Instagram News & Updates

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Looking for friends but unable to find them on Instagram? To solve this problem, Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram has launched a new feature Discover People that enables the user to "discover" other users easily.

The addition has been to the homepage in its web version. A little compass icon is added to the top-right corner of the window when a user is viewing Instagram.com in the browser, venturebeat.com reported on Sunday.

Discover People is also available on Instagram's mobile web app and now it is live across all of the Web, an Instagram spokesperson wrote.
When users click the new icon, they will see a bunch of people they can follow, along with three of each user's most recent photos.

Last week, Instagram rolled out new Explore icon is the notifications tab.

Instagram rolls out new Discover People feature to help find other users-TNews - IBNLive Mobile

 

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Instagram will now allow users to record longer, 60-second clips, compared to the 15-seconds clips that we were limited to so far. The update will soon be available for iOS and Android. In addition, for iOS, Instagram will also bring back the ability to make videos out of multiple clips from the camera roll.

The company stated in its blog , “We want to bring you fun, flexible and creative ways to create and watch video on Instagram. As part of our continued commitment, you’ll soon have the flexibility to tell your story in up to 60 seconds of video. This is one step of many you’ll see this year.”

Instagram is also going to offer a more personalised feed to its users. As Facebook-owned Instagram has grown at great speeds through the years, it has become harder to keep a track of all the photos and videos shared on the platform. To improve the user experience, the Instagram feed will soon be ordered to show the moments one cares about the most.

The company is reportedly using machine-learning technology, as well as other “signals of interest” to determine how to sort content, The Verge reports. The timeliness of the posts and the relationship between users will also play a role so that people you interact with more often appear higher in the feed. Now, if your favourite artist shares a video from last night’s concert, you won’t miss it no matter how many accounts you follow or what time zone you live in. Also, when your best friend posts a photo of her new puppy, you won’t miss that either, adds the blog.


Instagram will now allow users to record and share 60 seconds of video Tech2 Mobile

 

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Instagram Launches 60-Second Videos

The media-sharing application Instagram will soon have 60-second videos.

Instagram announced its plan to have longer videos earlier this week. Currently, Instagram has a 15-second video time limit.

The company said that the time people have spent watching videos on the application increased by more than 40 percent in six months. It also said that the longer video feature will be available to some users immediately. The feature will be available to everyone in the coming months.

Instagram again will permit iPhone users to join together clips from different videos on their phones. The feature is similar to Vine videos or Snapchat’s Stories. Snapchat announced a new video-chatting feature on the same day that Instagram announced its plan for longer videos.

Experts say that video is the next big step in social media. Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, says its users worldwide watch more than 100 million hours of video each day.

Longer Instagram videos will help the company better compete with sites like YouTube.

Instagram Launches 60-Second Videos

 

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Facebook's picture sharing app Instagram is updating its "Explore" section to add video channels that will appear in a feed according to users' preferences.

The feature will have a personalized channel called "videos you might like" that will collect videos from across Instagram's global community and also will include a "Featured" column highlighting videos on specific topics, Instagram said.

For now, the upgrade will only be available in the United States, Instagram said on Thursday. Instagram version 7.20 is available on Apple's App Store and Google Play.

Last month, Instagram introduced a new notification tab to its website. The new feature allows users to see pictures and also check in on who has liked or commented on their pictures recently.

The new feature is an addition to the main tabs from the mobile version, and goes a long way to making Instagram's website a bit more usable. All those pictures look better when they're on a bigger screen, too.

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Technology is one such that it is never without a flaw – it's just that we commoners can hardly find it out.

And the latest of such flaw is with Facebook's popular photo sharing social networking site – Instagram. And what is the flaw?

You could delete anyones comment, event that of a celebrity on Instagram. This also means that anyone could delete your comments on the photo sharing site.

As reports, this flaw in Instagram was discovered by a 10-year old Jani who said that he could delete any comment posted by users.
Jani demonstrated the flaw in a test account by deleting users' comments. He also claimed that he could even delete comments of celebrities.

And the reward for discovering such a flaw? A cool USD 10,000 from Facebook for the Finnish boy.

Reports day he a new bike, football gear and computers for his two brothers.

Did you know anyone can delete your comments on Facebook's Instagram? | Zee News

 

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Instagram has finally rolled out its new black and white design for all the Android and iOS users, after beta testing it on Android couple of weeks back. The latest update brings monochromatic design instead of the usual blue and colorful theme, brings thinner and flatter icons on the bottom and doesn’t add any new features.

