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59-794: New York, joined Seattle , Houston , LA , St. Louis , DC , Tampa Bay , and Dallas as the XFL's inaugural cities. On April 15, 2019, the team hired Kevin Gilbride , who most recently was the Offensive Coordinator for the New York Giants as their first head coach. The team name and logo were revealed on August 21, 2019, as well as the teams uniforms on December 3, 2019. On October 15, 2019, The Guardians announced their first player in team history, being assigned former Oakland Raiders Quarterback Matt McGloin . The Guardians won

118-549: A pivot to video , introducing a new feature called "Reels". The intent was to compete with the video-sharing site TikTok . Instagram also added suggested posts in August 2020. After scrolling through posts from the past 48 hours, Instagram displays posts related to their interests from accounts they do not follow. In February 2021, Instagram began testing a new feature called Vertical Stories, said by some sources to be inspired by TikTok. The same month, they also began testing

177-522: A portmanteau of instant camera and telegram . Josh Riedel joined the company in October as Community Manager, Shayne Sweeney joined in November as an engineer, and Jessica Zollman joined as a Community Evangelist in August 2011. The first Instagram post was a photo of South Beach Harbor at Pier 38, posted by Mike Krieger at 5:26   p.m. on July   16, 2010. On October   6, 2010,

236-526: A "lightweight" version of the Explore tab. On May 11, 2016, Instagram revamped its design, adding a black-and-white flat design theme for the app's user interface , and a less skeuomorphistic , more abstract , "modern" and colorful icon. Rumors of a redesign first started circulating in April, when The Verge received a screenshot from a tipster, but at the time, an Instagram spokesperson simply told

295-502: A feed of the likes and comments made by users they follow. The change was made official in October, with head of product Vishal Shah stating that the feature was underused and that some users were "surprised" when they realized their activity was being surfaced in this manner. In October 2019, Instagram introduced a limit on the number of posts visible in page scrolling mode unless logged in. Until this point, public profiles had been available to all users, even when not logged in. Following

354-493: A lack of success in driving adoption. In March 2020, Instagram launched a new feature called "Co-Watching". The new feature allows users to share posts with each other over video calls. According to Instagram, they pushed forward the launch of Co-Watching in order to meet the demand for virtually connecting with friends and family due to social distancing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . In August 2020, Instagram began

413-495: A later date. The merger would also require regulatory approval. In October 2023 the XFL filed a trademark application for the name "United Football League" . On November 30, 2023, Garcia announced via her Instagram page that the leagues had received regulatory approval for the merger and were finalizing plans for a " combined season " to begin March 30, 2024. The merger was made official on December 31, 2023, and on January 1, 2024, it

472-638: A location via geographical tagging . Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers. Users can browse other users' content by tags and locations, view trending content, like photos, and follow other users to add their content to a personal feed . A Meta-operated image-centric social media platform, it is available on iOS , Android , Windows 10, and the web. Users can take photos and edit them using built-in filters and other tools, then share them on other social media platforms like Facebook . It supports 32 languages including English , Hindi , Spanish , French , Korean , and Japanese . Instagram

531-533: A lower self-esteem in users. The pilot began in May 2019, and was extended to 6 other markets in July. The pilot was expanded worldwide in November 2019. Also in July 2019, Instagram announced that it would implement new features designed to reduce harassment and negative comments on the service. In August 2019, Instagram also began to pilot the removal of the "Following" tab from the app, which had allowed users to view

590-477: A mobile check-in app created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger . On March 5, 2010, Systrom closed a $ 500,000 (equivalent to $ 682,200 in 2023) seed funding round with Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz while working on Burbn. Realizing that it was too similar to Foursquare , they refocused their app on photo-sharing, which had become a popular feature among its users. They renamed it Instagram,

649-536: A new feature allowing users to browse and post GIFs in their comments. That same month, Zuckerberg announced that Meta would start selling blue "verified" badges on Instagram and Facebook. On July 5, 2023, Meta launched Threads , a social network platform connected to Instagram that allows users to make public shortform blog posts comprising text, photos, and videos, as well as to converse with other users and reblog other users' posts. Threads aims to compete with Twitter . In December 2023, Instagram launched

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708-625: A part of the merger. Geographic concerns were a substantial factor in the Dragons being excluded, as the newly merged league had a reduced geographic footprint (concentrated mostly in the midwestern and southern United States) compared to the XFL in an effort to limit travel expenses. Qwynnterrio Cole 2023 Instagram Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms . It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters , be organized by hashtags , and be associated with

