In response to a rise in the use of #examstress on Instagram as finals kick in, the Facebook-owned social media site is offering advice in the latest installment of #GramFam. The online ‘zine will feature school advice from celebrities and influencers like Jameela Jamil and Love Island’s Dr. Alex George, Bloomberg reported Thursday. #GramFam is a …
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Instagram is working on new guidelines for account removals. The photo sharing site plans to roll out a new policy in which accounts are taken down after a certain number of violations in a particular time frame. The number of violations and how much time is allotted weren’t disclosed because the company doesn’t want people taking advantage of the guidelines. …
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Instagram is getting a slew of new features, including a camera tool called Create Mode, enhanced shopping tools and support for starting a fundraiser within the app. Instagram has already started rolling out the new tools. Here’s how to use them. Read more: Facebook at F8 announces an Instagram experience less focused on likes Using Instagram’s new camera Create mode …
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Verizon Communications is looking for a buyer to take blogging website Tumblr off its hands as it looks to improve its media business’s bottom line, The Wall Street Journal reports. The sales process, which the Journal warned might not result in a transaction, comes as Verizon struggles to make its transition from a wireless and broadband company into a media brand and …
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Facebook is cracking down on extremist figures and groups. The social network on Thursday barred Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who hosts InfoWars, as well as far-right commentators Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer. The ban, which included InfoWars, extends to the social network’s Instagram photo-sharing service. The social network also banned Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, and …
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Facebook is holding its annual developer conference, F8, this week. During the opening keynote on Tuesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg assured users the company is focusing on privacy and touted a new mantra: “The future is private.” In addition to trying to convince users the company has begun to take privacy seriously, there were plenty of new features, apps and product …
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Facebook‘s Instagram is getting an overhaul designed to put people first. Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s vice president of content, said the social media site is testing ways to make the experience “less pressurized.” The image-sharing social network will feature follower counts less prominently and make private the counts of the likes posts get. The changes are meant to help people focus on …
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Sitting on a grey couch at Facebook’s headquarters, Stan Chudnovsky starts talking about what humans can’t live without. The head of the social network’s Messenger service isn’t speaking about food, shelter or water. Instead, he points to what he and I are doing at this very moment: communicating. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook launches Messenger for desktop 1:33 “There is …
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The US Central Intelligence Agency launched its Instagram account Thursday, with a single photo full of items many of us might associate with the secretive intelligence agency. The debut post on the account depicts an apparent office desk at the agency crowded with cloak-and-dagger items accompanied by the message “I spy with my little eye…” Some are obvious, such as …
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Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg uses the F8 developer conference to talk about the future of his social network. This time around, he’ll likely address its current problems. Zuckerberg shares big, hopeful messages. Facebook’s mission, he says, is “to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” Devices, like its Oculus line of virtual …
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