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Instagram users fall for 'Instlike' app scam, reveal passwords
GMA News "The app asked users to share their usernames and passwords after downloading, turning them into willing participants of a giant social botnet," Mashable said. It said many still fell for the app despite a "giant red flag" where the app directly asked … |
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Instagram users willingly become part of social botnet
Scoop.co.nz (press release) The application known as InstLike was available for iOS and Android devices. It could be found in both Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store. Apple and Google have since removed the applications from their respective stores. InstLike claims users … |
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
The Latest Crazy Instagram Stats: 150 Million Photos, 15 Per Second, 80% Filtered — This past June, we noted that Instagram hit a big milestone: 5 million users. At the time, the total number of photos shared on the service was at 95 million, and given the rate of growth, they expected to pass 100 million shortly.
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Instagram Rises as Social Web Embraces Photo Sharing — Digital camera sales may be weak, but thanks to cellphones, picture-taking has never been more of an everyday thing. Now a wave of mobile applications is letting people tweak their cellphone snapshots and share them with friends and strangers.