767-608: A plan to keep the company independently managed. Britain's Office of Fair Trading approved the deal on August 14, 2012, and on August 22, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. closed its investigation, allowing the deal to proceed. On September 6, 2012, the deal between Instagram and Facebook officially closed with a purchase price of $ 300 million in cash and 23 million shares of stock. The deal closed just before Facebook's scheduled initial public offering according to CNN . The deal price

826-483: A podcast titled "Close Friends Only" featuring conversations among celebrities. The first episode featured rappers Ice Spice and Doja Cat . Subsequent episodes in June and August of 2024 featured Reneé Rapp , Rachel Sennott , Megan Thee Stallion and GloRilla . In April 2022, Instagram began testing the removal of the ability to see "recent" posts from various hashtags. This change became permanent and system wide

885-525: A private storage area, out of visibility for the public and other users. The move was seen as a way to prevent users from deleting photos that don't garner a desired number of "likes" or are deemed boring, but also as a way to limit the "emergent behavior" of deleting photos, which deprives the service of content. In August, Instagram announced that it would start organizing comments into threads, letting users more easily interact with replies. Since February 2017, up to ten pictures or videos can be included in

944-414: A romantic interest in or view favorably, as well as its #ManCrushMonday counterpart centered on men; and #ThrowbackThursday, in which users post a photo from their past, highlighting a particular moment. In December 2017, Instagram began to allow users to follow hashtags, which display relevant highlights of the topic in their feeds. The ability to search "Recent" hashtags was temporarily disabled during

1003-416: A sequential feed, with each post accessible to others for 24 hours. As of January 2019, "stories" are used by 500 million people daily. Instagram was launched for iOS in October 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger . It rapidly gained popularity, reaching 1   million registered users in two months, 10 million in a year, and 1 billion in June 2018. In April 2012, Facebook acquired

1062-492: A single post, with the content appearing as a swipeable carousel . The feature originally limited photos to the square format, but received an update in August to enable portrait and landscape photos instead. In April 2018, Instagram launched its version of a portrait mode called "focus mode", which gently blurs the background of a photo or video while keeping the subject in focus when selected. In November, Instagram began to support Alt text to add descriptions of photos for

1121-513: A square, 1:1 aspect ratio; since August 2015, the app supports portrait and widescreen aspect ratios as well. Users could formerly view a map of a user's geotagged photos. The feature was removed in September 2016, citing low usage. Since December 2016, posts can be "saved" into a private area of the app. The feature was updated in April 2017 to let users organize saved posts into named collections. Users can also "archive" their posts in

1180-402: A standalone video application. The application was shut down and removed from app stores in March 2022, citing low usage and a shift to short-form video content. On September 24, 2018, Krieger and Systrom announced in a statement they would be stepping down from Instagram. On October 1, 2018, it was announced that Adam Mosseri would be the new head of Instagram. During Facebook F8 , it

1239-581: A team to Orlando. Orlando had not yet been available at the time the league chose its inaugural eight teams because of the Alliance of American Football placing the Orlando Apollos there, but it was one of the largest markets without an NFL team and had hosted the Orlando Rage , one of the most successful teams in the original XFL of 2001 . The earliest reports had the league planning to move

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1298-569: A valuation of $ 500 million (equivalent to $ 656,100,000 in 2023). Joshua Kushner was the second largest investor in Instagram's Series B fundraising round, leading his investment firm, Thrive Capital , to double its money after the sale to Facebook. On April 3, 2012, Instagram released a version of its app for Android phones, and it was downloaded more than one million times in less than one day. The Android app has since received two significant updates: first, in March 2014, which cut

1357-502: A year later, and now hashtags can only be used to see a selection of curated content from "top" users. These changes are ostensibly an attempt to hinder the spread of misinformation, while Instagram has also repeatedly stated that hashtags do not help posts get views. In April 2024, Instagram announced that they would start testing new tools "within weeks" to fight sextortion , a form of blackmail involving intimate pictures sent online. On August 2, 2024, Turkey blocked Instagram after

1416-442: The COVID-19 pandemic . The team finished with a 1–4 record. On April 10, 2020, the XFL suspended operations, with all of the league's employees, players and staff being terminated. On August 3, 2020, it was reported that a consortium led by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , Dany Garcia , and Gerry Cardinale (through Cardinale's fund RedBird Capital Partners) purchased the XFL for $ 15 million just hours before an auction could take place;

