Facebook Releases Instagram Clone?
Yes, it’s true, Facebook has gone mad with power. We might all lose our jobs due to Facebook. Facebook is a unique tool, but it can also be an enemy. Facebook released their own version of Instagram to the public. Didn’t Facebook just buy Instagram? The answer is yes, Facebook is ready to .pay billions of dollars just to eliminate competitors The application is free, and can be found in the application store on iOS. This is not the first time Facebook has released a stand alone application. About a year ago, Facebook released “Facebook Messenger”, for iOS. Having one application for many things is good, but it can get cluttered, so Facebook picked the most used feature, and made an application for it.
Ellis Hamburger reports for The Verge:
The Facebook Camera team has been working on the app for months, and Mark Zuckerberg reportedly kept his desire to purchase Instagram close to the vest, as if he almost impulse-bought it. Had the Instagram deal never occurred, Facebook Camera wouldn’t really be much of an Instagram competitor anyway, lacking any mobile-only social circles and hashtagged sharing around specific topics. “Enhancing the Facebook photos experience on mobile is long overdue,” Facebook’s Derick Mains told me. “We really had to step up our game, and we’re committed to building Instagram independently.