“Instagram, which built a billion-dollar business on smartphones, is making its first foray into wearable technology with a new app for the Apple Watch,” Tim Bradshaw and Hannah Kuchler report for The Financial Times. “”
“The popular photo-sharing app, which is owned by Facebook, will use the smartwatch to help users keep up with their closest friends through alerts as soon as they post a picture,” Bradshaw and Kuchler report. “The move is notable because Instagram has so far stayed away from wearable devices, including Google’s Glass headset and smartwatches [sic stupidwateches] such as Samsung’s Galaxy Gear range.”
Bradshaw and Kuchler report, “Instagram has already become the go-to app for celebrities to post photos of themselves wearing Apple’s high-priced Edition gold watch, including pop stars Drake, Pharrell Williams and Katy Perry, as well as fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.”
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