1475-611: The DC Defenders in the North Division title game in the playoffs. In September 2023, Axios reported that the XFL was in advanced talks with the USFL to merge the two leagues prior to the start of their 2024 seasons. On September 28, 2023, the XFL and USFL announced their intent to merge with details surrounding the merger to be announced at a later date. The merger would also require regulatory approval. In October 2023

1534-809: The Orlando Predators (NAL) as professional football teams located in Orlando. Seattle Dragons The Seattle Sea Dragons were a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington . The Sea Dragons competed in the second incarnation of the XFL . The team was founded by Vince McMahon ’s Alpha Entertainment as the Seattle Dragons , and were owned and operated by Dwayne Johnson ’s Alpha Acquico. The Sea Dragons played their home games at Lumen Field . On December 5, 2018, Seattle

1593-702: The Tampa Bay Vipers to Orlando, as the Vipers had only lukewarm support (amid a league-worst 1–4 record) in Tampa, and its practice facility in Plant City was located on Interstate 4 halfway between the two cities, which are 80 miles (130 km) apart. The same reports had indicated that the league had hoped to stay in the New York metropolitan area, with the main obstacle being a stadium (MetLife Stadium

1652-570: The Windows 10 Mobile app was discontinued, though the mobile website remains available as a progressive web application (PWA) with limited functionality. The app remains available on Windows 10 computers and tablets, also updated to a PWA in 2020. To comply with the GDPR regulations regarding data portability , Instagram introduced the ability for users to download an archive of their user data in April 2018. IGTV launched on June 20, 2018, as

1711-437: The red zone five times, but emerged only with a field goal thanks to a standout defensive effort. The Guardians' first road game saw them become the victims of the first shutout in the new XFL's history, as they fell to the DC Defenders by a 27–0 final at Audi Field . The game became notable for a McGloin sideline interview with ABC/ESPN's Dianna Russini , in which he was very critical of the team's offensive gameplan. McGloin

1770-421: The 2020 U.S. elections, to prevent the spread of misinformation. In 2022 this was again tested on some users, and in April 2023 the ability to search recent hashtags was removed entirely. Now, users are only able to see a curated selection of "popular" posts using a given hashtag. Instagram said that this is to prevent abuse and so that hashtags do not help users gain views, but it has been noted that using hashtags

1829-625: The Instagram iOS app was officially released through the App Store . In February 2011, it was reported that Instagram had raised $ 7 million (equivalent to $ 9,357,057 in 2023) in Series A funding from a variety of investors, including Benchmark Capital , Jack Dorsey , Chris Sacca (through Capital fund), and Adam D'Angelo . The deal valued Instagram at around $ 20 million. In April 2012, Instagram raised $ 50 million (equivalent to $ 65,610,000 in 2023) from venture capitalists with

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1888-467: The XFL filed a trademark application for the name "United Football League" . On November 30, 2023, Garcia announced via her Instagram page that the leagues had received regulatory approval for the merger and were finalizing plans for a " combined season " to begin March 30, 2024. The merger was made official on December 31, 2023, and on January 1, 2024, it was announced the Sea Dragons would not be

1947-549: The app's launch it had used the Foursquare API technology to provide named location tagging. In March 2014, Instagram started to test and switch the technology to use Facebook Places . In June 2015, the desktop website user interface was redesigned to become more flat and minimalistic , but with more screen space for each photo and to resemble the layout of Instagram's mobile website. Furthermore, one row of pictures only has three instead of five photos to match

2006-501: The app. However, Instagram discontinued this version of Threads in December 2021, mainly due to most of its features being rolled out on Instagram itself, as well as low usage compared to other social media applications. Threads was not well-received among Instagram's user base. Since its launch, only approximately 220,000 users globally downloaded the app, which represented less than 0.1% of Instagram's monthly active users, indicating

2065-465: The change, after viewing a number of posts a pop-up requires the user to log in to continue viewing content. That month, Instagram launched a separate app known as Threads. Similar to Snapchat , the app allowed users to communicate through messaging and video chats. It was integrated with Instagram's "Close friends" feature, so that users could send images, photos, and texts privately to others, and also had Instagram's photo editing system embedded into

2124-687: The file size of the app by half and added performance improvements; then in April 2017, to add an offline mode that allows users to view and interact with content without an Internet connection. At the time of the announcement, it was reported that 80% of Instagram's 600 million users were located outside the U.S., and while the aforementioned functionality was live at its announcement, Instagram also announced its intention to make more features available offline, and that they were "exploring an iOS version". On April 9, 2012, Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms) bought Instagram for $ 1 billion (equivalent to $ 1,312,000,000 in 2023) in cash and stock, with

