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The motivation behind Facebook's Instagram buy
by
John Moe
Apr 10, 2012
Facebook is making its biggest purchase yet as it prepares to go public. The company is buying the photo-sharing app Instagram for a billion dollars. Is it worth the price tag?
Insta-billion: The price tag on Instagram
Apr 10, 2012
A wee little program that lets you send photos from your cell phone to your pals is worth a billion U.S. dollars. That’s the price the social networking company Facebook is paying to snap up Instagram, an app that also lets the sender mess with the photos before sending them.
Is Facebook's big Instagram purchase worth it?
by
Eve Troeh
Apr 10, 2012
Facebook is making its biggest purchase yet as it prepares to go public. The company is buying the photo-sharing app Instagram for a billion dollars.
Instagram could struggle to turn a profit
by
Eve Troeh
Apr 10, 2012
Facebook is buying the mobile app company Instagram for $1 billion. But when many similar image-based companies have failed to make a profit, will Instagram be any different?
Cashless apps: Shopping without a wallet
Dec 16, 2011
New apps are allowing consumers to use their smartphones to shop and not have to carry a dime. We take one out for a road test.
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The score of Central Park
by
Marc Sanchez
Dec 8, 2011
Wear comfortable shoes for this walk in the park
For public good, not for profit.
Mobile apps increasingly replacing cash registers
Nov 25, 2011
The ability to conduct purchases on mobile devices is growing as apps develop, but traditional cash register companies are still making up the majority of the market.
Hope in the midst of global greenwash
Dec 23, 2009
I love Jim's items, but I've been advocating for a gift-free family Christmas for years because I dislike obligatory (and all) shopping and never...