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Instagram is the App Americans Want to Delete Most

New data reveals that Instagram is the app that people in the U.S. want to delete more than any other apps.

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Meta Will Start Charging $12 a Month For Verification on Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta will roll out paid verification to both Instagram and Facebook starting this week for $12 a month.

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Instagram says its algorithm won’t promote Reels that have a TikTok watermark - The Verge

Instagram issued new best practices for creators who want to make content on Reels. The platform recommends getting rid of watermarks and logos and making sure content isn’t blurry.

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How to Fake Friends and Influence Instagram

In Fake Famous, journalist Nick Bilton sets out to document how easy it is to manufacture celebrity online.

Science & Technology | Science & Technology

Here's the deal with those Instagram DM updates you might have gotten

By bringing Messenger to Instagram, Insta is more tightly intertwined with Facebook than ever before.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram redesigns its home screen for the first time in years, adding Reels and Shop tabs - The Verge

Instagram redesigned its home screen to include Reels and Shop tabs. The Likes and upload button are moving to the top right-hand corner of the home screen next to the DMs inbox.

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How to save and download Instagram photos

A complete guide to downloading and saving Instagram photos, including creating Collections and downloading posts directly to your computer.

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Facebook and Instagram testing new feature to cross-post stories to both apps

Instagram and Facebook are testing a new feature that would further deepen the integration between the two platforms. As reported by The Verge, Facebook is testing the ability to bring Instagram stories directly to Facebook stories. The report explains th

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Instagram Guides may soon allow creators to recommended places, products and more

Instagram is working to expand its recently launched “Guides” feature which initially debuted with a specific focus on wellness content. The feature, which launched in May, has allowed select organizations and experts to share resources related to managin

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Instagram kept deleted photos and messages on its servers for more than a year - The Verge

A security researcher found that Instagram was keeping copies of photos and direct messages he’d deleted from his account for more than a year. The researcher discovered and reported the problem last October, and Instagram now says it’s fixed the bug as o

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Instagram Will (Finally) Pay Influencers | WIRED

The company is rolling out new ways for its creators to make money—and they might sound familiar.

Science & Technology | Tech News

Facebook just bought GIPHY to better bake GIFs into Instagram - SlashGear

Facebook has acquired GIPHY, with plans to fully integrate the GIF-search tool into apps like Instagram and Messenger so as to make finding animated responses

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram: How to Use the Stay Home Sticker in Stories

You can encourage viewers to practice social distancing.

Science & Technology | Tech

Instagram CEO explains why the company hasn't developed an iPad app yet - 9to5Mac

It’s 2020 and Instagram still doesn’t have an iPad app — despite its barrage of other feature additions and expansions. Now, in a response to a user question this weekend, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has explained why the company has yet to roll out an app

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Instagram Tests Reverse-Chronological 'Latest Posts' Feature

If you're annoyed by Instagram's algorithmic feed, there's good news. Instagram appears to be testing a new feature that gathers posts and displays them in reverse-chronological order.

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Instagram now lets you upload multiple photos on one Story post with ‘layout’ feature

Instagram’s newest feature for Stories is called Layout and allows users to post multiple photos in one Story post. They can upload up to six images at once.

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Influencer marketing agencies prepare for the end of the Instagram like

With Instagram expected to soon remove Instagram likes, advertisers are doubling down on other ways to evaluate the reach of their influencers. Options include using technology or gaining access to the influencers' analytics data from a social network.

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Instagram still doesn’t age-check kids. That must change.

Instagram dodges child safety laws. By not asking users their age upon signup, it can feign ignorance about how old they are. That way, it can’t be held liable for $40,000 per violation of the Child Online Privacy Protection Act. The law bans online ser

Miscellaneous | Dating & Relationships

Why Twitter and Instagram are the best dating apps

Social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram are great resources for vetting potential dates.

Science & Technology | Social Media

What Instagram Hiding Likes Could Mean For Your Mental Health

Will Instagram's decision to hide likes affect its users' mental health?