2183-478: The first game in franchise history, topping the Tampa Bay Vipers 23–3 at MetLife Stadium. Quarterback Matt McGloin scored the first touchdown in team history on their first possession, a one-yard score that put them up 6–0. McGloin would later find Colby Pearson for a passing touchdown. Defensively, the Guardians forced three turnovers, including a fumble return for a touchdown by Jamar Summers . Tampa Bay reached

2242-482: The league confirmed this on July 25. Orlando Guardians finished the season 1-9 only winning against the DC Defenders In September 2023, Axios reported that the XFL was in advanced talks with the USFL to merge the two leagues prior to the start of their 2024 seasons. On September 28, 2023, the XFL and USFL announced their intent to merge with details surrounding the merger to be announced at

2301-431: The mobile layout. The slideshow banner on the top of profile pages, which simultaneously slide-showed seven picture tiles of pictures posted by the user, alternating at different times in a random order, has been removed. In addition, the formerly angular profile pictures became circular. In April 2016, Instagram released a Windows 10 Mobile app, after years of demand from Microsoft and the public to release an app for

2360-450: The most popular on the platform often highlight a specific day of the week to post the material on. Examples of popular trends include #SelfieSunday, in which users post a photo of their faces on Sundays; #MotivationMonday, in which users post motivational photos on Mondays; #TransformationTuesday, in which users post photos highlighting differences from the past to the present; #WomanCrushWednesday, in which users post photos of women they have

2419-487: The name of a location. Users can set their account as "private", thereby requiring that they approve any new follower requests. Users can connect their Instagram account to other social networking sites, enabling them to share uploaded photos to those sites. In September 2011, a new version of the app included new and live filters , instant tilt–shift , high-resolution photographs, optional borders, one-click rotation, and an updated icon. Photos were initially restricted to

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2478-459: The offensive coordinator to run the Run and Shoot offense. On October 31, 2022, the XFL officially announced that the Dragons would be changing their name to "Sea Dragons", as well as unveiling a brand new logo. The newly rechristened Sea Dragons' 2023 season saw the team earn their first playoff berth and clinch second place in the North Division with a 7–3 record. The Sea Dragons would be eliminated by

2537-443: The platform deleted posts from users offering condolences for the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh . On November 25, 2024, Instagram announced the introduction of the ability for users to share their locations with their friends via DMs (direct messages) for up to one hour. This new feature is only available in select countries. Users can upload photographs and short videos, follow other users' feeds, and geotag images with

2596-462: The platform. The platform previously had a beta version of Instagram, first released on November 21, 2013, for Windows Phone 8 . The new app added support for videos (viewing and creating posts or stories, and viewing live streams), album posts and direct messages. Similarly, an app for Windows 10 personal computers and tablets was released in October 2016. In May, Instagram updated its mobile website to allow users to upload photos, and to add

2655-702: The problem as possibly being DNS -related. On March 17, 2022, Zuckerberg confirmed plans to add non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the platform. In September 2022, Ireland 's Data Protection Commission fined the company $ 402 million under privacy laws recently adopted by the European Union over how it handled the privacy data of minors. After being trialled in mid-2022, Instagram introduced Notes in December 2022. This feature allows users to share updates as short text posts of up to 60 characters with certain people, who can then reply to them using messaging on Instagram. In February 2023, Instagram introduced

2714-473: The publication that it was only a concept. On December 6, 2016, Instagram introduced comment liking. However, unlike post likes, the user who posted a comment does not receive notifications about comment likes in their notification inbox. Uploaders can optionally decide to deactivate comments on a post. The mobile website allows uploading pictures since May 4, 2017. Image filters and the ability to upload videos were not introduced then. On April 30, 2019,

2773-540: The purchase received court approval on August 7, 2020. The XFL hired Jim Haslett as a Head Coach on April 13, 2022, with the expectation that he would be coaching the Seattle team. On July 24, 2022, the return of the Seattle XFL franchise was confirmed, as well as the hiring of Jim Haslett. Haslett brought on June Jones , who had been head coach of the undefeated Houston Roughnecks the previous XFL season, in as

2832-563: The removal of ability to share feed posts to stories. In March 2021, Instagram launched a new feature in which four people can go live at once. Instagram also announced that adults would not be allowed to message teens who don't follow them as part of a series of new child safety policies. In May 2021, Instagram began allowing users in some regions to add pronouns to their profile page. On October 4, 2021, Meta services suffered their worst outage since 2008, bringing down Instagram, Facebook , and WhatsApp . Security experts identified

