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: 2025-04-20 06:19:29
Musk's SpaceX facilities might be taking some flak from protestors lately, but it's nothing compared to the mass mobilization of demonstrations that have given his Tesla dealerships a black eye. That could change with his latest concept: a bid to build Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system, for which the billionaire's SpaceX has emerged as a frontrunner, according to Reuters. Musk's company is leading a coalition of tech corporations in the bidding, including the surveillance pla
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-20 11:00:00
Today’s the day! The application to speak at TechCrunch All Stage closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT — this is your final chance to share real-world insights with 1,200+ startup founders and VCs attending the event. Whether you’ve built or backed startups, battled bottlenecks, or cracked the code on growth, the stage is yours. TC All Stage lands in Boston on July 15, and we’re giving the mic to those who’ve lived the scaling grind. Step-by-step: What to expect Make your voice count. Your experie
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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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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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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: 2025-04-22 15:00:00
Want to tap into the energy of 1,000+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for TechCrunch All Stage on July 15? Host your own Side Event during “TC All Stage Week,” happening July 13-19! Whether it’s a networking mixer, workshop, morning run, fireside chat, or cocktail hour — you call the shots. Create a moment. Build your community. Increase brand visibility with a Side Event. Why host a Side Event? Along with extending the energy beyond the venue and the actual
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 15:32:48
In Brief Zoom says its platform is back online after suffering an outage for much of Wednesday afternoon. “Service has now been restored after the earlier outage, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding,” Zoom said in a post on X at around 2 p.m. Pacific. The trouble began around 11:40 a.m., according to The Verge, citing data from Cisco’s ThousandEyes platform. Users on social media reported having trouble logging in, and getting an “Unable to Connect” error message when
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 23:05:00
Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) If you need a sign to call it quits early today, this might be it. Zoom, the popular virtual meeting service that many companies rely on around the world, is suffering a major outage. Also: Is Wi-Fi 7 worth the upgrade? Here's my advice after using this next-gen router for a week Reports first began around 3:15 p.m. E.T. and quickly escalated. The outage tracking website DownDetector showed nearly 60,000 reports around 3:30 p.m. E.T. Reports wer
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 23:03:27
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Zoom suffered a major outage this afternoon that prevented people from connecting to video calls and accessing its website. As shown by Cisco’s ThousandEyes platform, site connectivity dropped off at around 2:40PM ET before coming back online nearly two hours later. Users across X posted about the outage, with some getting an “Unable to Connect” er
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 07:43:11
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Zoom is suffering from a major outage, preventing people from connecting to video calls or even accessing its website. As shown by data on Downdetector, the outage appeared to have started around 3PM ET. Users across X are posting about the outage, with some getting an “Unable to Connect” error message when entering meetings, and others unable to s
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Spotify 'back and functioning normally' after global outage Downdetector, which tracks problems with online services, showed 20,000 people reported Spotify was not working at around 13:30 GMT Wednesday. Spotify has not explained what caused the problems, but it had earlier said reports of a "security hack" were "completely inaccurate". The firm said the the platform was now "back up and functioning normally". Spotify says it has fixed an outage that left tens of thousands users around the wo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 19:32:09
The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2023. Spotify was down Wednesday, with about 50,000 reports of an outage on DownDetector. The company posted an all-clear to Twitter just after noon EDT, thanking listeners for their patience. "Spotify experienced an outage today beginning around 6:20am EDT. As of 11:45am EDT, Spotify is back up and functioning normally," the company said in a statement. The music-streaming giant did not provide
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Update: Spotify says the issue is fixed as of 12 p.m. ET. If you’re having problems with Spotify this morning, you’re not alone. An ongoing Spotify outage appears to be impacting a number of users this morning. The company says its team is “looking into this.” Spotify confirms ongoing outage A quick search on social media reveals that the issues began during the 8 a.m. ET hour. Reports of a Spotify outage as tracked by Downdetector have also spiked over the last hour. On its support website
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 23:23:47
The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2023. Spotify was down Wednesday, with about 50,000 reports of an outage on DownDetector. "We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false," the company wrote in a post to X via their SpotifyStatus account. The music streaming giant did not provide details about the scope of the outage.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-24 22:52:32
Spotify is down according to widespread user reports across the US and Europe, with issues preventing the platform from loading or streaming music. At 8:45AM ET on Wednesday morning, the Spotify Status account on X said it was “aware of some issues” affecting the service right now, and is currently “checking them out.” It’s unclear what is causing the outages or when users can expect regular service to be restored. As of 10:39AM ET, Spotify says it’s working to resolve the outage “as soon as po
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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 03:58:57
The ultimate founder summit returns — now bigger than ever! Formerly TechCrunch Early Stage, TC All Stage is bringing together founders and VCs from every stage, not just early stage. We’re thrilled to unveil the full breakout session lineup at TC All Stage. Packed with scaling pioneers and top-tier VCs, these sessions are designed for founders and startups at every stage — covering everything from fundraising strategies to scaling operations. Join 1,200+ founders and VCs on July 15 in Boston t
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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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If you’re having problems with Spotify this morning, you’re not alone. An ongoing Spotify outage appears to be impacting a number of users this morning. The company says its team is “looking into this.” Spotify confirms ongoing outage A quick search on social media reveals that the issues began during the 8 a.m. ET hour. Reports of a Spotify outage as tracked by Downdetector have also spiked over the last hour. On its support website Spotify has confirmed the outage. The company says: “We’re
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-25 07:40:55
Spotify is down according to widespread user reports across the US and Europe, with issues preventing the platform from loading or streaming music. At 8:45AM ET on Wednesday morning, the Spotify Status account on X said it was “aware of some issues” affecting the service right now, and is currently “checking them out.” While most of the early outage reports were made in Europe, the issues have since escalated across the US. Downdetector is reporting a spike in US outages, and various colleagues
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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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'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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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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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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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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Today Apple updated its list of vintage and obsolete products, and the latest additions include the end of an era for the Intel Mac mini. iPhone 6s and the last Mac mini with Intel are now ‘vintage’ Apple periodically adds devices to its ever-growing list of vintage and obsolete products. That happened today, as spotted by MacRumors, with two noteworthy “vintage” additions: iPhone 6s Mac mini (2018) The latter product is especially significant, because the 2018 Mac mini was the last remain
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-27 07:00:00
The application to speak at TechCrunch All Stage closes this Friday, April 18 — don’t miss your chance to share hard-won insights with 1,200+ startup founders and VCs. If you’ve been in the trenches and cracked tough growth problems, now’s the time to step up and share your scaling strategies onstage at TC All Stage, happening July 15 in Boston. Ready to make your mark? Use your experience to guide the next wave of startups. Apply now, and you could land a spot in our Audience Choice round — wh
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