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No, Emirates is not flying 40,000 people to Dubai for free
TransportThousands of people have been duped by a fake online campaign that promised free Emirates flights to Dubai. The hoax promotion, launched on Instagram said that the first 20,000 users to follow the account would receive two free tickets to Dubai. However, Emirates have said it has nothing to do with the promotion. “Emirates Airline [...]
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The American West, interpreted through Instagram
DestinationsKevin Russ, a professional photographer traveling through the American West for the last year and photographing the elemental vastness, the wildlife and the poignant, has been doing it through the most elemental of digital tools: iPhone + Instagram. He started a few years ago shooting portraits and posting on MySpace and became popular there, and [...]
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Instagram’s most popular places to post photos of across the world in 2012
TransportInstagram released a list of the most photographed locations in 2012 today and a surprising place tops the list. Over 100,000 photos were taken of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport this year, followed by the Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok. Paris is the only other international destination on the list with the Eiffel Tower taking the [...]
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Don’t fall for the fake airline Instagram accounts promising followers free flights
TransportFake Instagram accounts for American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and JetBlue have been set up with the promise of free flights. The accounts…all work very similarly. They promise a free airline ticket or round-trip ticket to the first several thousand followers, which vary depending on the account. It’s unclear why these accounts were set up and what [...]
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Which airlines are taking a shot with Instagram?
TransportPretty sure we don’t have to tell you of our love for social photo-sharing site Instagram. Not only are we on it (as “jaunted” of course) and sharing a variety of behind-the-scenes travel awesomeness, but airlines have embraced it as well. Last December we reviewed those early adopter airlines, but it’s time for another look [...]
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Instagram finds a place for travel in new Photo Maps
DigitalInstagram 3.0 for iPhone and Android introduces Photo Maps, a feature that signals subtle, but important changes for the photo-sharing service. With Photo Maps, users choose geotagged images they’ve uploaded to appear on their Photo Map. In this way, people who are following them can browse those pics from Chamonix taken last Spring, for example, [...]
