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Facebook Buys Instagram
Instagram has emerged as a kind of anti-Facebook. Now that Facebook is buying Instagram for a billion dollars, what changes might be in store for the online universe?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWhen even your Grandmother's been on Facebook for years, the novelty is long gone, and Instagram has emerged as a kind of anti-Facebook. Now that Facebook is buying Instagram for a billion dollars, we'll look at what changes might be in store for the online universe. Also, what's next for Kim Jong-sun after failed North Korea's rocket launch? On Reporter's Notebook, 100 years after it sunk in the North Atlantic, the Titanic is good for business. We hear about commemorations in places with historic ties — and places without them.
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3 storiesWhat's Next for North Korea after Its Failed Rocket Launch?
The launch of the satellite Bright Shining Star was designed to introduce North Korea's newest leader to the rest of the world. The result was a $100 billion humiliation, as we hear from David Kang, Director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California.
Read the story7 minA High-Tech Gamble on the Next Big Thing
Instagram is a simple way to create your own art online with your smartphone photographs. It lets smartphone photographers enhance their pictures with 17 different filters and post their creations on the Internet. In 18 months it's attracted 33 million users.
Read the story36 minThe 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic
The "unsinkable" Titanic met its tragic end on an ill-fated voyage 100 years ago this weekend, but it's hardly forgotten. Today, places with direct connections to the Titanic are staging 100th anniversary events this weekend. So are other places that don't have historical ties – from Belfast, where the Great Ship was built, to landlocked St.
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