Science & Technology | Tech

Shady app lets stalkers view private Instagram accounts in exchange for their own data

Facebook doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to minding its users' privacy, and Cambridge Analytica exploiting the social network's third-party

Advice & Self-Help | Advice From Bobby

5 Proven Marketing Tips to Grow an Instagram Page

Here are five of the top strategies for growing an Instagram page.

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Instagram test helps you choose people to unfollow

Groups would help you cut users you rarely see in your feed.

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Instagram launches Create mode with On This Day throwbacks | TechCrunch

Instagram has finally turned Throwback Thursday into an official feature. It’s part of the new Instagram “Create” mode that launches today in Stories, bringing the app beyond the camera. Create makes Instagram a more omni-purpose social network with

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Pandora now lets you share music and podcasts to your Instagram Stories | TechCrunch

Pandora today announced a new integration with Instagram that will allow users to share to their Instagram Story their favorite music and podcasts. The feature comes well over a year after Spotify launched a similar integration with Instagram Stories, and

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Instagram: Here’s How to See Everyone You’ve Blocked – Adweek

You have the option to unblock them.

Entertainment | Celebrities!

18 Celebrity Instagrams You Probably Missed This Week

Here's what you might've missed!

Science & Technology | Social Media

Agencies voice concerns that Instagram is killing organic reach

Scores of Instagram users and agencies recently took to the social network to voice concerns over a sudden dip in engagement on their posts. Speculation around an algorithm change was dispelled by an Instagram spokesperson, but it’s left a question mark

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

Five Tips For Developing A Successful Instagram Marketing Strategy

Nowadays, it's hard to come by a brand that doesn't want to be ahead of the game on Instagram.

News | The News

Kicked Off Facebook And Twitter, ISIS Turns To INSTAGRAM | Daily Wire

When most people think of "Instagram influencers," they think of beauty bloggers, makeup gurus, and lifestyle queens who force their boyfriends to snap photos of them in outrageous outfits, standing in front of "interesting walls." But according to a new

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram is working on new rules for banning accounts

Less than a week after banning Alex Jones and other far-right extremists, Instagram has revealed that it is working on a new policy for account removals. These...

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If Instagram Gets Rid Of Like Counts, What Will It Mean For Influencers?

Instagram is testing out hiding like counts on profiles. How could this affect influencers and creators, who rely on metrics like these for business?

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Instagram officially tests hiding Like counts | TechCrunch

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What If a Girl in the Holocaust Had Instagram? | Israellycool

Here in Israel, billboards have appeared on the Ayalon Highway advertising something called Eva Stories.The trailer has now just dropped on Instagram.

This is the first truly innovative idea I've seen to make the Holocaust more relatable to younger people. This is a perfect example of how social media can be used in positive ways. People complain so much about social media, but it really depends on how it's used: like anything else, it's a tool. I firmly believe that social media has many positive applications that haven't even been thought of yet (I think that Moptu is another good example!)

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook exposed millions more Instagram passwords than we realized

Facebook today revealed it'd discovered millions of improperly secured passwords on its server. So, you know... business as usual.

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Pinstagram? Instagram code reveals Public Collections feature | TechCrunch

Instagram is threatening to attack Pinterest just as it files to go public the same way the Facebook-owned app did to Snapchat. Code buried in Instagram for Android shows the company has prototyped an option to create public “Collections” to which mul

Business & Finance | Marketing

Three Skills a Marketer Should Have to Master Instagram

Do you use Instagram for business? Here are 3 skills you should have to play and master Instagram and the game of visual marketing.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram outage forces millions to look directly at the world for nearly half an hour

Photo-sharing app and social network Instagram was briefly taken offline on Monday afternoon, causing nothing of consequence to occur other than a brief respite from one source of the constant deluge of inconsequential information to which we all voluntar

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Instagram will now let you post to multiple accounts at the same time

Instagram is rolling out a new feature today, which will allow users who manage multiple accounts to post the same content to all feeds more directly. Previously, users were required to either manu…

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Instagram might be working on school Stories

It would only contain content from a particular school’s student body.

