Instagram was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in October 2010. Systrom and Krieger initially wanted to create an application for mobile photography called Burbn, but upon developing their idea further, they found that it was too similar to the existing search-result app called Foursquare. They tweaked their original idea until they came up with a photo-sharing app. The name “Instagram” is a combination of “instant camera” and “telegram.”

From the outset, Instagram proved extremely popular. Only two months after its launch, it achieved a million users and reached ten million users in its first year. The simple idea of sharing photos in a social media setting appealed to a wide variety of phone users. As time went on, Systrom and Krieger began making a series of technology-related improvements to the app —making it compatible with Android and Windows phones, for example - as well as improving the user experience. In January 2011, it added hashtags, offering users the ability to find posts and people related to common interests. As Instagram grew into one of the most popular apps in the world, tech titans took notice. In 2012, Facebook purchased Instagram for one billion dollars.

In November 2012, Instagram launched web versions of user profiles, giving desktop users the ability to access Instagram profiles. However, the website profile launch retained limited functionality and lacked a search bar; the feature was redesigned in 2015. Instagram also began allowing the upload of non-square photos to the app in August 2015, a notable shift from the look and feel of the app since its inception. Rather than cropping down larger photos to a neat square, users could upload any photo of any dimension to share with friends and followers.

In March 2016, Instagram changed the nature of its news feed, the place where users scroll through newly-posted photos from those they follow, from chronological to algorithmic. “Algorithmic” means that Instagram uses computer algorithms and artificial intelligence to make “decisions” on what its data predicts you’ll like best. While this decision was met with backlash at first, it was made in order to prevent users from missing important posts from friends and family that might have gone unnoticed with a standard chronological timeline approach. Later in 2016, the app underwent major aesthetic changes; the app itself revamped to a black-and-white theme, while the app icon changed to a whimsical rainbow-colored design.

Today, Instagram boasts 800 million users. Every day, 55 million photos are uploaded and 1.2 billion likes are recorded.

Why did Instagram turn out differently than its founders expected?

A. Because at first it was too similar to another popular app

B. Because they liked the name Instagram more than the name Burbn

C. Because they wanted their app to work similarly to Four Square

D. Because they wanted to build an app for mobile photograph

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Tại sao Instgram lại trở nên khác biệt so với những gì mà những người sáng lập nó mong đợi?

A. Bởi vì lúc đầu nó quá giống với một ứng dụng phổ biến khác

B. Vì họ thích cái tên Instagram hơn cái tên Burbn

C. Vì họ muốn ứng dụng của họ hoạt động tương tự như Four Square

D. Vì họ muốn xây dựng một ứng dụng chụp ảnh trên thiết bị di động

Thông tin: Systrom and Krieger initially wanted to create an application for mobile photography called Burbn, but upon developing their idea further, they found that it was too similar to the existing search-result app called Foursquare.

Tạm dịch: Systrom và Krieger ban đầu muốn tạo một ứng dụng chụp ảnh di động có tên là Burbn, nhưng sau khi phát triển thêm ý tưởng của mình, họ nhận thấy rằng nó quá giống với ứng dụng kết quả tìm kiếm hiện có có tên Foursquare.

Đáp án cần chọn là: A

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CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ

Câu 1

The popular view of towns and cities in developing countries and of urbanization process is that despite the benefits and comforts it brings, the emergence of such cities connotes environmental degradation, generation of slums and squatters, urban poverty, unemployment, crimes, lawlessness, traffic chaos etc. But what is the reality? Given the unprecedented increase in urban population over the last 50 years from 300 million in 1950 to 2 billion in 2000 in developing countries, the wonder really is how well the world has coped, and not how badly.
In general, the urban quality of life has improved in terms of availability of water and sanitation, power, health and education, communication and transport. By way of illustration, a large number of urban residents have been provided with improved water in urban areas in Asia’s largest countries such as China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Despite that, the access to improved water in terms of percentage of the total urban population seems to have declined during the last decade of 20th century, though in absolute numbers, millions of additional urbanites, have been provided improved services. These countries have made significant progress in the provision of sanitation services too, together, providing for an additional population of more than 293 million citizens within a decade (1990-2000). These improvements must be viewed against the backdrop of the rapidly increasing urban population, fiscal crunch and strained human resources and efficient and quality-oriented public management.
The popular view about the process of urbanization in developing countries is __________.

A. Positive

B. Negative

C. Neutral

D. Unspecified

Lời giải

Quan điểm phổ biến về quá trình đô thị hóa ở các nước đang phát triển là __________.

A. Tích cực

B. Tiêu cực

C. Trung tính

D. Không xác định được

Thông tin: In paragraph 1

“despite the benefits and comforts it brings, the emergence of such cities connotes environmental degradation, generation of slums and squatters, urban poverty, unemployment, crimes, lawlessness, traffic chaos etc.”

Tạm dịch: Mặc dù có những lợi ích và tiện nghi mà đô thị hóa mang lại, sự xuất hiện của những thành phố có nghĩa là suy thoái môi trường, tạo ra các khu ổ chuột, dân thành thị nghèo, thất nghiệp, tội phạm, vô luật pháp, hỗn loạn giao thông, v.v.

=>negative view

Đáp án cần chọn là: B

Câu 2