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Imam Daayiee Abdullah arrives by bus, sweaty and lugging a green bag stuffed with a Koran, two books of poetry by Persian mystic Rumi and three Islamic prayer rugs. Tonight, he's speaking to a room full of young, gay activists and progressives after a screening of the documentary "I Am Gay and Muslim" at the Human Rights Campaign 's bright white Equality Center in downtown Washington. But when the openly gay imam takes the stage, he stuns even this audience. "I think we're at the start of a movement: a...

Yahoo announced Monday that it is buying the blogging site Tumblr with the express promise "not to screw it up. " The company made the announcement after days of speculation that the Web giant would scoop up the fast-growing blogging site. As All Things Digital reported on Sunday , Yahoo said in a release that the deal is worth approximately $1.1 billion, "substantially all of which is payable in cash. " Tumblr, which was started in 2007, has approximately 100 million blogs on its network and complements Yahoo chief executive...

The maker of an app that let users produce their own fake, novelty drivers licenses has fired back at Apple for removing the application from its app store. Apple yanked the app after Sen. Bob Casey (D- Pa.) expressed concerns that the app — which allowed users to place their own picture into novelty drivers' license templates — could be used to make fake IDs. But Gary Tsifrin, the co-founder and chief operating officer of the company that makes the app, told PC Mag that it would "take more effort and expertise" to modify...

On the photo-sharing app Instagram , search the keywords #Fairfax, #Rockville or #DC and up pops hundreds of photos from children. Among them, until recently, were many from Kyle, a 12-year-old. His full name, Gaithersburg middle school and favorite Montgomery County hangouts were on public display before his parents put a stop to it. Technically, Kyle was not supposed to be on Instagram, the mobile app owned by Facebook . The company's policy sets the minimum age at 13 . But Kyle said he was...

On the photo-sharing app Instagram , search the keywords #Fairfax, #Rockville or #DC and up pops hundreds of photos from children. Among them, until recently, were many from Kyle, a 12-year-old. His full name, Gaithersburg middle school and favorite Montgomery County hangouts were on public display before his parents put a stop to it. Technically, Kyle was not supposed to be on Instagram, the mobile app owned by Facebook . The company's policy sets the minimum age at 13 . But Kyle said he was...

Correction: A previous version of this article misstated Instagram's user base. It has 100 million users, not 30 million. This version has been corrected. The photo-sharing site Instagram has become wildly popular as a way to trade pictures of pets and friends. But a new trend on the site is making parents cringe: beauty pageants, in which thousands of young girls — many appearing no older than 12 or 13 — submit photographs of themselves for others to judge.

Instagram had reason to give thanks last week – more than 10 million reasons, in fact. Thanksgiving marked the busiest day in the social network's two-year history. Users posted more than 10 million holiday-related photos Nov. 22, Instagram reported on its blog . Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., photos were updated at the hunger-inducing rate of more than 200 per second. Instagram's user base has more than doubled since Facebook announced its plans to buy it in April 2012, according to Techcrunch . But long before...

BeFunky , a free app that can best be described as Instagram-meets-Photoshop, lets you do seriously funky stuff with your personal photos. Sunday it launched its Instagram competitor to the U.S. market: a free photo-editing tool for Android and iOs. Tekin Tatar, the company's founder and CEO, said that BeFunky competes with established apps like Hipstamatic and Instagram, but is unique due to its "advanced smart enhancement and photo correction algorithms. " Instagram have may its filters, but the Turkish...

Instagram announced Tuesday that it has finally published its Android application to the Google Play market. The wildly popular photo app has quickly wormed its way into the artsy hearts of iOS lovers but had not yet been available on Google's smartphone platform. The app works with Android versions 2.2 (Froyo) and above, and allows sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. Support for Flickr, the app's marketplace site says, is "coming very soon. " A quick look at the ratings already up on...

National Geographic announced it will begin posting photographs to Instagram again, after the photo-sharing site said it will keep some of the language in its current terms of use. The people who run the magazine's Instagram account were one of many users who expressed concern after Instagram posted new guidelines that seemed to indicate the company could use user photos in advertising on the site without permission. National Geographic then said it would suspend posting photos to the network, and that it may...