Once again Instagram adopts a feature that Moptu was designed for. As the obmy social platform designed specifically to share articles, we are the perfect social media platform to use in classrooms. That should be obvious.

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I Built a Social Media Following of 1 Million in 30 Days. Here's How You Can, Too.

By applying these social strategies you can build a huge following with high levels of engagement.

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A New App Will Plan Your Next Vacation Based on an Instagram Photo | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

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Scrolling through Instagram is a great way to spark your wanderlust. It’s almost impossible to look at other people’s picturesque vacation photos and not imagine yourself in their world-traveling shoes. Knowing that plenty of travelers turn to social media feeds and influencers for trip inspiration, easyJet is cutting out the middleman.

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Extreme selfies have resulted in 259 deaths, says US report

The desire for ever more extreme selfies has so far resulted in 259 deaths, says a new report by the US National Library of Medicine ...

There are idiots everywhere.

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How Facebook could screw up Instagram - Recode

Let’s hope it doesn’t.

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I Get Paid $6,000 a Day to Write Inspirational Quotes for Instagram. Here's How I Perfected This Dream Job | Money

And here's how you can get started, too.

I wish I was doing that!

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Take this online class and learn how to make Insta-money

The photo sharing app sees over one billion visits every month, with a high level of engagement from its users. Learn how to get a piece of that pie.

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

The state of advertising on Instagram Stories in five charts - Digiday

Spending is shifting to Instagram, with brands like Smirnoff, Nike and Stella Artois starting to spend more money on the vertical video format.

Science & Technology | Social Media

You can now apply to get a verified badge on Instagram — here’s how

Instagram is at last quenching the thirst of its thirsty, thirsty unverified users. The company just introduced a trio of new features designed to make Instagram a generally safer and more authentic place to hang out (third-party 2FA — enable it!) and f

Music | Music

Even Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger embarrasses his teenage son

Their father-son relationship involves regular social media banter.

I thought Mick's little Instagram jam was very cool. I also think it's very cool that Mick and his young son interact on social media. Keep it up man!

Science & Technology | Social Media

Instagram users are reporting the same bizarre hack

A bizarre Instagram hack appears to be spreading: users' account names, bios, and profile avatars are changed, as is all their contact information.

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Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom on winning the Stories war - The Verge

Two years after Instagram cloned Snapchat Stories, we interviewed CEO Kevin Systrom about his future plans.

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Facebook and Instagram now show how many minutes you use them

It’s passive zombie-feed scrolling, not active communication with friends, that hurts our health, according to studies Facebook has been pointing to for the last seven months. Yet it’s treating all our social networking the same with todayR

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Instagram now lets you see when your friends are online

just added a new feature that lets your followers see when you are "active" and using the app

Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing

Best Instagram Marketing Tactics for An Early Stage Business

Instagram is helping a lot of small and big businesses in the brand building and generating sales.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Want More Instagram Followers? Here's 12 Proven-Successful Organic Strategies

You might think of your follower count as a vanity metric, but with over half of Instagram users following brands and using the platform to conduct research prior to making purchase decisions... it's high time you got vain.

You can follow me on Instagram at @joshpnamm!

Politics | Politics

Marc Thiessen: The overlooked bombshell of the IG report | Fox News

When the Justice Department inspector general's report revealed that former FBI director James B. Comey had used a personal email account to conduct official business, Hillary Clinton claimed vindication. But my emails, she tweeted.

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Instagram: Here’s How to Add a Profile Link or Hashtag to Your Bio – Adweek

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Uncovering Instagram Bots With a New Kind of Detective Work

Marketers are increasingly concerned that too many of the influencers they pay to push their products are actually followed by a percentage of accounts that are fake.