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Instagram Now has 700 Million Users

On Wednesday, the photo-sharing service Instagram announced that it now has 700 million users. Instagram reached 600 million users in December 2016 and took just four month to add 100 million new users. “We’re thrilled to announce that our community has grown to more than 700 million Instagrammers. And the last 100 million of you […]

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Instagram Rolls Out Immersive, Full-screen Ads in Its Stories Feature

Instagram has said that it is rolling out immersive, full-screen ads in its “Stories” feature for all businesses globally. “Ads in stories let your business use targeting and reach capabilities that make your ads personally relevant to the people you want to reach. That, paired with measurement tools giving you the confident to know it […]

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Instagram Starts Rolling Out Live Video Feature Globally for Users

In November 2016, Instagram had announced its Live Video feature. This feature is now being rolled out globally for users. Instagram’s Live Video feature is part of Instagram’s Stories and will allow users to go live and show their friends/followers a video in real-time when it is captured. To use the feature Live Video feature […]

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Instagram Announces to Bring Ads in Instagram Stories

Instagram, the photo and video sharing service owned by Facebook, has announced to add advertising features in Instagram stories to boost advertising revenues. The new ad features is currently being tested with major advertisers such as Nike, GM, and Airbnb. In February, ads will be tested by Turner Sports for cable network TNT’s airing of […]

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Photo Sharing App Instagram to Notify Users if Their Friends Screenshot Direct Messages

Facebook-owned Instagram will now notify users in case their friends screenshot their direct messages (DM). According to Mashable, these notifications are only for the new disappearing message feature. The new update is similar to features offered by rival Snapchat. A user can use the new feature by swiping right into the camera to take photo/video, […]

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Instagram is Testing Live Video Feature Called ‘Go Insta’: Report

A Russian news website T Journal has claimed that Instagram is currently testing the live video feature called ‘Go Insta’ for some users on the beta Android app in Russia. The new feature has been added in ‘Stories’ section, and for these users, the feature appears at the top of the page with a red […]

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Have People Started Getting Bored of Social Networking Apps? Probably Yes, Study Suggests

People have started spending less time on social media apps, and are turning to more private apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram, according to a new study carried out by London-based data research firm SimilarWebs. The study analyzed the recent trends on how Android users across the world are spending their time on social media […]