Published on: 2025-04-19 11:35:06
The Instagram app has its own built-in camera, so users can take photos and videos for Stories without needing another app. While users can save this content to their photo library, some people have noticed that the Save button on the Instagram camera has now disappeared – but luckily there’s already a fix available. Instagram removes and adds back option to save Stories For those unfamiliar, Instagram lets users save photos and videos they’ve taken within the Instagram app, so they can downlo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 07:14:00
Meet Instagram's newest feature: Instagram Blend. The social media platform is rolling out a new Reels feature that's a feed shared between you and friends you message in the app -- whether one-on-one or a group chat. You can invite friends to a Blend in a direct message. When you tap the Blend icon, Instagram will show you suggested Reels based on what you and your friends like -- maybe content you wouldn't see otherwise. Instagram expects to roll out new suggested Reels everyday. Instagram
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 11:00:23
Instagram is adding yet another way to liven up your Reels recommendations. The app is rolling out “Blend,” a feature that allows you to create a custom feed within a DM that combines your recommendations with a friend’s. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Blend has been in the works for some time. It was first spotted in the app more than a year ago, but was only an internal prototype at the time. Now, Meta is finally making it official, describing it as an “invite-only Reels feed for you a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 11:56:20
You might now be out of luck if you've been relying on Apple's AI tools to help you craft a Facebook post or generate a custom emoji to slap on an Instagram Story. As first reported by Sorcererhat Tech (by way of 9to5Mac), Apple Intelligence features are not currently functional on Meta's iOS apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or Threads. Engadget has confirmed that Apple Intelligence isn't working in the apps at the time of writing. As things stand, along with writing tools (which i
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 11:00:00
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Instagram is launching a new feature called Blend that’s a custom Reels feed shared between you and members of a DM group. If you’ve invited members of a DM chat to a Blend, then when you tap the Blend icon in a chat, Instagram will show you Reels that are suggested for people in the group. You can set up a Blend in a one-on-one conversation or in group chats, and the Blend f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 11:00:00
Instagram on Thursday announced that it’s rolling out Blend, a new feature that lets you create a custom, personalized reels feed for you and your friends. Blends are invite-only and can be created with a singular friend or with a group chat. The custom feeds are refreshed with new content each day. The launch doesn’t come as a surprise, as TechCrunch reported in March 2024 that the social network was developing the feature. Once you join or accept a Blend invite, you will be able to browse th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 03:27:45
The long-awaited antitrust trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission kicked off on April 14th. Over about two months, DC District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg is hearing arguments about whether then-Facebook illegally monopolized the market for “personal social networking services” through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC first brought the case in late 2020. While it was initially thrown out by the judge, he let an amended version move forward after the governme
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 07:50:23
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Whatsapp is working on new music layouts for status updates. These layouts aim to make music sharing more visually appealing. The upcoming layouts would be similar to music options already available on Instagram stories. WhatsApp‘s status feature is a very popular way to share updates with friends, family, and your entire contact list. While certainly useful, it does lag behind in functionality compared to the status/stories feature from Meta’s other
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 05:51:00
Meta is back in court this week, and it's a throwback to the company's early days. This week CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission concerning the company's 2012 and 2014 acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, respectively. In the 2010s, Facebook was a big player in social media, but it wasn't the tech empire that Meta is today. Part of what made the company such a powerhouse was its timely purchase of Instagram for $1 billion. But that may h
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 11:57:19
'There is a non-trivial chance that we will be forced to spin out Instagram and perhaps WhatsApp,' the Meta CEO wrote.se In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea of spinning out Instagram, one of the remedies the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will likely seek in Meta's antitrust trial that began this week. CNBC reported on Tuesday that the comments from an email thread with executives came to light in Washington, DC. "I'm beginning to wonder whether spinning Instagram out is the only structu
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 15:05:21
