Everyone’s Curious About Instagram; Android App Hits 5 Million Downloads

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What a week. As if being purchased for $1 Billion by the most influential social media company in the world wasn’t enough, Instagram has just reached 5 million downloads for the Android version of their photo software — and that’s in 6 days.


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Amazon’s social games push is no joke, hiring more at A2Z studio

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It’s no secret that Amazon, digital retailer extraordinaire and creator of the Kindle, wants in on that social game joint. But 2012 could be the year we see the fruits of the Seattle, Wash.-based company’s labor.


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Amazon Web Services - for Newbies

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This blog post is a summary of AWS (Amazon WebServices and is gleaned from Jeff Barr’s webcast, here: http://youtu.be/CaJCmoGIW24).
I will simply explain each box in the above picture, at a high level, and explore further in future blog posts as I delve further into AWS.


Via sys-con.com

AT&T Spending More on Lumia Launch Than on It Did on iPhone

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Get ready for another big smartphone campaign. For AT&T, it’ll be even bigger than the one for iPhone. In the coming months, AT&T will kick in as much as $150 million to help launch Nokia’s Windows Phone Lumia 900, Ad Age has learned, topping its outlay for the ubiquitous Apple device.


Via adage.com