Instagram on Friday said anyone can now send and receive direct messages on desktop. In January, the Facebook-owned photo site began testing DMs from its website, giving those who want to message friends on the platform from a computer a new way to do so. Previously DMs were limited to Instagram’s mobile apps. *Sliding into …
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Anonymous Instagram accounts, some with thousands of followers, are encouraging users to share information that would allow people to hijack a call on the video conferencing app Zoom. “If you hate your teachers just tell us. We start zoom raids,” the bio of one Instagram account states. “Zoomraiding” or “Zoombombing” is a type of online harassment in which someone disrupts …
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down for some users on Wednesday. As of around 2:30 p.m. PT, outages were concentrated in regions including North and South America and Europe. By around 3 p.m. PT, a Facebook representative said the apps were back up and running. Instagram and WhatsApp are owned by Facebook. The most reported problems on Facebook were with images, according to Downdetector. Some people were …
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To many kids, Dolly Parton isn’t a legendary singer/songwriter or country music royalty but simply the nice lady that sends them a book each month. Through her Imagination Library book-gifting program, Parton has sent free books to millions of preschool kids around the world. And starting this Thursday, Parton will read kids a bedtime story in a new video series …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Fed up with seeing political lies on social media, Scott Erickson deleted his Facebook account last year as the US headed into the presidential primary season. Leaving the world’s largest social network, he thought, would help ease his mind. But Erickson’s Facebook hiatus …
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Many of us around the world just survived our first weekend of proper social distancing — staying in our homes to avoid spreading coronavirus without venturing out for more than groceries or maybe a jog. How did it go for you? I ask because I’m genuinely curious. The UK, where I live, is now on lockdown for at least three …
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Instagram on Tuesday provided more details on what it’s doing to keep users updated and safe during the coronavirus outbreak, including a new feature that lets friends look at pictures with each other while keeping their distance. Co-Watching is a new Instagram feature that allows people to browse posts together via video chat. Users will need to start a video chat …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Following the outbreak of coronavirus, many of us had to make significant changes to the way we socialize to remain in step with medical guidance, which advises widespread social distancing. Fortunately, keeping in touch with loved ones no matter how far away we …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Mike Krieger, co-founder of social media platform Instagram, is working to help keep funds flowing to restaurants impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. His new site SaveOurFaves, created with his wife Kaitlyn, sells gift certificates to a directory of Bay Area restaurants and coffee shops. Visitors …
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Instagram is reportedly working on a feature that’s made Snapchat popular: ephemeral messaging. The unreleased feature was first spotted by reverse engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong, who found code in Instagram’s Android app labeled with a “speak no evil” emoji. Wong demonstrated in a tweet Thursday that the feature works when Instagram users enter a dark mode messaging window from …
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