Reality TV personality Rob Kardashian of the Kardashian family has had his Instagram account deleted after he allegedly posted intimate photos of his former fiancée, model Blac Chyna, according to a report from Heavy. Instagram deleted the photos and video of Chyna with another man, after which Kardashian allegedly reposted them along with a tirade …
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Are offensive comments on your Instagram posts ruining your brunch? The photo-sharing site is introducing two filters to clean up those comments, the company said Thursday in a blog post signed by Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom. The first automatically keeps certain offensive comments off your posts before you see them. The second looks for spam comments and blocks them as …
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It can be all or nothing with Instagram. With only two privacy settings — public and private account options — your audience choices are slim. You can have a public profile for all the world to see and have no idea who is viewing your photos outside your followers. Or you can have a private account, post only to people who …
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Disappearing video is great — unless you don’t want it to disappear! Now, Instagram Stories will give you the option to save a replay of your live videos. The company announced the move in a blog post on Tuesday — which also describes how you’ll use the new feature. Basically: If you’re the one live streaming a video, you’ll simply …
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They say the internet is forever, but Instagram’s cutting you a break on those embarrassing photos you no longer want lingering as evidence. Enlarge Image Instagram On Tuesday, Instagram began rolling out Archive, which moves posts off of your profile and into a folder that only you can see, to all users. Instagram previously announced its Archive feature last month, but it’s …
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Kevin Durant and LeBron James are commandeering Instagram’s Instagram account. Well, make it the NBA will be taking over the @Instagram handle to give behind-the-scenes access to its 224 million followers during Game 2 of the NBA Finals. During Sunday’s pivotal matchup between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, @Instagram will also offer fans an 8- to 10-slide …
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Social media is ubiquitous for young people, but all that interaction may be creating some negative side effects. The Royal Society for Public Health along with the Young Health Movement published a report out of the UK called #StatusOfMind that looked into the mental health effects of five social networks, CBS News reported Tuesday. The researchers found that Instagram was …
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Drunken selfies. Photos of your ex. A poorly lit plate of food. There are many reasons why you might want to delete a photo from Instagram. And now, you have the option of either deleting or archiving unwanted or embarrassing photos. Instagram rolled out an update on Monday that introduced location and hashtag stories and also included an unannounced archive …
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Instagram is adding a new feature that groups together different kinds of Stories — strings of videos and pictures that disappear after 24 hours. The Facebook-owned photo sharing app is letting people add content to larger Stories based on locations or hashtags. For example, when you go to the app’s Explore tab, you might see a Story that says “New …
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Since introducing a stories feature last year, Instagram has added a boatload of new features to its stories, most recently its Snapchat-like face filters last week. Now, it’s making it easier for you to find stories. Instagram announced on Tuesday that it has added two new ways to search for stories: Bubbling them up to the top of the Explore …
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