Instagram just reached 1 billion users

Instagram announced Wednesday it has reached 1 billion users for the first time ever. It's rapidly catching up to is parent company, Facebook, which has about 2.19 billion monthly users.

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Instagram just reached 1 billion users Instagram announced Wednesday it has reached 1 billion users for the first time ever. It's rapidly catching up to is parent company, Facebook, which has about 2.19 billion monthly users. Read More »

Instagram just declared war on YouTube with a new longform-video app Instagram announced Wednesday that it would launch a longform-video app called IGTV for influencers and celebrities to help it compete with the likes of YouTube and Snapchat. Read More »

Intuit CIO says his global IT team uses four popular communication platforms to increase productivity Atticus Tysen had been working at Intuit for 11 years before becoming the CIO in 2013 in the midst of multiple changes. Read More »

Chinese smartphone company Oppo just revealed a Lamborghini-edition phone that costs nearly $2,000 The Chinese tech company Oppo has unveiled the first device from its partnership with Lamborghini, the Find X Automobili Lamborghini Edition. Oppo says the phone can charge completely in 35 minutes and will cost almost $2,000. Read More »

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What would happen if America's Internet went down David Kennedy, former NSA hacker and TrustedSec CEO, explains how an attack on America's Internet could affect the country, ranging from the financial sector to our military. Read More »

'Fortnite' players are furious at Sony for locking accounts to the PlayStation 4 — an exclusionary tactic that's burning years of goodwill with fans In a shocking move that's infuriating PlayStation 4 owners, Sony is locking "Fortnite" accounts to the PS4. If you want to play the game elsewhere, you'll need another account. It's a complicated mess. Read More »

Hackers abscond with $31 million in cryptocurrencies from massive South Korean cryptocurrency trading platform Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that hackers took $31 million from its platform earlier this week. Read More »

The CEOs of Google and Apple both fell out of favor with employees this year — here's why, according to a survey of tech workers Glassdoor's annual 100 highest-rated CEOs report reveals Apple's Tim Cook and Google's Sundar Pichai both dropped heavily in rankings due to what employees said were problematic work cultures: Apple for its secrecy and high stress and Google for its growing corporate and bureaucratic culture. Read More »

Tinder's owner took a controlling stake in Hinge as it stares down the threat from Facebook Tinder owner Match has acquired a 51% stake in Hinge for an undisclosed fee. Match first took a stake in Hinge in September last year and has the right to acquire its remaining shares over the next 12 months. Read More »

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