Question: I am wondering if there is any downside to running multiple ad-blockers, like decrease in performance or faster battery life drain? I notice you run 3, and would like to hear more about your justifications for doing so. (Ken Ng, @runestar3) [[federico]] In theory, there is a downside to enabling multiple Content Blockers. With...
Tips
{.no-title} This tip is courtesy of Myke Hurley who explained on Connected #61that you can set up Launch Center Pro to have shortcuts that automatically open a specific Google Doc. That’s useful to me because I want quick access to the MacStories Weekly Archive spreadsheet (on Google Sheets) and a few university documents. To set...
Q&A
Question: When you’re testing a different email, calendar or to-do app, what is your process for conducting the test? Do you completely limit yourself to the new app for a given period of time? Do you break down the features in a document? (Scott Peterson, @scott_peterson4) [[federico]] Usually, I don’t immediately jump into a new...
Q&A
Question: Apple has been emphasizing privacy. As a customer, I think it’s good. However, could a “privacy-first” policy make the user experience inferior to Google or Amazon? (e.g. Proactive Siri vs Google Now) If so, should Apple make an opt-in switch for accessing more private data which may potentially sacrifice privacy? (Anonymous) [[federico]] As I...
Home Screen: Graham Spencer
Twitter: @greyham. Editor at MacStories.net. A few days ago my new iPhone 6s arrived (Space Grey, 64GB), replacing my two year old iPhone 5s. From a Home Screen perspective, that brings one big change – space for another 4 apps. In those four new spots are Facebook Messenger, Instapaper, Product Hunt, and Launch Center Pro....
Early 3D Touch Shortcut Pioneers
{.app-collection} [[graham]] It’s only been a week since the iPhone 6s came out with 3D Touch, but there are already quite a few apps with support for 3D Touch shortcuts. These are some of my favorites so far. Free- Download iPhone App Instagram Yes, Instagram stubbornly refuses to get rid of its skeumorphic icon which...
Q&A
Question: The last issue, from my point of view, preventing a full move to iOS for my computing needs is podcasting. Can you see a future where it’ll be possible to both record, and edit, a podcast purely on an iOS device?(Andy Nicolaides, @AndyNicolaides) [[federico]] I think so, but that’s going to require a lot...
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Question: What was the biggest hurdle to overcome developing Club MacStories? (Thomas P.) [[federico]] Accepting the reality of people from around the world who believe in MacStories enough to give us money. That’s crazy, right? MacStories has always been a free website. While I could feel the pressure of being judged and analyzed by others...
A Look Back At Instagram’s Growth As It Hits 100 Million Monthly Active Users
Instagram today announced that it has over 100 million monthly active users, an increase of 10 million since they announced in early January that they had passed 90 million monthly active users. In a lengthy blog post, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom shares a story from the early days of Instagram and highlights a few Instagram users that have inspired him and highlight the power of Instagram.
Images have the ability to connect people from all backgrounds, languages and cultures. They connect us to aid workers halfway across the world in Sudan, to entrepreneurs in San Francisco and even to events in our own backyards. Instagram, as a tool to inspire and connect, is only as powerful as the community it is made of. For this reason, we feel extremely lucky to have the chance to build this with all of you. So from our team to the hundred million people who call Instagram home, we say thank you. Thank you for sharing your world and inspiring us all to do the same.
Given the news I thought I would go back and create an updated version of our Instagram users graph which you can see above: it plots all of Instagram’s publically released user statistics since its release in October 2010 (click it to view a larger version). Note that the last two data points are ‘Monthly Active Users’ rather than total number of signed up Instagram users. Nonetheless, it hasn’t taken too long for the Monthly Active Users catch up and hit the 100 million users mark.