Today in Tech: Instagram hits 27 million users, Android version coming

March 12, 2012: 5:30 AM ET

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* Instagram reported that it now has 27 million registered users."It's Facebook-level engagement that we're seeing," co-founder Kevin Systrom said at South by Southwest over the weekend. Also, the long-awaited Android version is coming very soon. According to Systrom, it will be better in some ways than the current iPhone version. (Mashable)

Investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel. Photo: The Thiel Foundation.

* Mega investor Peter Thiel is going back to Stanford University, his alma mater, to teach. This spring, Thiel will teach a course named "Computer Science 183: Startup." (Reuters)

* Why ex- Google executive Adam Bosworth's startup, Keas, has the potential to make people healthier. (Really.) (Fortune)

* The competition has shifted from companies competing with Facebook to companies competing on it. (The Wall Street Journal)

* Small video games have another problem to deal with besides getting noticed: having their ideas shamelessly cloned. (The New York Times)

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JP Mangalindan
JP Mangalindan
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With a background in consumer products and pop culture trends, JP Mangalindan has brought his ability to spot the next big things to his coverage of the tech industry for Fortune.com, writing on topics as diverse as the evolution of net neutrality and the influence of social media. A graduate of Fordham University, Mangalindan has written for GQ, Popular Science, Entertainment Weekly, and nymag.com. He lives in San Francisco.

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