Facebook has launched Hotline, a question and answer-style app that combines the features found in the popular app Clubhouse along with Instagram Live features, into a public beta test. TechCrunch reports that Hotline, led by product developer Eric Hazzard, has been launched into beta testing by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) Team, which develops, releases, […]
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What's old is new again, as seems to be the case for Noplace, a new social media app that feels reminiscent of MySpace and is becoming incredibly popular. [Read More]
Lapse, a camera app that mimics the days of waiting for film to develop before showing snapshots to friends, raised an additional $30 million in funding, fueling the trend of stripped-down social media platforms. [Read More]
Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would hold social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, accountable for inaction regarding the spread of "child sex abuse materials." [Read More]
Last month, Instagram started testing the ability to add songs to profiles in a callback to the MySpace days. Audio integration into the app apparently didn't stop there, as it has already rolled out a way to add auto-playing music to posted photos. [Read More]
Cue the MySpace flashbacks because Instagram is testing a feature that would bring songs to profiles.
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Instagram has released a long-awaited feature that allows users to delete a single image or clip from an already uploaded carousel. Previously, in order to delete one or more images from a grouped carousel, Instagram users would have to delete the whole post and start over. But as of today, users will finally be able […]
Poparazzi has launched a new photo-sharing network app that bans selfies, image filters, hashtags, and instead focuses on users taking and sharing photos of others has skyrocketed to the top of the app store.