Instagram had a crazy 2016. With 1 million advertisers, here's what's up in 2017.

2016 was the "defining year for Instagram," says James Quarles, Instagram's VP of Business. 

The Facebook-owned app got a new interface (black and white), a new logo (bright colors) and a new product that sounds and looks quite a bit like Snapchat Stories. To sound like a TV ad (or an Instagram spokesperson), that's not all! It's true: Instagram unleashed more updates last year than it ever had before. 

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But now we're in 2017, and Instagram wants to make sure all those changes and its future steps help the app grow more and, importantly for Wall Street, support a lucrative and sustainable business. Ad sales on Instagram are expected to reach nearly $3 billion by 2017, according to eMarketer, up from $60 million in 2015.  Read more...

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