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Instagram: From Zero to $1 Billion in 17 Months (Mashable)

Meanwhile, The Broadsheet Infographic:

July 2010: Broadsheet launched

January 2011: Ewok and Bodger join staff.

December 2011: Staff evicted from Karl’s ‘den’ after ‘smelting incident’

March 2011: Bodger’s Jobseeker’s Allowance cut off.

January 2012: Broadsheet’s ‘Angel investor’ sentenced to 15 months in Mountjoy. Criminal Assets Bureau seize Ewok’s laptop and pager.

March 2012: Female version of Broadsheet scrapped due to lack of ‘Series B’ funding. And staff. And equipment. And ‘Series A’ funding. And stuff.

April 2012: Broadsheet named by Wired as the “go-to-Irish site for unusually large equine erections”.

Facebook has bought Instagram for $1 Billion.

So how do you get your pictures out of it now it’s gone all mainstream and evil?

Enter the talented Über-developer James Whelton (of CoderDojo fame) with GramGrab which allows you to grab your photos before deleting your account while maintaining your hipster credentials.

Related: Instagram’s Founder Had No Programming Training. He’s A Marketer Who Learned To Code By Night (The Next Web)