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Facebook’s Lobbying Operations 'Built for Battle'

By Bill Murphy Jr. | May 8, 2012

The social media giant has a clever plan to make friends and influence people in the nation's capital. We dig inside the operation's five-point strategy. Read more

3 Things That Could Kill Facebook

By Phil Simon | May 7, 2012

Facebook's success as a public company is anything but guaranteed. Read more

Instagram-Shminstagram: How do I sell my brick and mortar products over the internet?

By Lewis Schiff | Apr 16, 2012

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By the Numbers: Instagram's Growth, Funding, and Biggest Fans

Apr 12, 2012

Chart alert! With revenue flat, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger managed to raise three rounds of funding and amass 30 million users. Here's how. Read more

How Instagram Grew From Foursquare Knock-Off to $1 Billion Photo Empire

By Eric Markowitz | Apr 10, 2012

How do you make a billion dollars in two years? Here's a narrative look through the brief, hectic, (and lucky), 14 months of Kevin Systrom's life growing Ins... Read more

Who's The Next Hot Deal?

By Burt Helm | Apr 10, 2012

After Facebook's acquisition of Instagram, it's natural to wonder who's next. Hint: The next deal -- not necessarily this one -- is the one to watch. Read more

The Team Facebook Bought for $1 Billion

By Maeghan Ouimet | Apr 10, 2012

Facebook acquired some indisputable talent with Instagram. Will they use it? View slideshow

There's No Way Instagram Is Worth $1 Billion

By Erik Sherman | Apr 10, 2012

The start-up may have pulled down a billion-dollar payday, but that doesn't mean it was worth it. Read more

3 Simple Reasons Instagram Is Worth $1 Billion to Facebook

By Nicole Carter | Apr 10, 2012

There's plenty of reasons Facebook would want to buy the photo-sharing app. But the most important of them boil down to one thing: User experience. Read more

Facebook-Instagram Deal: How Google Should Respond

By Jon Burgstone and Bill Murphy Jr. | Apr 10, 2012

Google needs to do something bold now that Facebook has a killer photo app. Here's one suggestion. Read more

How to Build the Next Instagram

By Amy Buckner Chowdhry | Apr 10, 2012

To make sure your mobile app is a hit, you must focus on these three aspects of user experience. Read more

Facebook & Instagram: Why You Should Care

By Phil Simon | Apr 10, 2012

What does the $1 billion acquisition have to do with you? A look at the dangers of hitching your company to one particular platform. Read more

Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Founders of Instagram

By Christine Lagorio | Apr 9, 2012

Two Stanford fellows built a pared-down photo app into a $1 billion idea. Here's the original story on Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger's early struggles. Read more