Living in the 21st century provides many different ways for people to both stay in touch with friends and family, as well as meet new and exciting people from all over the world. What started with message boards and email has branched out into a whole world of online interconnectedness.
With the increase in capabilities that current technology offers, contact has evolved from simple text communications to the allowance of more advanced types of expression. Many different software programs have been created, both free and paid, that allow us to spice up our communications in a myriad of different ways. Users can personalize messages with different colors, fonts and emoticons, all of which provide an outlet for creativity and a way for us to put a little of ourselves into the messages we send.
One of the most significant types of medium that has benefited from the increased transfer speeds of broadband is photos. Virtually every type of online social interaction has the capacity for users to exchange pictures with each other, in one way or another. This fact has taken things to a whole new level in terms of social networking. Now, not only can you share all of the information that you find important, but also the accompanying images that are equally as important. This trend has become so popular that one of the most exciting new social networking services is centered completely around the posting and sharing of images. I am, of course, referring to Instagram.
Introducing Instagram
Initially developed and released in 2010, Instagram has grown at a phenomenal pace to a current user base that tops 100 million. Instagram differs slightly from many of the other social networking platforms, such as Facebook and MySpace, in that it was introduced to run completely over mobile computing platforms, as opposed to being primarily internet based. While the capability for online profiles was introduced in 2012, Instagram remains primarily a tool for smartphone and tablet users.
Basic participation in Instagram?s services include the posting of photos to an account, after which they can be made available for viewing to user-defined persons or groups. Photos can also be shared across other social networking platforms by linking the Instagram account to the accounts held in the other services. Members can also elect to ?follow? another person?s account, allowing them to stay current on all of the content posted by that member instantly.
Images posted to Instagram can be manipulated through the use of one of the many filters that are offered. These filters apply different color enhancements to the posted image, allowing for an even greater degree of customization. With nearly 20 different available filters to use, the opportunity to show your content in the exact way you want it to appear is virtually limitless.
Acquiring an Account
Upon visiting Instagram?s homepage, located at www.instagram.com, you will be presented with the option to either download the app from the App Store (for iPhone users) or Google Play (for Android users). Once you have finished downloading, installing and opening the app on your mobile device, you will tap the Sign Up button to proceed.
Once the signup process has been completed you have several different destinations available to go to in order to customize your profile and begin posting content. These include a Profile tab, which allows you to view and update your Instagram account and a Camera tab, which allows you to take photos or upload images from your device?s internal storage.
Instagram has gone a long way towards offering a social networking solution for those whose primary method of computing and communication is done through a mobile device. In addition, their clear goal towards developing a service based primarily on images has been instrumental in reinforcing that old adage of a picture being worth a thousand words.
Source: http://www.techtous.com/blog/instagram-the-king-of-all-photo-apps/
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