Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down around the world
Instagram and WhatsApp suddenly went down on Friday at around 1:30 p.m. ET. It is unclear what exactly is causing the problem, but the outage …
Google wants to keep you away from Instagram and TikTok by showing you videos from Instagram and TikTok
Google is piloting a new feature for its mobile Search apps, a Short Videos carousel that would surface Instagram and TikTok videos relevant to the …
Facebook’s latest trick for Messenger and Instagram just started rolling out
Facebook just launched a new feature for Messenger and Instagram that allows people to chat with their friends via self-destructing messages. Vanish Mode is rolling …
Facebook enables cross-app messaging on Instagram and Messenger
Facebook announced that it’s ready to merge Messenger chat with Instagram, allowing people to communicate seamlessly across platforms. The move is part of Facebook’s bigger …
Facebook starts ambitious plan to unify all of its instant messenger apps
Facebook has started merging Messenger with Instagram chat, which appears to be the first step towards the unified, end-to-end, instant chat service that Facebook has …
Instagram is helping restaurants deliver food and sell gift cards
Scrolling through one’s Instagram feed is one way to find some distraction from the depressing coronavirus-related news headlines, but now the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app has …
You can now check and send Instagram DMs on a web browser
Instagram is now rolling out a new feature worldwide after pursuing a limited test earlier this year — the ability for users to access their …
Instagram’s new feature is perfect for connecting with isolated friends
Instagram has introduced a new feature called Co-Watching which lets you view photos and videos on the app while video chatting with your friends. Instagram …
NASA astronaut Christina Koch reunited with her dog after a year away, and it’s absolutely magical
NASA’s Christina Koch has already had an eventful year. After kicking off 2020 as a member of the International Space Station crew, Koch returned to …
Here’s how to create a collage of your top nine Instagram posts from 2019
It’s that time of year, the countdown to midnight and to a fresh start as we turn a page on the calendar and prepare to …
FTC may seek injunction to prevent Facebook from merging chat features across Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp
The FTC may seek an injunction in order to prevent Facebook from tightly integrating features across its suite of messaging services. The potential injunction, The …
It’s not just you: Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger are down
Happy Thanksgiving! Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger all appear to be sleeping in on this most festive of holidays, as reports of a full-on outage …
TikTok is the hottest new thing in social, so Facebook is obviously copying it
Remember how quick Facebook was to steal every popular feature Snapchat in the past few years and add them to its own apps like Instagram …
It’s bizarrely easy to see private Instagram posts and share them with anyone you want
Facebook has been doing its best to convince us that it’s concerned about user privacy and security, but it’s not doing a great job. Just …
New Instagram chat app will encourage you to share location and real-time data with ‘close friends’
After killing Direct, which was supposed to be Instagram’s own messaging system, Facebook is going to unveil a new chat app that will be tied …
Facebook uses AI to analyze and catalog every single photo you upload
A Facebook outage that also affected Instagram and WhatsApp on Thursday revealed what may be a surprising development to some Facebook users: the company uses …
Facebook wants to let you share your WhatsApp status to Facebook and Instagram
What’s the first thing you can think of when you hear that Facebook is considering allowing WhatsApp users to share their status updates to Facebook, …
Instagram just said you’re going to start seeing even more ads, which we didn’t think was possible
Not that this should surprise anyone, but you’re about to start seeing more ads on Instagram now that the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app has announced a …
Instagram will make it easier to recover your password if your account is ever hacked
Whether they’re attempting to steal your Instagram account to sell it back to you for Bitcoin, or whether they have different plans with it, hackers …
Huawei receives another blow: No Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp apps on Android devices
Huawei has had a bad few weeks, as US companies responded to the Trump ban one after another. Whether it’s hardware such as chips from …
Private contact data of millions of Instagram users was reportedly exposed
Facebook is investigating a report that claims the private contact data for millions of the influencers, brands, and celebrities who use the company’s Instagram subsidiary …
Instagram will test hiding how many ‘likes’ your posts get so you’ll stop obsessing
Instagram may be about to make the biggest change ever to your experience with the app soon, in the hope that you’ll stop obsessing so …
Facebook now says ‘millions’ of Instagram passwords were exposed, not ‘tens of thousands’
Well, that’s a heck of a revision. Back in March, as part of a disclosure about Facebook having learned that some user passwords were being …
You could win a year of free flights from JetBlue, but there’s a wild catch
In a somewhat novel way to make headlines, JetBlue is offering folks the opportunity to fly free for a full year. Is there a catch? …
A rapper trying to stomp out a fire on his momma’s lawn is the funniest video you’ll see this week
Fireworks and dry foliage are a bad combination, and that’s something that rapper Thouxanbanfauni and his friends found out the hard way in a live …
Like it or not, Instagram is going to start putting IGTV previews on your feed
You’re about to start seeing a lot more content from IGTV, the long-form video service Instagram rolled out last summer that was meant s to …
Instagram says it will now hide self-harm images behind ‘sensitivity screens’
Instagram’s new CEO Adam Mosseri penned an article in The Telegraph this week to explain the various steps Facebook’s subsidiary will take to prevent users from …
Mark Zuckerberg finally told us when Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp messaging will merge
A report a few days ago revealed that Mark Zuckerberg directed teams working on the various Facebook chat apps to create a unified instant messaging …
Facebook’s unified messaging plan might finally convince you to leave Facebook
A bombshell report late last week revealed that Mark Zuckerberg and Co. are considering a massive overhaul of Facebook’s instant messaging apps which include two …
Congressman: The world would be better off if Facebook didn’t buy Instagram
Do we finally have a sense of why so many key Facebook leaders, particularly co-founders of the myriad products that comprise its suite of apps, …
