T-Shirt Vending Machine Accepts Tweets As Payment
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T-Shirt Vending Machine Accepts Tweets As Payment

Created by the India branch of advertising agency Ogilvy, the campaign saw a large billboard kitted out with 60 shirts and a mechanism that pushed each one forward a small amount every time someone tweeted with the hashtag ‘#RainingSolly’. According to reports, people around the billboard were then invited to use their phones to interact … Continue reading

How Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom Spent His Year After The $1 Billion Facebook Acquisition
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How Instagram Co-Founder Kevin Systrom Spent His Year After The $1 Billion Facebook Acquisition

On April 9, 2012, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger sold their 13-person startup, Instagram, to Facebook. Facebook purchased the photo filter app 18 months after its launch for $1 billion: $300 million in cash, the rest in Facebook stock. What has the year been like for Systrom since selling his company? Here’s what he’s been up to through (how else?) Instagram … Continue reading