2891-433: The same announcement, the league also confirmed that there would also be no team in the New York area. However, when team brands were leaked in September and confirmed a month later, it was instead revealed that the Vipers brand would be relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada and that Orlando would receive the branding of the former New York Guardians. Terrell Buckley was reported as the Orlando team's head coach on April 6, 2022;

2950-650: The service for approximately US$ 1 billion in cash and stock. The Android version of Instagram was released in April 2012, followed by a feature-limited desktop interface in November 2012, a Fire OS app in June 2014, and an app for Windows 10 in October 2016. Although often admired for its success and influence, Instagram has also been criticized for negatively affecting teens' mental health, its policy and interface changes, its alleged censorship , and illegal and inappropriate content uploaded by users. Instagram began development in San Francisco as Burbn ,

3009-413: The team's uniforms on December 3, 2019. On October 15, 2019, The Dragons announced their first player in team history, being assigned former Memphis Express Quarterback Brandon Silvers . The Dragons won their first game in team history on February 16, 2020, defeating the Tampa Bay Vipers 17-9. On March 12, 2020, The XFL announced that the remainder of the 2020 XFL season had been cancelled due to

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3068-830: The visually impaired. They are either generated automatically using object recognition (using existing Facebook technology) or manually specified by the uploader. On March 1, 2021, Instagram launched a new feature named Instagram Live Rooms, which lets four people go live together. In May 2021, Instagram announced a new accessibility feature for videos on Instagram Reels and Stories to allow creators to place closed captions on their content. In January 2011, Instagram introduced hashtags to help users discover both photos and each other. Instagram encourages users to make tags both specific and relevant, rather than tagging generic words like "photo", to make photographs stand out and to attract like-minded Instagram users. Users on Instagram have created "trends" through hashtags. The trends deemed

3127-455: Was announced as one of eight cities that would join the newly reformed XFL, as well as St. Louis , Houston , Los Angeles , New York , DC , Tampa Bay , and Dallas . Former Seahawks quarterback Jim Zorn , who was the first quarterback to start for the Seahawks, was named the team's first head coach on February 25, 2019. The team name and logo were revealed on August 21, 2019, as well as

3186-576: Was announced that Instagram would, beginning in Canada, pilot the removal of publicly displayed " like " counts for content posted by other users. Like counts would only be visible to the user who originally posted the content. Mosseri stated that this was intended to have users "worry a little bit less about how many likes they're getting on Instagram and spend a bit more time connecting with the people that they care about." It has been argued that low numbers of likes in relativity to others could contribute to

3245-708: Was announced the Guardians would not be part of the merger. Devin Darrington 2023 The Guardians were the first professional outdoor football team in Orlando since the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football in 2019, where they averaged over 19,000 fans per game. The Guardians joined the Orlando Magic , Orlando Solar Bears , Orlando City SC , and the Orlando Pride as professional sports teams based in Orlando. The Guardians also joined

3304-469: Was compared to the $ 35 million Yahoo! paid for Flickr in 2005. Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook was "committed to building and growing Instagram independently." According to Wired , the deal netted Systrom $ 400 million. In November 2012, Instagram launched website profiles, allowing anyone to see user feeds from a web browser with limited functionality, as well as a selection of badges , and web widget buttons to link to profiles. Since

3363-433: Was eventually pulled from the game for backup Marquise Williams in the second half. On March 12, 2020, The XFL announced that the remainder of the 2020 XFL season had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The team finished with a 3–2 record. On April 10, 2020, The XFL suspended operations, and all employees, players and staff would be terminated. As early as April 2020, the XFL was reported to have been relocating

3422-484: Was one of the largest stadiums in the XFL with one of the league's poorest average attendances); discussions had begun about potentially moving to the more appropriately sized Red Bull Arena . When team locations were revealed on July 25, 2022, the league (now under ownership of the Dany Garcia - Dwayne Johnson consortium) confirmed that Orlando would receive a team in 2023 and Tampa Bay would no longer have one. In

3481-452: Was originally distinguished by allowing content to be framed only in a square (1:1) aspect ratio of 640 pixels to match the display width of the iPhone at the time. In 2015, this restriction was eased with an increase to 1080 pixels. It also added messaging features, the ability to include multiple images or videos in a single post, and a Stories feature—similar to its main competitor, Snapchat , which allowed users to post their content to

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