From Past to Today: Instagram
All around the world around 1 billion people
are using Instagram. They share pictures, looking at the stories of their
people, and looking at Explore section daily. As a basic Picture sending application,
how did Instagram achieve this kind of success? In this article, we will be
dive into the history of Instagram.
In 2010
Instagram was launched by its creators
Kevin Systrom ve Mike Krieger with the name of Burbn. Creators achieved
gain big investments in the app and through this they manage to develop it.
Before
it was sold to Facebook, Instagram had almost 30 million users. In 2012,
Instagram has been sold to Facebook. 2012 was a big year for the development of
Instagram because when the firm launched Instagram to the Android devices, it
increased the number of users in a huge amount.
Why is Instagram so popular?
The lack of application that was only focused
on pictures might be an answer. The purchase by Facebook was an important step
too. Today Instagram did not lose its focus on Picture sharing. Looks like we
will use this app in our daily life for a quite long time.