Late night scroll-athons on Instagram might be getting easier on your eyes now that a much-anticipated feature has arrived. Following recent moves from Gmail, WhatsApp, Twitter and Pinterest, Instagram launched its new dark mode feature Tuesday for iOS 13 and Android 10 devices. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said in a tweet Tuesday that dark mode …
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A bipartisan Senate committee on Tuesday called for new procedures to protect the US from foreign disinformation efforts, recommendations that come as the country readies for the 2020 presidential campaign. In an 85-page report, the Senate Intelligence Committee pushed for new legislation to ensure transparency in political advertising on social media networks, and it urged increased coordination and information sharing …
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Instagram will get rid of the Following tab in its app Monday. The big reason why is that many users didn’t even know it was a feature. The Following tab let users see what posts and accounts their friends are engaging with. Instagram introduced the tab in 2011 to help new users find other people to follow. However, not many …
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Facebook has repeatedly pushed back against calls to split up Instagram and WhatsApp from the social media giant, arguing it won’t solve its woes around privacy, election meddling and other issues. It turns out even one of its competitors, Snapchat, isn’t sure if a break-up is a good idea. Evan Spiegel, the CEO and co-founder of Snapchat’s parent company Snap, …
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Instagram users are getting a camera-first standalone app called Threads, for sharing with close friends. In a blog post Thursday, Instagram described Threads as “a new way to message with close friends in a dedicated, private space.” If you use Threads, you will be able to share messages, photos video and Stories with the more exclusive list of friends you …
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A new anti-bullying feature for Instagram launched Wednesday that lets users decide which comments can appear on their posts. This option is an alternative to blocking and came from teenage users of the app. Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri explained the feature during an appearance on the Today show on Wednesday. App users can approve or deny comments before they’re posted …
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Facebook began hiding likes on Friday, Sept. 27, making the number of reactions, views and likes visible only to a post’s author. The test kicked off in Australia, the social media giant confirmed last week, and includes ads. How the like “count” will appear during the test. Facebook “We are running a limited test where like, reaction and video view counts …
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Facebook hasn’t been quiet about copying features made popular by Snapchat and adding them to Instagram and its other apps. Apparently Snap, the parent company of the Snapchat app, kept track of Facebook’s competitive moves in a dossier called “Project Voldemort.” Project Voldemort — a nod to the dark wizard and main antagonist in the Harry Potter book series — …
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Facebook is introducing new, interactive advertising to its News Feed, adding ads that integrate polls, simple gaming and augmented reality into the main destination people go when they check the most popular social network in the world. With more than 2 billion daily active users, Facebook is one of the world’s most powerful advertising giants. Its massive advertising revenue totaled …
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Snapchat and Instagram were both struggling on Monday afternoon, with users unable to send chats. Tests of both apps showed everything else working — on Snapchat you could send snaps and see stories and on Instagram you could view your feed and stories and send pictures. Snapchat confirmed it was completely back online as of around 3:30 p.m. PT. Snapchat …
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