So what about Instagram actually caught users’ curiosity and liking? Is the fact that the application allowed users to tweak the images with its strikingly unconventional borders and filters which made the images more striking adding a nostalgic glow? Or was it the speed and ease with which one could upload and share their photos? …
What is a “Selfie”? (Source: Wikipedia) A selfie is a type of self-portrait photographs, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone, and is usually taken in a slightly tilted manner. Selfies are often associated with social networking. Oxford dictionary announced “Selfie” as the official word of 2013. So, here is a collection of selfies which garnered massive attention from the …
“Pictures speak a thousand words.” Instagram, a photo sharing iPhone application was build with a similar idea. Known as “Burbn” in its beta phase, the check-in app could also add photos. What was interesting was the fact that apart from photo sharing the app saw very little engagement. Hence they tried building “Just Photos” another …
Social network options are huge. There are already hundreds of them and more are emerging with each passing day. Marketers are spoilt for choice, or rather, let us say confused by the plethora of choices available to them. Too many options and too little knowledge is making marketers go bonkers about these social networks. Marketers …
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