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Facebook combines Messenger and Instagram notifications

Facebook, the proud parent of Instagram and Messenger, wants to bring together its various apps into a more cohesive experience. The social networking site is rolling out a new feature that consolidates Facebook, Messenger and Instagram notifications on the Facebook app. Enlarge Image Tapping the circle icon in the top corner will open a menu …

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How to use face filters in your Instagram Stories

Now playing: Watch this: Instagram adds face filters because of course 1:46 Last year, Instagram rolled out a Stories feature to compete with the likes of Snapchat and has been playing catch-up with features ever since, rolling out things like Boomerang, hands-free video, filters, stickers, selfie stickers and more. Today, Instagram is adding one of Snapchat users’ favorite features: face …

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Instagram filters dress up your selfie face, just like Snapchat

Now playing: Watch this: Instagram adds face filters because of course 1:46 Get ready to smile for the filter. Instagram has a new app update that lets you dress up your face in one of eight on-screen objects, from sunglasses to moving koala ears. “To see our initial set of eight face filters, simply open the camera and tap the …

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The 3:59 extended edition: How Google’s next Pixel can catch up to Galaxy S8

So, the Galaxy S8 is leading the pack right now as far as Android phones go. While the Google Pixel carried that torch for quite awhile after its release, the flames have died out a bit. As the folks at Google gear up to launch the sequel to their flagship phone, we’ve got some recommendations about what they should add. …

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Can the Google Pixel catch up to the Galaxy S8? (The 3:59, Ep. 222)

We probably won’t see the next Google Pixel phone for several months, but that hasn’t stopped CNET from offering up a wish list for the upcoming device. Two big improvements we like to see for the Pixel 2, or whatever it gets called, are a better design with less bezel and waterproofing. Those two changes would go a long way …

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Instagram Stories outage prevents photo uploads

Instagram experienced issues Monday that prevented users from uploading images to the photo-sharing app’s new Stories feature. Facebook-owned Instagram said in a tweet Monday afternoon it was aware of the problem and was working on a fix. The problem didn’t appear to prevent users from viewing previously uploaded images. Facebook, which bought Instagram for $1 billion five years ago, has …

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Instagram users top 700 million

Just think of all the brunch pics 700 million Instagram users can generate. The photo-sharing app hit just that milestone of monthly active users, according to a blog post Wednesday. Since December, Instagram has racked up 100 million new users, a growth of 16.7 percent in a single quarter. The company, founded in 2010 and bought by Facebook in 2012, …

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Celebrities on Instagram warned by FTC over paid ads

If you follow celebrities on Instagram, you probably find it hard to tell which posts are ads. That could soon change. The Federal Trade Commission has sent over 90 reminders to what it calls “influencers” — celebrities, athletes, models and the like — asking them to clearly state at the beginning of each post if they were paid to endorse …

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Instagram has a new feature that will remind you of Pinterest

Forty-six percent of Instagram users have tried the new bookmark feature since it rolled out in December 2016. Now with Instagram you not only can save the images and videos you want to check out later, you can also organize them into collections. If this sounds a lot like Pinterest, you’re right. Each collection is like a board and every …

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​Facebook Messenger hits 1.2B users, that’s a lot of people

Facebook Messenger appears to have made it to the big time. The social media company said Wednesday its messaging app now has 1.2 billion people actively using the service every month — that’s a big chunk of the world’s 7.5 billion population. “I keep on hearing powerful stories about how our product is becoming a more important part of your …

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