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3 days ago · Originally launched for iOS in October 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram rapidly gained popularity, with one million registered users in two months, 10 million in a year, and 1 billion by June 2018. In April 2012, Facebook Inc. acquired the service for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock.
2 days ago · While Instagram is a video and photo-sharing social media app, it was launched in 2010 by Kevin Systrom. The prototype name for Instagram was Burbn, inspired by the creator’s love for bourbons and whiskeys. What camera is the Instagram logo based on? The co-founder, Kevin Systrom, designed the original logo for Instagram back in 2010.
3 days ago · Kevin Systrom launched photo-sharing mobile phone app Instagram in 2010. Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock in 2012, and Systrom stayed on to continue running it.
1 day ago · Systrom attends a Silicon Valley party where he meets a pair of venture capitalists and shows them Burbn. They agree to fund the app’s development. Systrom quits his job to focus on his product and a stripped-back version is launched in October 2010 under the new name Instagram. Within a year it has more than ten million users.
3 days ago · Instagram started as Burbn, an app meant to connect people around the globe. This aim was achievable by allowing individuals to create check-ins when they traveled to new locations. Along the way, the brain behind the idea, Kevin Systrom, got $500,000 in funding from venture firms.
5 days ago · In April 2017, Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s CEO, emailed Zuckerberg asking for more staff to work on mitigating harms to users, according to the New Mexico complaint.
4 days ago · Instagram photo by Kevin Systrom • Jun 12, 2015 at 11:20 PM. 244K likes, 81K comments - kevin on June 12, 2015.
