Articles about Kevin Systrom

Instagram's new app to take on YouTube

The picture-sharing social network unveils a new standalone, video-only app to its now one billion users worldwide.

Instagram, WhatsApp Stories reach beyond 300m

The Facebook-owned apps now receive over 300 million views on their 'Story' features, which the company copied from rival Snapchat.

Instagram adds safety features as users increase

The social network adds comment control and anonymous reporting on live video to coincide with reaching the 800 million user mark.

WhatsApp gets status update

The Facebook-owned messaging app now lets users place ephemeral pictures and videos as a `status', similar to Instagram and Snapchat Stories.

Facebook copies Instagram copying Snapchat

The world's largest social network takes a page out of the Snapchat 'story' and will soon introduce its own version of the popular feature.

WhatsApp tests two-factor authentication

We round up trends from across the globe that had us scratching our heads.

Instagram takes page out of Snapchat story

The picture-sharing network introduces a feature so similar to one on its rival social network that it has the same name.

Instagram passes 100m active user mark

The popular photo-sharing service continues to grow, with an 11% increase in user numbers in just over a month.

Instagram releases full Web feed

The popular mobile-first photo-sharing app bolsters its Web presence, with a new full-featured Web feed.

Instagram releases user figures

For the first time, Instagram publishes monthly active user data figures, challenging reports that its user numbers are declining.

Instagram loses users amid policy changes

The social photo-sharing site will implement changes to its terms of service and privacy policy this weekend.

Instagram cuts off Twitter

The photo-sharing app stops its images from being properly displayed on Twitter, in an effort to direct users to its own Web service.