“Our updated look reflects how vibrant and diverse your storytelling has become. The simpler design puts more focus on your photos and videos,” said Instagram. The new look has been inspired by the community.

It has also updated the app icon with simpler camera and the rainbow lives on in gradient form. This has been inspired by the previous app icon. Instagram has also updated the icons for our other creative apps: Layout, Boomerang and Hyperlapse.

Instagram gets new simpler design and new app icon

 

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Instagram, which recently crossed 500 million users, plans to add a translation button on feed stories and profile bios, which are written in different languages.

Instagram wrote in a post , “ In the coming month, you’ll see a translation button on feed stories and profile bios written in languages different from your own. The Instagram community has grown faster and become more global than we ever imagined. And we’re excited that you’ll soon be able to understand the full story of a moment, no matter what language you speak .”

Check out Instagram’s post below
In the coming month, you’ll see a translation button on feed stories and profile bios written i languages different from your own. The Instagr community has grown faster and become more global than we ever imagined. And we’re excite that you’ll soon be able to understand the full story of a moment, no matter what language yo speak. To learn more about translation on Instagram, check out help.instagram.com.

Instagram now boasts of more than 500 million users, with more than 80 percent being outside the United States. The photo-sharing social media app has seen its user base more than double over the past two years, and over 300 million people use the app every day, which makes it bigger than Twitter.

Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion, its first large acquisition.

Instagram has grown into one of the most popular social media apps worldwide and is expected to contribute significantly to Facebook’s revenue, with research firm eMarketer predicting the company will generate $1.5 billion in ad revenue this year.

Users shared on average more than 95 million photos and videos every day, with posts garnering 4.2 billion “likes” each day, revealed the company.

Instagram plans to add translate button soon | The Indian Express

 

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There's no any need of translation feature on Instagram. Facebook is turning Instagram into a business place. Soon by such policies Instagram will soon be lost his charm

 

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Instagram is adding a new filter for comments and not for photos this time.

The popular online photo-video-sharing, and social networking service will soon allow user to moderate/ filter comments with certain words that are not appropriate according to them, reports The Washington Post.

According to the report, Instagram is taking online harassment very seriously and now with a new tool, it will let users filter their own comment streams by allowing them to create a filter for certain custom words that are inappropriate for them.

In a way, users will be benefited with more controlling power and thus they can stop unwanted comments from being posted on their photos.

Instagram has slowly begun to offer the new moderation support for accounts with “high volume” comments such as celebrities as of now. Once after a successful testing period, it will also be rolled out to everyone with improvements, added report.

“Our goal is to make Instagram a friendly, fun and, most importantly, safe place for self expression,” Instagram Public Policy Chief, Nicky Jackson Colaco said in a statement to The Washington Post. “We have slowly begun to offer accounts with high volume comment threads the option to moderate their comment experience. As we learn, we look forward to improving the comment experience for our broader community.”

Instagram to roll out an unusual comment moderation tool for inappropriate words

 

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Facebook-owned Instagram has said that it will roll out four new updates for ads. Three of the updates will be related to its call to action button and the fourth will work with video link ads to make ads more visible and interactive. Now when you look at an Instagram ad for at least four seconds or tap on the name of the advertiser’s profile, the call to action button will be highlighted. Apart from appearing at the bottom of the advertiser’s profile, now when you open the call to action button, it will also show up in the ad’s comments which allow Instagram users to engage with a business quicker without additional tapping or scrolling.

“When we detect additional information from an ad like price, destination URL or app store rating, it will be automatically added to the call to action button,” said Instagram in a blog post. For video link ads, when people unmute a video they will be taken to the destination URL while the video continues to play at the top of the screen. Now people can explore, browse and take action on a landing page while continuing to watch the video. People can also go to fullscreen or dismiss the video player if they prefer to browse the web page.

Instagram had also announced that it will come up with new features for its iOS app as the company aims to take advantage of the recently launched iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus’ camera capabilities. The new Instagram updates will introduce new filters and GIF features, a media report said. Apple recently launched iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models with major upgrades to camera department. Both the iPhones have 12-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization (OIS). The iPhone 7 Plus has a dual-camera setup with 12-megapixel cameras and offers 2X optical zoom and up to 10X digital zoom for photos. The new app will also use 3D Touch to allow users to add a photo to their Instagram Story.

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