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Zuckerberg: We Have 'New Superpower' in COVID-19 Fight

Data collection: Facebook releases county-by-county maps of people reporting symptoms

(Newser) - This time, Facebook hopes to use data collection for the greater good. (Unlike, say, this time .) The company on Monday unveiled a map that tracks coronavirus symptoms county by county across the US, reports CNET . The idea is to help hospitals and local health officials get a better sense...

Instagram Co-Founders Abruptly Resign

They're ready for the 'next chapter'

(Newser) - The co-founders of Instagram are resigning their positions with the social media company without much in the way of warning. Chief Executive Kevin Systrom said in a statement late Monday that he and Mike Krieger, Instagram's chief technical officer, plan to leave the company in the next few weeks...

Instagram Ditches Policy Changes Amid Uproar

Returns to 2010 terms of service for ads

(Newser) - After a furor over changes to its ad terms of service, Instagram tried to clear things up ; now, it's simply dropping the changes, the New York Times reports. The company is returning to its old advertising terms from 2010, co-founder Kevin Systrom wrote in a blog post . "Rather...

Instagram: We're Not Going to Sell Your Photos

Company says it will clear up language that prompted outrage

(Newser) - Looks like Instagram fans can call off the revolt: The company has no plans, and never did, to sell users' photos or let advertisers put them in ads, reports TheNextWeb . Co-founder Kevin Systrom wrote a blog post to clear up confusion about upcoming updates to Instagram's terms-of-service agreement: "...

Facebook's Instagram Deal Will Be a 'Bust'
Facebook's Instagram Deal 
Will Be a 'Bust'
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Aug 7, 2012 6:18 PM CDT

Facebook's Instagram Deal Will Be a 'Bust'

Zuckerberg may have been too hasty: Forbes' Chunka Mui

(Newser) - Facebook's billion-dollar purchase of Instagram has generally been met with praise in the tech world, an example of how Mark Zuckerberg can strike decisively to shore up a weakness. Chunka Mui at Forbes has a different view: "We'll look back on the acquisition as a bust—much...

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