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Instagram’s link stickers, which let users include hyperlinks in Stories in the form of stickers, will now be available to use for everyone on the popular photo-sharing platform. As per The Verge, the Facebook-owned social media application announced the news recently. Instagram had started testing link stickers in June, but until now the feature has […]

Photo and video-sharing social networking platform Instagram on Friday (local time) said that the global outages which have been reported have been fixed and everything should be back to normal now. “Things have been fixed, and everything should be back to normal now. thank you for bearing with us (and […]

Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram is suffering a global outage. According to Downdetector, the platform that keeps track of internet outages, the Instagram services went down about an hour ago, while the reports about the outage peaked at around 12.15 pm. Indian users reported they are not able to access Instagram […]

Social media platform Instagram in future plans to more prominently feature photos and videos in its search results. According to Mashable, in a recent blog post, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that the platform will be “launching a series of improvements designed for inspiration and discovery” with regard to search on the app. Currently, […]

Instagram soon come up with ‘Like’ button for Stories. Noted developer Alessandro Paluzzi spotted this feature and also shared a small video of the same on Twitter. It suggests that the ‘Like’ button will appear on the main Stories page and a user might be able to see multiple likes. […]

Popular photo and video sharing service Instagram has announced a new set of features, particularly for celebrities and high-profile creators, which will ensure that users are protected from abuse on the platform. According to Mashable, these features include the ability for people to limit comments and DM (direct message) requests during spikes […]

Instagram has rolled out a few new features to make the application safer for everyone, especially minors. Users below the age of 16 (18 in some countries) will now have private accounts by default. For the unversed, only approved followers can see posts and like or comment under private accounts. In a […]

 Instagrammers are going to be delighted. The social network has just announced the possibility to postpone the publication of one’s story by saving it as a draft. The new feature addresses a frequent demand from users. For the moment, the option is not yet available, but users shouldn’t have to […]

Live streaming on social networks is a genuine trend that shows no sign of slowing down. Instagram intends to further develop its product by offering the ability of live streams featuring several people. Instagram’s boss has even demonstrated how it could work during an interview on YouTube. Creators will soon […]

 If you’ve ever found yourself regretting deleting a photo from Instagram, then this new feature is for you. The social network is introducing a new folder that will save deleted content for 30 days, making it easier for users to retrieve and republish. For greater security, and to protect users […]

Users in some “select countries” have been sent a notification banner on their Instagram app. The banner informs users that the platform has disabled the ability to share (and reshare) posts from the feed to stories as part of a test. “We hear from our community that they want to […]

Instagram started testing pinned comments earlier this May. It has now announced that pinned comments are rolling out to all Instagram users globally. As the name suggests, Instagram users can now pin comments they like on top. The pinned comments will appear on top until the user unpins it. It’s similar to […]