Facebook isn't the only Meta property that is leaning harder into adopting more TikTok-like features. Instagram is also currently testing a full-screen feed that strongly mimics the company's rival. [Read More]
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In a move almost certain to anger users, Instagram is reportedly testing a feature that makes ads "unskippable."
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Instagram is testing a handy new feature that will let users schedule posts on the app.
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Cue the MySpace flashbacks because Instagram is testing a feature that would bring songs to profiles.
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It seems like Instagram is not done pushing its TikTok-clone Reels on everyone. The app is working on new "Achievement" badges to incentivize creators to make Reels. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-13 18:42
Instagram is testing a new feature that copies the photo-sharing app BeReal, which continues to hold on to the number one spot in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store charts this week. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-08-23 13:50
Instagram has announced that it is testing three new ways to verify the ages of its users in the United States, including a partnership with Yoti that estimates age based on a facial scan. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-06-23 19:58
Instagram is testing the ability to pin posts to a profile, which would allow users to highlight specific photos at the top rather than hiding them under a deluge of newer ones. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-04-26 23:10
Instagram boasts one billion active monthly users. One is its defining features is the ability to like posts. Recent studies indicate that addiction to social media, and the number of likes received on content, is akin to drug use. dpreview.com »
2019-04-19 21:58
A view of the 'Saved' post section of the iOS Instagram app, also known as 'Collections. ' Two years ago, Instagram released a feature called Collections that enables users to privately group posts together for organized safekeeping. dpreview.com »
2019-02-27 17:28
Reposting an Instagram photo you like currently involves uploading a new version to Instagram, an act that can put you on the wrong side of copyright law. Instagram may finally be getting ready to unveil a “regram” button that lets you safely share other people’s photos in your feed without making a copy of them. […] petapixel.com »
2017-11-29 23:38
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]