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Instagram gets a makeover

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Popular social media sharing application Instagram has released its new logo and layout overnight – with mixed reviews.
Instagram’s logo underwent the most significant transformation. retaining the image of a simple camera, but changing its colour from brown to a rainbow gradient.
The photo sharing and editing app now has a monochromic layout.

 

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Today we’re introducing a new look. You’ll see an updated icon and app design for Instagram. Inspired by the previous app icon, the new one represents a simpler camera and the rainbow lives on in gradient form. You’ll also see updated icons for our other creative apps: Layout, Boomerang and Hyperlapse. We’ve made improvements to how the Instagram app looks on the inside as well. The simpler design puts more focus on your photos and videos without changing how you navigate the app. The Instagram community has evolved over the past five years from a place to share filtered photos to so much more — a global community of interests sharing more than 80 million photos and videos every day. Our updated look reflects how vibrant and diverse your storytelling has become. Thank you for giving this community its life and color. You make Instagram a place to discover the wonder in the world. Every photo and video — from the littlest things to the most epic — opens a window for people to broaden their experiences and connect in new ways.

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Instagram founder and chief executive officer Kevin Systrom told his Instagram followers today that users inspired the update and the new look.
“We designed our new look to match your vibrant and diverse stories,” he said.
“You’ll recognise parts of our previous icon that you loved, but you’ll also see new parts that give a nod to your creative spark.”
But Instagram users have taken to Twitter to vent their opinions about the new changes.

 

And some tweeted their more cynical views about the update.

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