Hipstamatic was once a go-to app for iPhone photos before Instagram stole its thunder. The company's new Oggl social app is an attempt at striking back.
This week Austin Carr tells the story of Hipstamatic's lost year, London considers commuter swim lanes, and The Rock conquers Twitter. These stories and more in this week's top 10.
From rooftop bashes and acquisition talks to staff clashes and layoffs, Hipstamatic’s founders and ex-employees describe the startup’s losing struggle to keep pace with Instagram, Facebook, and others in the white-hot photo-sharing space. Read the three-part series from start to finish.
The inside story of Hipstamatic’s losing struggle to keep pace with Instagram, Facebook, and others in the white-hot photo-sharing space. In the third and final chapter of the series, Hipstamatic searches unsuccessfully for capital, and founder Lucas Buick and ex-employees ponder the future of the business.
The inside story of Hipstamatic’s struggle to keep pace in the white-hot photo-sharing space. In part two of the saga, Facebook's billion-dollar acquisition of Instagram rattles Hipstamatic, which fumbles through a series of half-baked products and social features that never stick.
From rooftop bashes and acquisition talks to staff clashes and layoffs, Hipstamatic’s founders and ex-employees describe the startup’s losing struggle to keep pace with Instagram, Facebook, and others in the white-hot photo-sharing space. In part one of this three-part series, Twitter comes calling, but Hipstamatic decides to go social on its own.
This is the first time Instagram has opened up its platform API to third parties, and marks a move toward letting photos freely flow into Instagram's network from outside sources. Say cheese!
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom talks to Fast Company about opening up his API to Hipstamatic and the risks and rewards of opening up to even more photo apps in the near future.