About a year before the Federal Trade Commission first opened its antitrust investigation into Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, CEO Mark Zuckerberg internally suggested “the extreme step of spinning Instagram out as a separate company.” In a 2018 email to his executives, Zuckerberg wrote that, “while most companies resist break-ups, the corporate history is that most companies actually perform better after they’ve been split up.” The memo was displayed in court on Tuesday as he
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 19:45:10
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018 on concerns about the rising threat of antitrust litigation against Facebook, according to an email presented Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. courtroom. During Zuckerberg's second day of testimony in Meta's antitrust trial with the Federal Trade Commission, lawyers representing the FTC presented an email from May 2018, in which Zuckerberg appeared to comment on the possibility of separating the photo-sharing app his company purc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-26 18:12:22
As times change, so do mission statements, especially in the fast-and-loose world of tech. In recent months, we've seen Google walk back its pledge to "do no evil," and OpenAI quietly delete a policy prohibiting its software's use for "military technology." Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook is no exception. Its 2008 motto, "Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life," is now a distant memory — according to Zuckerberg himself, who testified this week that Facebook's main purpose
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 23:28:48
Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media monopoly trial 7 hours ago Share Save Lily Jamali • @lilyjamali North America Technology Correspondent Reporting from San Francisco Share Save Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg leaves court on Monday Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken the witness stand in a landmark antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations that his company operates a social media monopoly. His testimony is part of a case first brought by the Federal Trade Commission (F
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-29 23:49:01
Former U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook "panicked" when making the acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp as smartphone use took off. "It saw companies like Instagram and WhatsApp experiencing astronomical growth, and that's the point at which it resorted to this buy-or-bury scheme where, if it couldn't out-compete a rival, it either bought them out or cut them off its network," Khan said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Meta , the parent company of Facebook, Inst
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 05:34:03
The US Federal Trade Commission's trial against Meta begins in Washington, DC on Monday, as the tech giant fights to avoid the spinoff of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC alleges that Meta illegally acquired the two startups in an effort to suppress competition. Meta (then Facebook) bought the photo-sharing startup Instagram for $1 billion in 2012. About two years later, the company snatched up the chat tool WhatsApp for roughly $22 billion. The FTC, one of the nation’s antitrust enforcement ag
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 06:45:03
Meta may be working on a dedicated Instagram app for the iPad, nearly 15 years after making a decision not to launch one. The social media giant is reportedly now developing an iPad-friendly version of Instagram, according to The Information. Instagram has long existed solely as a smartphone app, though it is also accessible via its website. The move could mark a shift in Meta's mobile strategy and offer Instagram users a more immersive experience on iPads. The timing also would coincide with M
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 03:00:00
An iPad Instagram app might be on the horizon. According to The Information, a Meta employee claims the long-asked-for app is finally in development, fueled by Meta’s desire to ramp up user activity on Instagram as a whole. Right now, Instagram is available on the iPad, but it’s the iPhone version and is designed for smaller, narrower displays—so it doesn’t take up the full screen. Images and Reels maintain the same aspect ratio, resulting in an awkward experience. Photograph: Getty Images Bu
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-30 19:17:38
ChatGPT’s growth keeps hitting new heights, including last month earning the honor of top downloaded app (not game) in the world per Appfigures—no doubt thanks to Studio Ghibli. ChatGPT tops global app charts, in part thanks to iOS success When it comes to the most downloaded apps in the world, the top of the pack is usually fairly predictable. TikTok and Instagram tend to go back and forth in the one and two slots. But in March, no doubt fueled by the launch of 4o image generation and the v
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-01 03:07:21
ChatGPT became the world’s most downloaded app in March, excluding games, topping the usual contenders for the No. 1 spot, Instagram and TikTok. This is the first time the app has topped the monthly download charts and ChatGPT’s biggest month ever. According to new data, ChatGPT’s installs jumped 28% from February to March to reach 46 million new downloads during March, app intelligence provider Appfigures recently reported. That put the app slightly ahead of Instagram, which fell to the No. 2
