Instagram ‘Glimpse’ stories could take on BeReal: How it will work

Instagram ‘Glimpse’ stories could take on BeReal: How it will work

Meta’s Instagram is reportedly working on a new feature to take on growing social media platform BeReal. In the latest update, reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi has suggested that this implementation will be called ‘Instagram Glimpse’. With Instagram Glimpse, users will be able to share on their story a picture that captures whatever is in front […]

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Facebook, Instagram get more creator tools: What’s new?

Facebook, Instagram get more creator tools: What’s new?

Meta has recently introduced new creator tools for both Instagram and Facebook. As part of the company’s announcement during Creator Week 2022, new ways for creators to make money on the social media platforms was announced. Here’s a quick look at all the new additions. Note that most of these features are currently only available […]

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Instagram brings new age verification options to India: Here’s how it works

Instagram brings new age verification options to India: Here’s how it works

Meta-owned social media service Instagram has been adding more new features to the platform to make it a safer space for users and one of the areas it has been working on for this is age verification. The platform started introducing new ways to verify age in some regions earlier this year and these options […]

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Instagram testing new ‘Repost’ button: All you need to know

Instagram testing new ‘Repost’ button: All you need to know

Instagram will soon let you repost other users’ posts just like the ability to reshare stories. Reposts will allow users to send posts they want to share with their followers directly to their home feeds, instead of sharing shortcuts to these posts on their story. Reposts would also stick around for as long as you […]

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Instagram to help find missing children with AMBER alerts

Instagram to help find missing children with AMBER alerts

Meta announced earlier this week that AMBER alerts will soon be rolled out to Instagram in 25 countries. With AMBER alerts users in these regions will soon get notifications of missing children in the area. The feature was already present on Facebook, and Meta said that it has helped find hundreds of children since it […]

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Instagram will soon let you customise how your profile page looks

Instagram will soon let you customise how your profile page looks

Instagram is working on a new feature that will let users decide how their posts will appear on their profile after publishing. Instagram users can now set posts to appear as the entire post, or crop, pan and select a particular area of post to be visible as a preview. The feature will be handy […]

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Instagram makes sharing date of birth mandatory: All you need to know

Instagram makes sharing date of birth mandatory: All you need to know

Instagram announced months ago that it was going to make age verification mandatory on the platform. The social media platform is now finally acting on the decision and making sharing your date of birth mandatory for all users. The platform is also aiming to restrict access to kids below the age of 13 years. “Before […]

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