If you’re looking for this pair of pants after they hit instagram earlier today, go ahead and stop. This is a 1 of 1 custom pair that Garica made for Fieg suggesting that they might be working together in the near future. It’s only been a few hours and the picture already has 1,700 likes on IG.
This looks like one of the coolest things you can have outside of a smartphone with the Instagram app. We’ve heard of the Socialmatic camera before but this one actually prints out your photos to create real life instagrams. Kind of like the modern day polaroid camera.
So it looks like a lot of people are getting upset about the new terms Instagram laid out yesterday and “boycotting” the app. Most think that their photos are going to be used for ads without payment, that’s not true. Even we thought that’s what the terms meant yesterday, but it appears that we were wrong. So here’s an official statement from Instagram’s co-founder Kevin Systrom clarifying the new terms and conditions.
“Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used, and the rules that govern the thriving and active Instagram community. Since making these changes, we’ve heard loud and clear that many users are confused and upset about what the changes mean.
I’m writing this today to let you know we’re listening and to commit to you that we will be doing more to answer your questions, fix any mistakes, and eliminate the confusion. As we review your feedback and stories in the press, we’re going to modify specific parts of the terms to make it more clear what will happen with your photos.
Legal documents are easy to misinterpret. So I’d like to address specific concerns we’ve heard from everyone:
Advertising on Instagram From the start, Instagram was created to become a business. Advertising is one of many ways that Instagram can become a self-sustaining business, but not the only one. Our intention in updating the terms was to communicate that we’d like to experiment with innovative advertising that feels appropriate on Instagram. Instead it was interpreted by many that we were going to sell your photos to others without any compensation. This is not true and it is our mistake that this language is confusing. To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear.
To provide context, we envision a future where both users and brands alike may promote their photos & accounts to increase engagement and to build a more meaningful following. Let’s say a business wanted to promote their account to gain more followers and Instagram was able to feature them in some way. In order to help make a more relevant and useful promotion, it would be helpful to see which of the people you follow also follow this business. In this way, some of the data you produce — like the actions you take (eg, following the account) and your profile photo — might show up if you are following this business.
The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question. Our main goal is to avoid things like advertising banners you see in other apps that would hurt the Instagram user experience. Instead, we want to create meaningful ways to help you discover new and interesting accounts and content while building a self-sustaining business at the same time.
Ownership Rights Instagram users own their content and Instagram does not claim any ownership rights over your photos. Nothing about this has changed. We respect that there are creative artists and hobbyists alike that pour their heart into creating beautiful photos, and we respect that your photos are your photos. Period.
I always want you to feel comfortable sharing your photos on Instagram and we will always work hard to foster and respect our community and go out of our way to support its rights.
Privacy Settings Nothing has changed about the control you have over who can see your photos. If you set your photos to private, Instagram only shares your photos with the people you’ve approved to follow you. We hope that this simple control makes it easy for everyone to decide what level of privacy makes sense.
I am grateful to everyone for their feedback and that we have a community that cares so much. We need to be clear about changes we make — this is our responsibility to you. One of the main reasons these documents don’t take effect immediately, but instead 30 days from now, is that we wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to raise any concerns. You’ve done that and are doing that, and that will help us provide the clarity you deserve. Thank you for your help in making sure that Instagram continues to thrive and be a community that we’re all proud of. Please stay tuned for updates coming soon.”
Sincerely,
Kevin Systrom co-founder, Instagram
Looks like all these cool apps we have on our phone are really getting greedy. Now that Facebook has acquired Instagram, they’re planning on using what you do on the app for ad revenue, without paying you. Here are the new guidelines pretty much stating that anything you do on Instagram can be used to generate ad revenue without stating which content is being used. Click HERE for more info.
1. Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), or under any other applicable age of majority, you represent that at least one of your parents or legal guardians has also agreed to this provision (and the use of your name, likeness, username, and/or photos (along with any associated metadata)) on your behalf.
2. You acknowledge that we may not always identify paid services, sponsored content, or commercial communications as such.
We are very stoked to be a part of this contest with LiftKits, such a dope brand. They are currently hosting a holiday contest where anyone can win more than you can imagine. As you can tell from the picture above, one of our “Loyal Panther” crewnecks from the 2012 Holiday line is up for grabs also. All you have to do is re-post your favorite image from LiftKits Holiday gift guide to Instagram and also make sure to hashtag #hohoho2012. For each featured brand tagged, you will be entered to win. Visit MyLiftKits.com for more information.
So we’re pretty sure that by now you know that Manny Pacquiao got knocked the F out by Juan Manuel Marquez last night. It hasn’t even been a full 24 hours yet and the memes coming in are more creative than we’ve seen before. So here are some of the top ones we’ve found online so far. Pretty sure these are going to keep coming in as the day goes on. These will go down in history as some of the best memes/photos ever.
Here’s what Floyd Mayweather had to say about the Marquez/Pacquiao Fight
Floyd Mayweather Calls out Manny Pacquiao via Twitter
Kobe Bryant shirtless w/ the Ladies at After Party in Barcelona (Pics)
New “Hooligan Clique” Photo Album (Send your Pics)
Closer to Happening: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather
If you liked sharing your Instagram photos to Twitter, go ahead and say goodbye to that feature. Instagram announced earlier today that it is removing the share feature to focus more on the actual Instagram website. Considering that Instagram was purchased by Facebook, this makes a lot of sense. Click HERE for more info.
Ronnie Fieg is set to drop his collaboration with Dr. Martens soon but won’t let us see the whole thing until it’s done. According to this teaser photo it looks like we can only expect the best from Ronnie Fieg. Follow him on instagram to stay up to date on this collab.
If you have an Instagram and you got on it today (which you probably did), then you saw that your profile is now available online. What would you expect with Facebook buying the company, you’ve got to expand onto the laptops and desktops at some point. You can pretty much do everything that you can do on Facebook and Instagram, just from your actual computer. Looks good but does this take away the simplicity of what once was?
Looks like Instagram is finally starting to take over the mobile app world. Not that it hasn’t been already, but they just passed Twitter for more daily mobile users for the first time ever. Instagram was also recently purchased by Facebook so we’re guessing this is also a step up for the whole Twitter/Facebook competition. Click HERE for more info.
