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Instagram brings face filters to live videos
Facebook-owned Instagram, which introduced face filters to photos in May is now bringing the feature to live videos as well. The new feature allows users to add visual effects to a live video including sunglasses, a rainbow and even a cloud casting
Now post your Stories to Facebook from the Instagram app itself
In order to popularize the Facebook stories feature, the company has started allowing users to post their Instagram Stories on Facebook as well from the Instagram app itself. Mashable reported that some users already saw the option to add their
Instagram hack affected ‘millions’ of accounts, not just celebs
The recent cyber-attack on Facebook owned photo sharing platform Instagram was worse than what Instagram reported initially with millions of users getting affected and not just celebs. According to The Daily Beast, the hackers, after stealing the data, launched a website and made a
Instagram brings Stories feature to the web
Instagram is bringing its Stories feature to desktop and mobile web which means that users can now watch Stories on a handset outside the Instagram app by heading to Instagram.com. Initially, the feature will allow desktop and mobile web users to
Instagram now lets you post landscape and portrait pictures
Back in February, Instagram announced a new gallery feature for posting multiple photos and videos in a carousel album format but sadly it was limited to square-format photos only. But not anymore, as the photo-sharing platform now allows posting pictures
Facebook undergoes makeover with circular profile pictures and no blue header
In a bid to provide a cleaner user interface, Facebook has announced new updates to its News Feed that makes navigation easier and convenient. The first big change is the new comment thread on posts that will now look more like chat bubbles.
Govt to take ‘insights’ from Instagram and Facebook to catch tax evaders
For all those social media addicts whose lives are like an open book on their Facebook or Instagram walls, it’s time to stop and ponder a little bit. According to a Bloomberg report, your social media accounts will now be
Teens bullied the most on Instagram and Facebook: Survey
British anti-bullying organization Ditch The Label conducted a new survey that reveals teens are bullied the most on Instagram with Facebook coming in next. With over 1 lakh people between the ages of 12 and 20 taking part in the survey,
Amazon Spark is an Instagram inspired shopping feed of stories and photos
Amazon has launched a new feature called Spark aimed at improving product discovery, which is seemingly inspired by Instagram and to an extent by Pinterest too. The iOS only app is available in the “Programs & Features” tab on the app, where
Facebook is now the most influential social network in the world with 2bn users
Mark Zuckerberg has added another billion to its already extensive user base. Yes, now Facebook has 2 billion monthly users. That’s basically two-thirds of the world’s population with Internet access. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone on a post and
Instagram wants to show more transparency with paid posts
From colorful vacation photos, mouth-watering food recipes to designer clothes, and accessories, Instagram posts are quite interesting and appealing to look at. But many times, most of such posts are paid ads. Popular influencers and celebrities are paid to promote
Instagram’s new feature allows users to hide photos indefinitely
Last month Engadget announced that Instagram was working on a new feature called the “Archive”. The Archive lets you hide your old photo without ever deleting them. If you go into the “…” menu on a photo, where you’d normally
Now you can buy Instagram likes from vending machines; $0.89 for 100 likes
I don’t even know, how to react to this piece of news. This is the 21st century. And here you don’t earn fame but buy it via a simple vending machine. Yes, you read it right, our social media obsession
Instagram adds support for links and uncropped images in direct Messages
Now, instead of writing ‘link in bio’ in the posts, Instagram users can simply share the link via direct message. Yes, it does sound like a small update, but it makes a whole lot of difference. Initially, users were allowed
Google Photos will keep your private photos hidden with new ‘Archive’ feature
With more than 500 million monthly active users, Google Photos has been rolling out useful features on its service lately. At the recently held Google I/O 2017 developer conference, the tech giant unveiled AI-powered sharing suggestions and a Google Lens
When will Instagram stop cloning Snapchat like features?
Instagram, the photo-sharing app is back with one more feature that will keep your Stories trunk always full. But before jumping to the features, we will first address the most obvious question here. Is this new feature copied from Snapchat?
Instagram rolls out a new ‘archive’ feature that hides your posts without deleting
Now instead of deleting the Instagram pictures that you think are not ‘exactly looking good’, you can store away or hide them from everyone else. Instagram is reportedly launching a new feature christened “archive.” When a post is archived, it
Instagram & Snapchat, the most detrimental social networking app for teenagers: Study
While social media platforms are proving out to be a boon for business owners, on the other end, it is leaving a negative effect on teenagers. We all knew it, but now we have numbers to prove the fact. According
Instagram rolls out Snapchat-like augmented reality ‘Face Filters’
Facebook has finally brought the last and the only feature that was yet to be copied from Snapchat to Instagram. Instagram rolled out a selection of augmented reality ‘Face Filters’, including furry koala ears, math equations swirling around your head,
Will Instagram’s new mobile web sharing features help it to drive growth?
In a bid to drive growth in areas with slow connectivity or expensive data, Instagram has upgraded its mobile website adding core features of the main app that includes photo sharing and a lightweight version of the Explore tab. Why new features? Instagram has
