Instagram has introduced a standalone app called Boomerang that creates GIF-Like looping videos. Available on Android and iOS, the app combines photos into one-second videos that play forward and backward in a loop.
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Instagram has just announced that their fast growing network of users has just exceeded 400 million. That shows the power of photos as Instagram is a social network that uses images to send messages across people all over the world.
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In a bid to lure journalists away from Twitter, Facebook has introduced a news curation tool. Dubbed as Signal, the news gathering tool will allow journalists to discover all the latest social content.
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Instagram has introduced video ads of up to 30 seconds in length. Previous ads were capped at 15 seconds, same length of video that users can post. Instagram also announced that ads will now be available in more than 30 additional countries, followed by full global availability at the end of the month. Continue reading “Instagram debuts 30-second video ads, expands ads to over 30 new countries including India”
Instagram is finally rolling out an important update that will save users from the mayhem of the app’s square cropping. With the latest update, Instagram will now allow users to post photos and videos in portrait and landscape mode.
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Instagram is now rolling out a new feature across Android smartphones called Quick Edit. The feature will be available to users who update or install v7.3.0 of the application.
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Instagram is finally bringing search tools to its web client. The latest update will allow users to search for certain accounts, hashtags and locations on the web.
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Instagram has become the defining social network of our generation when it comes to image sharing. The cultural relevance and popularity of the application was such that the social networking giant, Facebook, invested USD 1billion to acquire the service. Through all of this, the company has stuck to the somewhat antiquated low resolution images that it launched with. This is about to change. Continue reading “Higher resolution images coming soon to Instagram”
Instagram has updated its mobile apps with revamped search and explore tools. The enhanced tools will allow users to find places, people and tags in real time.
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Instagram has given its website a makeover with a number of tweaks. The popular photo and video sharing service is bringing its website in line with its mobile apps.
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Instagram is making it easier for users with a heavy feed to keep tab on all the important updates from the people they are following. The photo sharing service has started sending “highlights” emails to some of its users, as per Tech Crunch.
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Layout is a Collage app from developers of Instagram that was first launched for iOS earlier in March this year. Now the app has become available for Google devices to download on the Play Store.
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We all know that emojis have become the new language of this digital world. A new study by Thomas Dimson, a software engineer behind Instagram’s Hyperlapse app has revealed that nearly half of the text on Instagram contain emojis.
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Instagram has updated its mobile apps with three new filters and emoji hashtags. The new filters are called Lark, Reyes, and Juno, and are focused on enhancing outdoor photography.
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Instagram is bringing couple of photo editing tools for its Android app. The latest creative tools- Color and Fade, will let users customize their photos by adjusting the color tones.
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