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-01 12:30:00
On Monday, Meta will face the Federal Trade Commission in a legal fight that could reshape the social media landscape. Over the next two months, the US government will make its case that the company’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram and 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp squashed potential threats to its dominance. Meta, which went by the name of Facebook at the time, will defend itself by arguing that it helped grow those acquisitions into large businesses used by billions of people while facing plent
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My phone dings, and a notification from Instagram pops up: “Clark’s Closet Connection’s countdown has ended.” I click the alert to head to the profile page and start refreshing as new posts furiously come in on tonight’s “drop.” Size 10 Mario sneakers. Moana-themed Hanna Andersson pajamas. A 3T Boden skort. Users, mostly moms, comment “me!” on posts to claim the item. It’s first come, first served. Tonight, a total of 36 items are posted, and 24 are claimed in the short time it takes for owner
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-02 03:30:00
On Monday, Meta will face the Federal Trade Commission in a legal fight that could reshape the social media landscape. Over the next two months, the US government will make its case that the company’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram and 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp squashed potential threats to its dominance. Meta, which went by the name of Facebook at the time, will defend itself by arguing that it helped grow those acquisitions into large businesses used by billions of people while facing plent
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-06 06:58:00
Meta may be working on a dedicated Instagram app for the iPad, nearly 15 years after making a strategic decision not to launch one. The company is reportedly now developing an iPad-friendly version of the popular social media app, according to The Information. Instagram has long existed solely as a smartphone app, though it is also accessible via its website. The move could mark a shift in Meta's mobile strategy and offer Instagram users a more immersive experience on iPads. The timing also wo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-06 11:32:06
Instagram appears to be quietly testing locked reels that viewers would have to unlock with a code and a provided hint. The feature is a simple way to increase engagement with the creator’s content, but it could also offer creators and celebrities a way to share exclusive reels with their most dedicated fans, who are more likely to know the answer to hints. For example, a creator may lock a reel with the hint, “my birthday” or “my dog’s name” in order to share exclusive content with loyal follo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 07:00:27
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Meta is developing a version of Instagram for iPad, according to The Information. Currently, running Instagram on an iPad is just a blown-up version of the iPhone app, so an official Instagram app from Meta would be a very welcome change. Why would Meta do this now, after ignoring Apple’s tablet for over a decade? According to The Information, the uncertain legal status of Ti
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 11:39:42
Social media platform Instagram has been around since 2010 yet it still doesn't have a dedicated iPad app. In fact, the last we heard about the network's interest in tablets was back in 2022, when Insta head Adam Mosseri said there simply weren't enough iPad users to merit developing a native app. A baffling standpoint, but one that could finally be changing. A current employee of the service spoke anonymously to The Information recently and said that in this, the year 2025, Instagram is at las
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 15:34:08
Instagram is working on an iPad app, according to a new report from The Information. Yes, you read that right: after 15 years, Instagram is finally making a dedicated app for iPad. The most deserved ‘finally’ headline ever From the report: Instagram is also working on a version of the Instagram app designed for iPads, the current employee said, which could further drive usage of Instagram. Currently, iPad users can download a version of the Instagram app designed for iPhones, which appears zo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 15:34:36
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the company is looking to improve the app’s search functionality, admitting this is an area where Instagram could do more to compete. The remarks, made on a recent episode of the “Build Your Tribe” podcast, come at a time when younger Gen Z users often turn to social apps like TikTok for answers, instead of using traditional search engines. Instagram is in that mix, too, of course, but it knows its position could be stronger. “We’re … starting to invest more in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-09 03:04:57
Meta is broadening Instagram restrictions that prevent minors from being exposed to inappropriate contact and content, bringing those protections to Facebook and Messenger and adding new limits for teenage Instagram users. After introducing “Teen Accounts” to Instagram in September — which automatically make younger users’ accounts private and restrict them from accessing certain features — Meta has announced that “similar” protections are now available on Facebook and Messenger. This comes as
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