquare, flickr, posterous well.

Here are some interesting facts about Instagram:
1. Instagram can be used on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with any version of the operating system iOS 3.1.2 or later and any camera phone with the operating system Android 2.2 (Froyo) or later. This application is spread through the Apple App Store and Android Market.
2. Instagram founded by two young Stanford University graduate, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Until now, Instagram is based in San Francisco, a new record has 13 employees.
3. Instagram was named the App of the Year 2011 at the Apple iTunes.
4. Instagram instantly became popular apps in Android. As many as one million downloads in the Android user performed 12 hours of availability Instagram in Android Market application store.
5. The top five countries with the most Instagram users are the United States, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Germany and the UK.
6. Facebook bought Instagram worth USD 1 billion. With 30 million members, it means that every member of Instagram is worth about $ 33.
7. Instagram party stated there are currently 30 million users who upload their application more than 5 million new photos every day. Whereas in December 2011, the number of users is 15 million. Until the end of 2011, was 400 million photos posted to Instagram
8. Instagram launched as an app in the App Store on October 6, 2010. Then on 3 April 2012, the application was launched in the Android Market app store for users of the Android operating system.
9. Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram has worked at Google. He has also been offered a job at Facebook in 2004, but he refused.

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