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Instagram is a social media service owned by Facebook for sharing photos and videos. Instagram launched in 2010 exclusively as an iOS app and didn’t come to Android and the web until 2012.

Facebook acquired Instagram in April of 2012 for $1 billion. Facebook also offered to buy Instagram’s closest competitor Snapchat back in 2013 for $3 billion.

In June of 2017 Instagram shared that it reached 250M daily users, surpassing its rival Snapchat by almost 100M. It also has over 700M total users.

Instagram has been criticized for taking popular features from Snapchat such as face filters, stories, and stickers. The company also has plans moving forward to introduce more business focused features.

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Instagram Stories getting more interactive with new ‘Question Sticker’ conversation starters

Michael Potuck Jul 10 2018 - 10:06 am PT

Instagram has launched a new feature for Stories called the Question Sticker. This interactive new option was designed to make it easier for users to engage with friends and followers on the platform.

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Instagram launches ‘You’re All Caught Up’ feature to help users deal with the algorithm

Michael Potuck Jul 2 2018 - 12:18 pm PT

Instagram has today officially started rolling out its “You’re All Caught Up” feature after previously testing it out with a limited number of users back in May.

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Instagram now allows you to add music to your Stories

Justin Duino Jun 28 2018 - 2:56 pm PT

Unlike with YouTube, Instagram users have been playing copyrighted music in the background of their Stories without the fear of any negative consequences. But this was done by just playing a song out of the phone while capturing a photo or video. Starting today, Instagram is adding an official feature for adding music to Stories.

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Instagram begins rolling out redesigned Explore tab with topic channels

Chance Miller Jun 25 2018 - 7:51 pm PT

[Update 6/26: Instagram has officially started rolling out the new features, including the new Explore tab, video chat, and some fresh AR camera effects.]

Instagram is starting to push a redesigned Explore tab to users. This change was originally announced at Facebook’s F8 event last month, but is now making its way to users.

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Instagram unveils new IGTV app for long-form vertical video, now has 1 billion users [U]

Michael Potuck Jun 20 2018 - 11:17 am PT

UPDATE: IGTV is now available as a free download on the App Store.

As previously expected, today Instagram has officially announced its new long-form video effort, IGTV.

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Instagram long-form videos reportedly launching today, with celebrity-led push

Ben Lovejoy Jun 20 2018 - 4:24 am PT

We heard earlier this month that Instagram was planning support for long-form videos of up to an hour, and a new report suggests that the feature will launch today, with a few more details emerging …

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Instagram will no longer notify users if someone screenshots their Story

Justin Duino Jun 14 2018 - 5:58 pm PT

Back in February, some Instagram users started to receive notifications whenever someone took a screenshot of their Story. After experimenting with this feature for several months, Instagram has decided to cancel it altogether.

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PSA: Instagram confirms service outage, fix in progress

Michael Potuck Jun 12 2018 - 11:21 am PT

If you’re having trouble loading up Instagram right now, you’re not alone. Luckily, the company is aware of the outage and is working on a fix…

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Instantly reshare Instagram Stories that you’ve been mentioned in to your Story

Justin Duino Jun 7 2018 - 4:57 pm PT

Last month, Instagram rolled out a new feature that allows you to share other people’s posts to your Story as a sticker. Now, if someone mentions you in their Instagram Story, you can reshare that picture or video to your Story.

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Instagram plans new long-form video hub to compete with YouTube & Snapchat Discover

Chance Miller Jun 6 2018 - 5:11 pm PT

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Following a report yesterday suggesting Instagram was adding support for videos up to 1 hour in length, TechCrunch now offers additional details on the company’s video plans. The report likens Instagram’s video plans to Snapchat’s Discover feature…

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Instagram explains how its feed algorithm works, and says it’s not considering a chronological option

Chance Miller Jun 3 2018 - 8:38 am PT

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Instagram is looking to dispel misconceptions about its algorithmic feed and offer more details on how exactly it works. As reported by TechCrunch, the company gathered a group of reporters this week to offer insights on the factors that affect what content you see, and in what order you see it…

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Instagram now lets you mute friends so you can un-see bad photos without unfollowing

Michael Potuck May 22 2018 - 7:35 am PT

Instagram has started to roll out a mute feature to its users starting today. While many may feel like the feature has been a long time coming, it’s great to see an alternative to unfollowing.

