Tag: Instagram
Why is Instagram launching Direct Messaging?
Yesterday Instagram held a big press conference, in which they announced the ability to send photos as direct messages to other users – calling the new feature Instagram Direct – but why are they doing it? To answer this question,…
Instagram update lets you import videos, straighten photos
Instagram, the filteriffic photography app for iOS and Android that now also includes a Vine-rivalling video sharing service, has been updated to version 4.1, bringing with it a series of new features and tweaks for iPhone users and wider device…
Why Instagram's new video feature beats Twitter's Vine hands down
In case you haven't heard the news Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has launched a video recording app that is set to take on the Twitter owned Vine. Yes Vine remember that? The six second video app? In…
Gone in 60 seconds. How we are now sharing images online within a minute
Remember when you printed out photos to bore your friends and family with at leisure? Well it seems those days are virtually over.One in five of us now take photos purely to share via social media and many of us…
Instagram loses over half its active users following copyright fallout
Troubing times for Instagram at the moment, as it seems the popular photo sharing app/social network has lost over half its active users in just a month. The decline in user figures (spotted by traffic monitoring firm AppStats) has seen…
Facebook will soon own your Instagram data too
Instagram are preparing to introduce a new policy for the new year in which they will share all content with new owners Facebook. Posting on the company blog, Instagram detailed that the new changes will come into play in January…
Twitter add in app photo filters after ditching Instagram support
After yesterday removing Instagram support from feeds yesterday, Twitter have finally made good on the rumours that they were creating their own photo filter service. You'll now be able to edit snaps direct from the Twitter app before sending them…
Instagram completely yank Twitter integration, pretty snaps leave feeds
Instagram have removed themselves almost entirely from Twitter. The retro photo filter company began their break from Twitter last week, disabling support for Twitter Cards and making uploaded Instagram images appear cropped in the social network's feeds. It's now removed…
Facebook and Instagram buyout deal is now official
It's been five months since we first heard about Facebook's acquisition of the hipster photo app and today, two weeks after the deal was officially cleared by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), it's official, Facebook and Instagram are now…
First ever Instagram picture revealed. It's a cute doggie!
Though Instagram launched for the public in October 2010, today marks two years since the first ever Instagram picture was taken. And for the first time ever it's been revealed to have been of…a cute little puppy! And a not…
