Picture sharing website Instagram has begun rolling out online profiles that let people showcase themselves and photos they have taken with the Facebook-owned smartphone application.
The creation of an online home for Instagram images put a Facebook spin on the startup that the world’s leading social network bought this year.
“Instagram web profiles are a beautiful new way to view and share Instagram on the web,” said a message at the company’s website.
“Your web profile features your photos along with your profile photo and bio, giving others a look at the content you share on Instagram.”
People can share their profiles with whomever they wish as well as “follow” other Instagram users, commenting on or expressing “likes” for pictures.
Instagram was in the limelight last week as a key source for pictures showing the devastation Hurricane Sandy wreaked on the United States.