Instagram is officially expanding its Commerce Eligibility Requirements, opening up the Instagram Shopping experience to smaller businesses, including “creators. ” Photographers with a large enough following could stand to benefit in a bit way.
The announcement was made on the Instagram Business blog, where the company explained why and how they’ll be expanding the requirements to […]. petapixel.com
Instagram will soon let users add polls to the comments section of their photo posts and Reels.
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Instagram will be testing a "repost" feature that would allow users to share other people's posts in their own feeds.
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Instagram is set to launch the first version of Subscriptions on the platform this week, which the company says is designed to support creators and allow them to "monetize and become closer to their followers through exclusive experiences." [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-01-19 21:57
In an effort to protect the experiences of young people, Instagram has announced that starting in the next couple of weeks, all users will be required to provide the company with a birthdate in order to continue using the app. petapixel.com »
2021-08-30 20:30
After testing it in numerous other regions, including Brazil, Japan, Canada and Australia, Instagram has confirmed it will start hiding ‘likes’ for accounts based in the United States this coming week. dpreview.com »
2019-11-09 22:26
Instagram has announced Checkout, a new feature that is not directly imaging-related, but should still be of importance to many users. Checkout will allow users to purchase goods and services from Instagram business accounts without leaving the app and finalizing the transaction in another app or browser. dpreview.com »
2019-03-20 17:25
Instagram announced today that it will begin removing inauthentic likes, follows and comments from accounts that use third-party apps to boost their popularity. According to Instagram the third-party apps in question violate its policies and users will be prompted to stop using them. dpreview.com »
2018-11-20 16:25
Instagram made a major announcement yesterday. In an attempt to ‘foster a safer, kinder community,’ the app will begin blurring content that it considers ‘sensitive,’ warning users and requiring that you click through to actually see the image. petapixel.com »
2017-03-24 18:49
Instagram, the world’s largest photo sharing platform, has long since dropped the pretense of being a purely creative part of the public sphere, and is swiftly becoming one of the world’s largest ad platforms. digitalrev.com »
2016-11-02 03:00
Yesterday Apple announced its iPhone 7 models and app developers are already working hard at making use of the devices' new features, especially the dual-camera in the iPhone 7 Plus. Instagram actually had a slot during the Apple presentation and Ian Spalter, head of design at Instagram, had the opportunity to explain how the app would make use of the camera's new features and capabilities. dpreview.com »
2016-09-08 21:00
Hipstamatic, the digital app that leans into analog vibes, announced what it calls a "new homage" to classic image making that uses Apple's Live Photos feature to generate lenticular images, similar to what the retro sequential multi-lens cameras of the 1990s made. [Read More]
Clubhouse is a new social media app that may be of interest to photographers of all levels. Here’s a photographer’s look at the new social service. Clubhouse has some similarities to the Zoom platform in that you are in a room and speaking to others. Anyone on the platform can create a room and anyone […]
Instagram has officially expanded its “test” of the removal of public-facing like counts worldwide. The expansion was announced this morning on Twitter, where the company also attempted to reassure “creators” (read: influencers) that the company is not trying to take away their livelihood.
Instagram has announced that you can now schedule posts on the social network, provided you are signed up as a business account and using an approved third-party scheduling service. This new automation will streamline the Instagram workflow for those who are using the image-sharing app.