Instagram unveils new private messaging feature

Instagram Direct allows users to send private text, video, and photo messages to up to 15 friends. CEO Kevin Systrom announced that the new feature will be available for iPhones and Androids starting Thursday. Check out the video

Photos: Kanye West Gives Lecture to Harvard’s Graduate School of Design

It looks as though Kanye West popped in to discuss his company, DONDA, to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. No more info as of now, but I foresee videos and recaps coming very soon. Until then, here are some photos from the event swiped from Instagram.







 

Instagram Socialmatic Camera

Another interesting concept design comes from ADR Studio. This time they imagined the Instagram icon becoming a real life digital instant film camera – the outcome is the Instagram Socialmatic Camera. Check out the full concept idea here below.
- 16 GB mass storage
- Wifi and Bluetooth
- 4:3 touchscreen
- 2 main lens, first for main capture, second for 3D filters, webcam applications and QR Code capturing
- Optical zoom
- Led Flash
- Internal printer to make your Instagram photos real
- Paper cartridge with Instagram Paper Sheets
- Dedicated 4 colors ink tanks
- InstaOs 1.0, which put together Facebook and Instagram App feature
Certainly an interesting idea. Would you buy the Instagram Camera?
Check it out in detail after the jump

Instagram Reaches 27 Million Registered Users – Android App is on the Way

Instagram, the whimsical photo-sharing app that combines some of the best aspects of social media platforms Twitter and Tumblr, has cleared the 27 million user mark. More interesting about this figure, is that over 67% of those users are still active, having used the app within the last 24 hours. Instagram’s Co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger revealed at SXSW that now that they’ve scaled enough to meet the needs of iPhone users, an Android app isn’t too far from release, opening up the platform to an entirely new user base. Kreiger hints that in some ways, the Android version is even better than its iPhone counterpart. An official launch date has yet to be revealed, but like most announcements of this nature in the tech world, it shouldn’t be too far off.

Source: TechCrunch