Articles tagged "Instagram"

Meta is rolling out a new foldable-optimized Instagram app update for the Galaxy Z Fold devices which fixes the weird aspect ratio and layout seen in previous releases. The updated UI positions the navigation rail with the home, search, new post,...

Instagram launched Threads in October 2019 as a standalone app to chat with Instagram Close Friends, but that app is unavailable now since Meta launched a new Threads app last week as its Twitter competitor. It's available in over 100 countries,...

Meta promised to launch Threads, its answer to Twitter, on July 6. Today, the social media surprisingly went live, and now everyone can view content. However, the full features of the new platform are limited to 100 markets, including the United...

Meta's Twitter-inspired paid verification service initially went live in Australia and New Zealand, and starting today it's also available to Facebook and Instagram users in the US. The service costs $11.99 per month if you sign up on the web, or...

Facebook and Instagram users will soon get a new paid verified badge option in the form of Meta Verified. The $12 per month on web and $15/month on iOS and Android subscription will grant users a blue check next to their account name for increased...

Meta has been under constant fire from regulators and governments for not protecting teens on its platforms Facebook and Instagram, and now the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company introduced updates to address this. The company is now adding more...

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri and Instagram’s social media team are refuting claims that the Instagram app is tracking location data and sharing it with followers looking for your exact location. A post went viral claimed “a recent iOS update” has...

Today Instagram is out with a new update, and this one lets you buy stuff straight from your chats. This works for purchases from "qualified small businesses", which will confirm your orders, create payment requests, and collect payment all within...

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri posted an update to Twitter where he announced new features coming to Instagram creators with paid Subscribers. Instagram creators can sign up to the Subscribers program where they can charge their followers a monthly...

Instagram’s efforts to compete with TikTok are growing with the blogging platform’s latest move. As per a screenshot posted to Twitter by Matt Navarra, Instagram has begun testing making every video posted to Instagram a Reel so it may reach a...

Over in the US, Instagram has started testing new ways to have you verify your age. In addition to simply uploading your ID, a method that may take up to two days to verify, you now have two more options. The first one is to take a video selfie....

This Wednesday, Meta announced that it is going to begin rolling out AMBER alerts (notifications of missing children in the area) to Instagram across 25 countries. Meta says it has helped authorities find hundreds of missing children since it...

Instagram brings ‘1 Minute Music’, a collection of clips from songs and folks that are exclusively available for use on Instagram Reels or Stories. This includes music from more than 200 Indian artists to entice users in India to create more...

Instagram brought back the chronological feed last month. Now the social network is experimenting with another requested feature – some users are reporting that they have the option to pin a post to their profile. Currently, users can pin a...

For all haters of algorithmic feeds in social networking apps, today is a big day. That's because Instagram just announced it's bringing back the chronological feed. The new version of the app has two optional feeds, which you can get to by...

Starting Tuesday, all Instagram users in the US can begin tagging brands’ products in their posts. Previously, this was only available to creator or business accounts. “Over the next few months” the feature will roll out to everyone. Over...

Two more of Instagram’s standalone apps have been removed from app stores, as noted by some users on Twitter and reported by Tech Crunch. Both the Boomerang and Hyperlapse apps are no longer available to download from the iOS App Store and the...

Instagram has been doing a bit of housekeeping as it figures out how it should stay relevant in a world where TikTok has garnered so many users in the last few years. In its latest post, Instagram announces the changes it is making to solidify its...

Meta submitted a report, which warned it may shut down its Facebook and Instagram services in Europe due to new regulations approved by the European Commission. The new EU laws force all companies to process user data on local servers located within...

A new EU law requires companies that gather user data within the union to keep and process that data on European servers. Facebook's and Instagram's data, however, is processed on both US and European servers, which is crucial for ad targeting and...