Those of you who drown your Instagram captions in hashtags to rack up all those sweet, sweet likes for your photos (#and #you #know #who #you #are), Instagram appears to be testing a new feature just for you. The test involves making hashtags not show up in the captions but still preserve the ability for …
Instagram is making headlines today over the fact it’s apparently building a standalone shopping app that could move the company into the realm of e-commerce, one of those things that if true actually just builds on a smart understanding of what people already do with the platform. Plan a trip, for example, and you’re probably …
If you’d like to have your Instagram account verified, you can now apply for it directly from your phone. It’s as easy as that. However, Instagram makes it clear that just because you’re applying for verification doesn’t guarantee your application will be approved. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Twitter has been doing it for …
If you’ve discovered that you can no longer log into your Instagram account, and trying to reset your credential leads nowhere because the account is linked to a Russia-based email domain, you’re not alone. It turns out that what appears to be a Russian attack left hundreds of Instagram users without access to their accounts, …
You probably don’t need your phone or the apps on it how much time you waste looking at the screen, but the ability to monitor usage time is a hot new smartphone feature this year. Apple and Google have built their own tools to tell you how much time you waste on your smartphone or …
Have you ever been browsing through your Instagram feed and spotted a gorgeous image that feels incredibly familiar? Well, it turns out that aside from the steady stream of selfies that flood just about everyone’s feed, Instagram users have a huge creativity problem. A new Instagram account called Insta_Repeat has been gathering everyone’s way-too-similar photos …
Another day, another report of a new feature coming soon to the fast-changing Instagram app that in recent days alone has seen the arrival of IGTV, news about Lite versions of the app, a redesigned Explore tab and the ability to add a soundtrack to Instagram Stories. Next up: the photo-sharing social network is reportedly …
With over 1 billion monthly active users, Instagram is one of the most popular mobile apps out there, and a huge win for Facebook, which acquired the photo-sharing service for $1 billion six years ago. And Instagram isn’t done growing. The company is looking to get more customers from emerging markets, and that’s why Instagram …
Instagram is breathing new life into a section of its app that too often is a chaotic mess of content in other social media apps’ versions of the same thing. As part of a slew of changes and new features that have started rolling out to its app, the Instagram app will now have a …
At the beginning of last month, Instagram revealed a host of updates that would soon be available on the app. Nearly two months later, those updates have finally arrived, highlighted by a video chat feature that will make it even harder for Instagram users to tear themselves away from the app for more than a …
