Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion
Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he planned to build Instragram independently from the social network. That will allow Instagram users to post on other social networks, follow users not on Facebook and to opt out of sharing on Facebook.
Apr 9, 2012 ... Keith Bedford/Bloomberg NewsKevin Systrom, chief executive of Instagram. 2:02 p.m. | Updated. Facebook is not waiting for its initial public ...