Instagram today has introduced new tools to help combat bullying, including a new way to identify and report bullying in photos. It is also introducing a camera effect to help spread kindness in Stories. The company will use machine learning technology to detect bullying in photos and their captions and send them to the Instagram Community Operations team to review. Continue reading “Instagram rolls out new tools to detect bullying in photos and captions, introduces new camera effect”
Instagram today is rolling out ‘nametag’ which is an easy way to add friends on Instagram. The company also said that it is testing a new Instagram school communities feature in the US to help students connect with others from their university right in the app. Both the nametag and School communities features were rumored to be in works a while ago. Continue reading “Instagram rolls out Snapchat-like Nametag QR codes; testing new school communities”
After quitting from their positions, Instagram’s Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announced that Adam Mosseri, current Vice President of Product, will become the head of Instagram starting today. Adam began his career as a designer, managed his own design consultancy, and then joined the Facebook design team in 2008. After joining Facebook, he was moved from designing to product management. Continue reading “Adam Mosseri appointed as head of Instagram”
Instagram Co-founders; Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger today have announced that they have resigned and plan to leave the company in the coming weeks. This move adds challenges to Instagram’s parent company, Facebook. kevin Systrom who is currently Instagram’s chief executive, and Mike Krieger, the chief technical officer have notified Instagram’s leadership team and Facebook about their decision to leave the company. Continue reading “Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger to leave the company”
Instagram might have just confirmed that Regramming; the ability to instantly repost someone else’s feed post to your followers is “not happening.” This comes after the company is rumored to be testing the feature a while back and this is a good move by Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram denies testing ‘regram’ feature”
Instagram has introduced a new feature which will let you message your friends with GIFs in Instagram Direct. You can tap the new GIF button in the composer bar to open a library of the latest trending GIFs powered by GIPHY. Swipe through to see what’s currently trending or search using keywords or phrases to find the perfect GIF to send. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you send GIFs in Direct messages”
Instagram today announced two new updates that make it easier to shop on Instagram. This update is expanding Shopping in Stories and is expanding it to businesses in 46 countries. It has introduced Shopping channel in Explore that will be personalized to you. Continue reading “Instagram expands shopping in Stories, adds personalized Explorer channel”
Instagram has confirmed that it is testing a new feature that would allow users to tag their friends in video posts, not just limiting the tagging feature to photos. The feature would work similarly to photo tagging, but instead of pressing the small icon at the bottom left, it might be more difficult with videos. Continue reading “Instagram confirms it is testing video tagging feature”
Instagram has been adding lots of new features lately in a bid to keep up with the trend. Facebook-owned Instagram has added personalized emoji shortcuts to its app, where the most used emoji will be placed on the top of the keyboard when you begin to type the post. Continue reading “Instagram introduces new emoji shortcut for comments”
Facebook-owned Instagram has introduced Parent’s Guide, a new resource for parents with teens who use Instagram. With this guide, the company focuses on three things — how to manage privacy, interactions and time on Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram introduces Parents Guide for Children’s safety”
Instagram, a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, is reportedly working on a new standalone app for shopping. Expected to be called as ‘IG Shopping’, this app lets the users select product from the page or merchant they follow and purchase them directly from the app itself. Continue reading “Instagram said to introduce standalone shopping app”
Photo and video sharing social network, Instagram has introduced new tools in an attempt to enhance the security of the community. The company has announced three significant tool: About This Account, Increasing Access to Verification and Support for Third-Party Authenticator Apps. Continue reading “Instagram introduces extra user details in profiles, account verification service; support for third-party authenticator apps coming soon”
Instagram said to be testing a new feature where it is planning to group student users by the college community. This move of Instagram brings the photo-sharing platform a step closer to the flagship Facebook app. Instagram is prompting users to join a college community and “connect with other students.
Continue reading “Instagram said to be testing a new feature to allow students to join new groups organized by school”
Instagram today announced that it is testing recommended posts in the Feed. According to the company, it is a new way to see content you may like on Instagram. The recommendations are based on the people you follow and photos and videos you like. Continue reading “Instagram testing recommended posts in the Feed”
Facebook today announced new tools to help users of Instagram and Facebook manage their time; an activity dashboard. It is a daily reminder using which you can limit notifications and keep your usage in check. Facebook says that it developed these tools based on collaboration and inspiration from leading mental health experts and organizations, academics. Continue reading “Facebook and Instagram activity dashboard time management tool announced”
