Instagram is no longer allowing Twitter users to view its photographs in tweets in an effort to drive more people to its own website and away from the rival social media company. Kevin Systrom, the CEO of the photo-sharing service that was snapped up by Facebook earlier this year, announced that Instagram has turned off support for "Twitter cards," signaling a deepening rift between two of the web's biggest brands. Twitter users started to complain earlier this week in public messages that Instagram photos weren't displaying properly on Twitter's website....
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Instagram Ads Aren't in the Cards (Yet), Founder Kevin Systrom Says
December 6, 2012
From Huffington Post
Instagram's youthful Chief Executive Kevin Systrom allowed himself a luxury at a Paris technology conference that he never feels comfortable doing in San Francisco: wearing a tie. The founder of the popular photo-sharing app, now owned by Facebook, looks less comfortable when asked whether he'll soon be adding advertising to his service. "We don't have any specific plans to share about advertising yet, mostly because we're focused on growing the company as quickly as possible," Systrom said in an interview with Reuters TV at LeWeb technology conference in Paris. The decision, he conceded, may no longer be his alone.
Ben & Jerry's Turns Fans’ Instagram Pics Into Ads
November 19, 2012
From MediaPost
Ben & Jerry's is thanking its Instagram followers around the world by turning some of their photos into ads that will appear in local media in the fans’ own neighborhoods. The brand, which currently has nearly 124,000 Instagram followers who "like" its photos nearly 5,000 times per day, is encouraging them to submit photos that "best capture the euphoric feeling that comes with eating Ben & Jerry's," and tag them with #captureeuphoria.
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