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• Instagram won't sell user photos, vows co-founder

  After coming under loud and unrelenting fire from angry users, Instagram announced late Tuesday afternoon that the company is going to try to clarify changes it's making to its Terms of Use policy.

• Amid uproar, Instagram says it will not sell users' photos

  Instagram vowed on Tuesday to revise new proposed terms of service following a strong backlash from users worried that it would use their photos in advertisements without their permission.

• Instagram users in uproar over plans to sell their pics

  Instagram has alerted its users to a change in its Terms of Use policy, and users are in an uproar about it.

• Australian War Memorial targets social media

  The Australian War Memorial (AWM) has turned to social media in a bid to explain the ANZAC story to younger generations.

• In slap at Instagram, Twitter releases own photo tool

  The battle between Twitter and Instagram took another turn late Monday when the social network unveiled its own photo tool.

• Twitter-Instagram feud heats up as pics disappear

  After disabling an integration tool that made it more difficult to view pictures on Twitter, Instagram has now pulled all of its photos from microblogging site.

• Photos a casualty of Instagram feud with Twitter

  Twitter and Instagram are feuding, with Instagram going so far as to disable a feature that leaves pictures difficult to view on Twitter.

• New Android app turns ad revenue into famine relief

  An innovative new type of mobile advertising is being used to funnel money to support hunger relief efforts. Dubbed GetCharitable, the new Android app replaces the background image on a phone with a periodically updated ad, revenue from which is then directed to an international anti-famine group -- offering users a way to help combat famine for free.

• Instagram vulnerability on iPhone allows for account takeover

  A security researcher published on Friday another attack on Facebook's Instagram photo-sharing service that could allow a hacker to seize control of a victim's account.