Instagram last month announced it will let users upload their live broadcasts to IGTV. This feature has been rolling out gradually to users and it is now available for all globally. Instagram Live videos after they are broadcast remain on Stories and feed for 24 hours. You can now keep your […]
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Instagram rolls out new features to help businesses
Facebook-owned Instagram on Monday announced new features to help businesses which are facing immense challenges during the Covid-19 crisis. Instagram launched a ‘Support Small Business’ sticker that users can incorporate into their Stories to talk about their favourite small businesses. Other Instagram users will be able to see who is […]
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Instagram has dropped the IGTV button, but that doesn’t mean you cannot use it anymore
You will no longer be seeing the IGTV shortcut button on the top right corner of the Instagram home screen as the company has decided to remove it. The Facebook-owned app cited lack of use as the reason to remove it and said that not enough people were “interacting” with it. […]
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says TikTok could become bigger than Instagram
Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel says TikTok could become bigger than rival Instagram. Chinese giant ByteDance Inc. has emerged as the world’s most valuable startup on the explosive popularity of TikTok, known as Douyin locally, where users share short clips of lip-syncing and dance videos. The short-form video service […]
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Instagram removes the IGTV button, cites lack of usage as reason
Instagram, back in June 2019, had introduced the IGTV app for watching long-form and vertical videos. The company also integrated this feature in its main app using a TV icon on the app’s top right corner. Now, less than a year later Instagram has decided to remove the button from the […]
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Instagram’s policy for photoshopped images is creating confusion
Instagram has started fact checking photos and flagging those deemed false. These photos will still exist on Instagram but with a disclaimed that it contains false information. This was first assumed to be Instagram taking down photos that are altered or photoshopped but it has since clarified that this isn’t […]
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Instagram may help develop friendships in real life
Facebook-owned photo and video-sharing platform Instagram helps young adults develop friendships in real life, especially those who are more hesitant to try new experiences, a new study suggests. In the study published online in Computers in Human Behavior, the researchers at Washington State University analysed survey responses of nearly 700 college-going adults about their […]
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Instagram to now require birth dates in move to block underage use
Instagram said Wednesday it would require new users to verify they are at least 13 when they join the visually focused, Facebook-owned social network. The move aims to help Instagram comply with a US law and its own policies that require any user to be at least 13. “Asking for this information […]
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Instagram, Facebook down for users globally
Instagram and Facebook apps are currently not working for users globally. While most features of both Facebook and Instagram are working, the main issue appears to be the feed not loading. On Instagram, features like Stories and the main feed are working fine. But the feed of user profiles aren’t […]
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Soon use Facebook Pay to make payments on Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was launching Facebook Pay, a unified payment service through which users across its platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram can make payments without exiting the app. The social network said the service would allow users to send money or make a payment with security options […]