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12 unusual facts about Instagram


Baseline Ventures

Business Ventures has invested in software and web companies that include Instagram, Weebly, OMGPop, ExactTarget and Heroku.

Belaire Rosé

The brand first gained notoriety in early 2013 when hip-hop artist Rick Ross showcased the brand on his Instagram feed and featured it in several music videos.

Better Out Than In

Banksy unveiled at least one work of art daily, documenting it on both a dedicated website and an Instagram account.

Chris Culliver

In April 2013, he made offensive comments about women on Instagram.

Emerson Sheik

On August 18, 2013, after the 1-0 victory of Corinthians over Coritiba FC in the Brazilian League, Emerson celebrated the alvinegro triumph by kissing his friend and posting the photo on Instagram.

Empire Avenue

Social networks supported by Empire Avenue currently include Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Instagram, Wordpress hosted blogs and the player's own blog and RSS feeds.

Flosstradamus

The duo recently posted a video on their Instagram account, which features a preview of a new track called 'HDYBYZ'.

Instagram

On February 2, 2011, it was announced that Instagram had raised $7 million in Series A funding from a variety of investors, including Benchmark Capital, Jack Dorsey, Chris Sacca (through Capital fund), and Adam D'Angelo.

Petra Collins

Also in 2013, in the same month, Collins' Instagram account was deleted, for a photograph of herself with her own pubic hair emerging from bikini bottoms.

Quality Street Music

DJ Drama gathered the song's featured artists and also released behind-the-scenes pictures of the video shoot via his Instagram.

Screw You

Using Instagram, fans have the opportunity to create a visual inspired by any one word in the song.

Stefano Denswil

On 15 July 2013 a naked photograph of Stefano Denswil with a girl appeared on the website Instagram.


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.am

am ccTLD enjoy popularity due to the connection to AM radio (similar to the .fm and .tv ccTLDs), and the ability to form English words ending in "am" — e.g. the mobile photo sharing service Instagram uses the Armenian domain name Instagr.am.

Content curation

The technology of curation can also allow for the creation of online newspapers or magazines (see paper.li or scoop.it) or pages like Storify, which lets the user create stories or timelines using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Elle Varner

In June 2013, Varner confirmed via her official instagram, the rumours that she was dating New York Knicks basketball player Iman Shumpert.

Evil Friends

In the months leading up to the release of the album, John Gourley posted dozens of photos on the band's instagram and tumblr feeds featuring portraits of high profile celebrities and musicians, including Thom Yorke and Kendrick Lamar, overlaid with his seemingly satanic illustrations.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

In January 2013, Jesse McCartney, the voice of Roxas, posted a picture on Instagram showing Roxas clearly displayed on a screen in a recording booth, along with the caption, "For all you ‘Kingdom Hearts‘ Fans. Recording the next chapter, #KingdomHearts #Roxas #Gamers."

Mile high club

Actors John Barrowman and Colton Haynes took selfies of themselves whilst aboard a plane, posting them on photo posting site, instagram, which led fans to come to the conclusion of the 'Mile High Club,' which has become a popular tag throughout the John Barrowman and Colton Haynes tags on social networking site, Tumblr.