As it continues to double-down on video, Instagram will now enable brands to turn their Reels into ads, with a new "Boost post" option built into the app. [Read More]
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Instagram is adding new photo editing features and capabilities to direct messages (DMs).
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Instagram has announced that it is adding automatic captions to videos uploaded to the platform. The feature follows TikTok, which has enabled auto captions since last April. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-03-01 22:55
Instagram has announced a change to Stories: instead of all reactions automatically appearing in the recipient's inbox, users can now like a Story without sending a message and all likes can only be visible to the Story owner. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-02-15 23:09
Instagram is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week with a couple of new features and a fun surprise. The photo sharing app has expanded its anti-bullying features, created a ‘Stories Map’ and calendar, and has added a hidden option that lets users roll back to one of its classic logos. The new icon options are […] petapixel.com »
2020-10-06 19:13
When 15-year-old Madelynn Sumpter (@madelynn. ellagrace) was caught helping “sneak boys into a sleep-over,” her parents gave her a choice: one month without your phone, or 2 weeks without your phone and we get full control of your social media accounts. petapixel.com »
2019-12-05 20:07
In a world where we are constantly multitasking on our phones, jumping from app to app, task to task, being interrupted by messages or calls, it seems odd that one of the world's most popular networks would not have the ability to save a draft - yet that is just what Instagram users have been dealing with forever, but with the latest update, that all changes. thephoblographer.com »
2016-09-22 00:22
President-elect Donald Trump's team says "he will deliver" on his promise to save TikTok and prevent its threatened U.S. ban in two and half months. [Read More]
A photographer recreated his parents' honeymoon pictures from 30 years earlier by traveling to New York with them and going to the spots they visited in 1994. [Read More]
A photographer discovered a terrifying ghostly face of a woman in a window multiple times after taking photos of a prom couple outside a historic house in the U.S. [Read More]
TikTok mistakenly released a version of its AI video generator that let avatars recite Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and Osama bin Laden’s "Letter to America" on command. [Read More]
In a new study conducted by The Wall Street Journal and an academic researcher, Instagram's algorithm was found to have repeatedly recommended sexual videos to young teenage users -- some as young as 13 years old. [Read More]
TikTok may soon have ads featuring AI-generated versions of popular creators and stock actors to add a “human touch.”
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During Monday's Cannes Lions International Festival for Creativity, Adobe and TikTok announced a new collaboration that would integrate the social media app's commercial music library into Adobe Express. [Read More]