HELSINKI — Nokia Corp. on Tuesday unveiled its first Lumia smartphone with a metal cover, low-light camera features and new social network apps. But the new model failed to impress investors, who sent the company's stock down more than 5 percent. The features on the Lumia 925 — slimmer and lighter that the flagship Lumia 920 — will be soon available in the full Lumia Windows 8 range, Nokia said. They include an 8.7 megapixel camera that can take photos in low light conditions and snaps 10 images at...

By its nature, historical preservation is not a popularity contest. Indeed, the industry prides itself on not bending to the latest architectural trends in deciding which buildings deserve protection. But for properties short on funding for repairs or improvements — and in many cases visitors — drumming up a little support can't hurt, which explains why the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the American Express Foundation are bringing a $1 million "American Idol"-inspired popularity contest...

NEW YORK — A year ago, Facebook was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering. It has since eased those worries. On Wednesday, the world's biggest social networking company said nearly a third of its advertising revenue came from mobile in the first three months of the year, helping to push total revenue up 38 percent to surpass Wall Street's expectations. Facebook said Wednesday that its net income was...

Facebook profits rose with growth on mobile devices but missed forecasts for the quarter, the company announced Wednesday afternoon. Revenue increased to $1.46 billion, a 38 percent jump from the same period last year but lower than the 40 percent increase the company reported in the previous quarter. The firm reported net income of $219 million, lower than the $308 million analysts had expected. The company had warned last quarter that its profits would dip under higher expenses.

Rihanna seems to be constantly surrounded by controversy and chaos — why should a Rihanna concert be any different? The superstar's world tour stopped at Verizon Center on Monday night, and a sea of young people smelling of Reb'L Fleur and wearing impossibly high heels, spiked jackets and bikinis as pantsuits showed up ready to not only party with Rihanna, but party like Rihanna. Depending on where you were in the crowd, you might've seen a brawl, a hint of nudity or a young woman puking — all of that...

You might say it comes down to this: God or dog? And if God, which one? Judeo or Christian? And if Christian, high-church Episcopal or African Methodist Episcopal? And don't discount the Unitarians. Or maybe science is more your thing: the heavens as opposed to heaven. I'm talking about Partners in Preservation , a contest that launched last week and pits two dozen Washington area historic structures against one another to win much-needed restoration funds. American Express is...

Instagram has released new user statistics— perhaps in an attempt to head off speculation that the photo-sharing service is suffering following its terms of service controversy. According to the company, however, nothing could be further from the truth. The service's membership has grown 10 percent month-over-month between December and January, the company said. It now has 90 million monthly active users and says its users post 40 million photos every day. Those of you with long memories may remember that Instagram was...

This post has been updated with comment from Instagram. Twitter users are no longer able to view full Instagram photos on Twitter, the social network said Wednesday. According to a statement from Twitter, the photo-sharing problems originate on Instagram's end. Photos from Instagram are appearing cropped or oddly placed, prompting a flood of complaints from those who use both services. Twitter acknowledged the problem in a status post , saying that Instagram has changed the way it integrates...

Imam Daayiee Abdullah arrives by bus, sweaty and lugging a green bag stuffed with a Koran, two books of poetry by Persian mystic Rumi and three Islamic prayer rugs. Tonight, he's speaking to a room full of young, gay activists and progressives after a screening of the documentary "I Am Gay and Muslim" at the Human Rights Campaign 's bright white Equality Center in downtown Washington. But when the openly gay imam takes the stage, he stuns even this audience. "I think we're at the start of a movement: a...

Snapchat, the real-time photo-sharing service has seen a three-fold increase in just four months, according to co-founder and chief executive officer Evan Spiegel . He said Monday that the company is now processing 150 million images per day — showing a strong demand for sending photo messages that delete themselves within 10 seconds. By comparison, the most recent statistics from Facebook's Instagram service show users posting 40 million photos per day. Snapchat has been gaining popularity with young...