Facebook Owns Instagram 2019
Facebook Owns Instagram
Instagram is a mobile-only photo-sharing app. It expanded from 1 million users in January 2011 to 15 million in December 2011. It has 30 million customers now.
What's terrific regarding it is that it is really quick - especially compared to Facebook.
With the Facebook iPhone app, there are 6 displays a user needs to go through prior to an individual can actually take a photo. With Instagram, there is one.
In February, we explained Instagram as the biggest danger to Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg simply revealed the news on Facebook:
I'm thrilled to share the information that we have actually accepted acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.
For many years, we have actually concentrated on building the best experience for sharing images with your loved ones. Now, we'll be able to function even more carefully with the Instagram team to also supply the most effective experiences for sharing stunning mobile images with individuals based upon your passions.
Our company believe these are different experiences that match each other. Yet in order to do this well, we need to be mindful concerning keeping as well as building on Instagram's toughness as well as attributes rather than just attempting to incorporate everything into Facebook.
That's why we're devoted to structure as well as growing Instagram independently. Millions of individuals around the world enjoy the Instagram application and also the brand connected with it, and also our objective is to aid spread this app as well as brand name to even more individuals.
We believe the reality that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is a fundamental part of the experience. We plan on maintaining attributes like the ability to publish to various other social networks, the capability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you desire, as well as the capability to have followers and follow individuals independently from your friends on Facebook.
These as well as lots of other features are very important parts of the Instagram experience as well as we understand that. We will certainly attempt to gain from Instagram's experience to construct similar features right into our various other products. At the same time, we will certainly attempt to aid Instagram continue to grow by utilizing Facebook's solid engineering team as well as framework.
This is a vital turning point for Facebook since it's the first time we have actually ever gotten an item and also company with many individuals. We do not intend on doing many more of these, if any in all. Yet offering the most effective image sharing experience is one reason that many people like Facebook as well as we knew it would certainly be worth bringing these 2 firms with each other.
We're eagerly anticipating collaborating with the Instagram group as well as to all of the excellent new experiences we're going to be able to construct with each other.