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Instagram testing new ‘You’re all caught up’ feature to improve digital health

Chance Miller May 21 2018 - 4:42 pm PT

Last week, Instagram said that it would be adding a new “Usage Insights” feature to help users better track how much time they were spending in the app. Now, as reported by TechCrunch, the company is testing a new feature to inform users when they’ve seen everything there is to see in their feed…

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Call for Facebook to be broken up as EU says it will livestream Zuckerberg’s testimony

Ben Lovejoy May 21 2018 - 7:06 am PT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress was the video stream that launched a thousand memes – and now meme creators will get another opportunity. The European Parliament has announced that its meeting with Zuckerberg tomorrow will also be livestreamed …

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Instagram rolling out ability to share photos directly to Stories as a sticker

Peter Cao May 17 2018 - 9:29 am PT

In another move to help unify the timeline, Instagram is today rolling out a new feature that lets users share photos from the timeline in Stories.

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Spending too much time on Instagram? The app may let you know …

Ben Lovejoy May 15 2018 - 5:59 am PT

If you suspect you may be spending a little too much time using Instagram, you may soon be able to check out the total time you’ve spent using the app …

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Instagram rolling out new poll-like Emoji Slider feature in Stories

Peter Cao May 10 2018 - 9:54 am PT

Instagram is today rolling out a new feature to all of its users dubbed Emoji Slider.

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Report: Instagram’s upcoming ‘Music stickers’ will let you add soundtracks to your Stories

Chance Miller May 7 2018 - 10:47 am PT

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As it continues to expand its Stories platform, Instagram is seemingly planning a new feature that would make it easier to add music to Stories. According to TechCrunch, code found within the Instagram application indicates you could soon be able to add “Music stickers” to your Stories…

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WhatsApp gains special integration with Facebook & Instagram videos, new group admin features

Chance Miller May 7 2018 - 8:47 am PT

WhatsApp for iOS has been updated with new features that help bridge the gap between it and other Facebook-owned applications. The new version also includes new features for group chats…

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Instagram launches new payments platform for making purchases directly in the app

Chance Miller May 3 2018 - 3:35 pm PT

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Amid its ongoing battle with Snapchat, Instagram is now looking to become a larger player in the commerce industry. According to a report from TechCrunch, Instagram has started rolling out a feature that would allow users to make purchases directly in the Instagram application…

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Instagram makes its promised data download tool available to all users

Michael Potuck Apr 24 2018 - 10:38 am PT

Roughly two weeks ago, Instagram announced that it would soon offer a way for users to download all of their data, including photos, videos, and messages. Today, the social media service has launched its data download tool via the web.

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Instagram promises users download data feature following pushback from Facebook privacy issues

Peter Cao Apr 11 2018 - 12:32 pm PT

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Facebook-owned Instagram will allow users to download their data locally, just in case you want to delete your account, or perhaps save a copy to your photo library.

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Instagram launches rumored Focus feature, like Portrait Mode for iPhone 6s and later

Michael Potuck Apr 10 2018 - 9:41 am PT

Instagram has today launched its latest feature, ‘Focus’, the portrait mode feature that we reported on last month. While this is almost identical to what Apple offers with its stock iOS camera app, it will be more of a challenge to social media rival Snapchat. And the good news is that Instagram is bringing this portrait mode feature to the iPhone 6s and later.

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Third-party Instagram apps break as company limits API data in apparent privacy move

Ben Lovejoy Apr 3 2018 - 4:46 am PT

Third-party apps which rely on pulling data from Instagram are falling over as the company has started imposing limits on how much information is shared …

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