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Louise Linton

Treasury secretary’s wife rips ‘out of touch’ Portland woman on Instagram after high-style humblebrag

First rule of flight club: Never reply to the comments on an Instagram photo in which you brag about your… Read More

Bill Gates on Instagram

Bill Gates joins Instagram to share photos from his adventures, starting in Tanzania

Bill Gates already does a good job of blogging about his adventures around the world through his Gates Notes website,… Read More

Podcast

What these teen tech entrepreneurs think about Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, AI, the cloud and more

Michael Royzen and Atul Ajoy have several things in common, besides being high-school students in the Seattle region. They’re both… Read More

Jeff Bezos on Instagram

Jeff Bezos highlights rocket factory in his first Instagram post – and oh, that hair!

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos posted his first video on Instagram today, but it wasn’t about the proceeds from Prime Day:… Read More

Amazon Spark is a new Instagram-inspired shopping feed featuring Prime members as influencers

Amazon launched a new feature today that allows Prime members to post stories to a feed, similar to those popular… Read More

Manuel Bahamondez Spheres photo

How do Amazon employees view The Spheres? See the winning shots from company photo contest

Amazon employees walking past and/or working above and beside The Spheres being built in downtown Seattle had a chance to… Read More

Amazon Pay rolls out its first payments integration on Instagram

For the first time, people can buy products they discover via Instagram using Amazon’s payments platform. Amazon has partnered with… Read More

Instagram archive feature

Instagram adds archive function to allow users to move images into a private space

Instagram users looking for a way to clean up their feed without permanently deleting images or videos got a new… Read More

Facebook Pride sign

Facebook helps users show Pride this month with rainbow reactions, photo filters and more

People looking to celebrate Pride this month got a few new tools from Facebook to aid in that effort, including… Read More

Infatuation Seattle Instagram

Seattle gets a new website to feed its Infatuation with food, restaurants, reviews and more

Seattleites looking for a little extra guidance before dining out got another resource online Monday morning as review site The Infatuation… Read More

Instagram face filters

The Snapchatification of Instagram continues as cute face filters are now an option on photos

Smile if you like a golden crown or bunny ears on your head. Instagram rolled out more features Tuesday to further… Read More

Snap stock craters as Snapchat parent posts huge loss in 1st quarter as public company

Snapchat parent company Snap built a reputation for secrecy, but now, as a public company, it has to lay its… Read More

Spheres dress

In a glass all her own: Amazon designer creates Spheres dress to model for photo contest

Remember when Seattle fashion stereotypes used to be defined by fleece, or sandals with socks? Amazon really is changing everything.… Read More

Instagram food

UW study finds food in your Instagram feed helps some users track and maintain healthy habits

Whether your eyes roll or your stomach grumbles at the site of yet another food photo on Instagram, the popular… Read More

Instagram 700 million

Instagram adds another 100M users faster than ever to reach 700M monthly actives

Instagram’s growth is showing no signs of letting up. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing platform announced Wednesday that its community… Read More

Amazon spheres Instagram

Inside Amazon’s Spheres: Official Instagram account launches to chronicle plant life and views

Photographers and passersby who have been captivated by the spheres taking shape on Amazon’s campus north of downtown Seattle now… Read More

John Legere

So. Much. Magenta. T-Mobile CEO John Legere isn’t shy about showing off his colorful lifestyle

When Business Insider asked T-Mobile CEO John Legere to send them some photos capturing what an average week was like… Read More

Facebook announces Messenger Day, a Snapchat clone inside the Messenger app

These days you don’t even need to download Snapchat to build Snapchat Stories. Facebook on Thursday rolled out yet another… Read More

Instagram adds albums to app in another push to become one-stop shop for photo sharing

Don’t fret about finding the perfect photo from the party for your Instagram; you can now upload an entire gallery… Read More

Instagram to roll out live video feature to users around the globe next week

Instagram will officially roll out its live video feature to global users over the next week, the social media company… Read More

Hashtagged cities Instagram

Which cities are hashtagged most on Instagram? New report ranks top 30 — sorry, Seattle

The world’s biggest and most tourist friendly cities are also tops in hashtagged mentions on Instagram according to a new… Read More

6 ways hackers could pwn you using your latest Instagram post

The majority of social media users don’t realize hackers can attack them simply using the power of observation. People share… Read More

Instagram updates

Instagram updates add another layer of safety with ability to remove followers and turn off comments

Instagram is giving users more controls to dictate who says and sees what when it comes to images on the… Read More

Save Family Photos

Home for the holidays or not, weGather app helps families share stories around old photographs

Many millions of smartphone photographs are sure to be snapped as people gather with family and friends this week for Thanksgiving… Read More

Instagram now available on Windows 10 tablets and PCs: Xbox and HoloLens next?

Facebook-owned Instagram is now available on Windows 10 tablets and PCs, six months after making its debut on Windows 10 Mobile.… Read More

Chase Jarvis

Seattle photographer finally on Instagram — years after his Best Camera app lost the race to $1 billion

Seattle photographer Chase Jarvis is a champion of mobile photography and a firm believer that millions if not billions of people… Read More

The Superneumanns

This is the hero Instagram needed: Man does a super job chronicling the life of an action figure

A small, domesticated Superman action figure who vacuums, cleans the bathroom, watches movies with his wife and goes bowling with… Read More

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Instagram adds keyword tool to help block ‘offensive or inappropriate’ comments on posts

In an effort to further shield users from some of the nastiness that can be so pervasive online, Instagram announced… Read More

Instagram zoom

Pinch us! Instagram finally allows users to zoom on photos and even videos

That knee-jerk reaction you have to pinch and zoom on photographs in your Instagram feed, only to be denied by… Read More

Han Solo

Star Wars hero Han Solo gets a hipster update, and you’ll wish it was 1977 again

Forget the Kessel Run. Han Solo can apparently make the trip to Urban Outfitters in less than 12 parsecs. An Instagram… Read More

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