If you’ve ever gotten a direct message on Instagram in a language you don’t speak very well, it can be annoying to have to copy the text, open a browser, head to translate.google.com and translate the message, all to just return to the original app...
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March 9, 2025 albert
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At the end of each month, I lie horizontally and swipe through the photos I’ve collected. I favorite the good ones and narrow them down to 10, curating a representation of the last 30 days of my life. It’s a collection of randomness — selfies,...
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April 7, 2024 albert
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It’s true: You can add mentions in an Instagram Story even after it’s posted. And it’s pretty simple. You can’t edit a Story after it’s posted — meaning if you want to add text, music, or images after the fact, you’ll need to delete the...
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July 8, 2023 albert
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If you’ve ever been on Instagram, you know that filters are everything. Filters allow you to give a photo the exact feeling you’re trying to convey. A lot of sites know this and have created special presets meant to capture a consistent look, feel, and...
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November 5, 2021 albert
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“Did you miss me? I know I’ve missed you.” Gossip Girl is back in the first full trailer for HBO Max’s revival of the glitzy 00s teen soap, complete with the perfect Frank Ocean needle drop. Kristen Bell, the original’s impeccably smarmy voice of Gossip...
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June 10, 2021 albert
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Instagram mistakenly — and temporarily — hid like counts for a large swathe of users on Tuesday. And people lost their entire minds. The change came with no warning or explanatory blog post, bucking the custom for such significant changes to an app. Instagram users...
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March 3, 2021 albert
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Today in “Facebook apps are too big to manage”, a glitch caused some users’ Instagram Stories trays to show Stories from people they don’t follow. TechCrunch first received word of the problem from Twitter user InternetRyan who was confused about seeing strangers in his Stories...
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April 11, 2019 albert
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Instagram is starting to look more and more like Facebook. The app is testing a new feature that would let brands add prominent buttons linking back to their business inside the app. The feature, which an Instagram spokesperson confirmed is being tested right now, was...
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December 14, 2018 albert
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You’d think Facebook would be faster at copying itself. Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging, and four months after TechCrunch reported Instagram was testing its own walkie talkie feature, voice messaging is rolling out globally...
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December 10, 2018 albert
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Instagram’s future growth depends on the developing world, so it’s built a version of its app just for them. “Instagram Lite” for Android appeared today in the Google Play App Store without any announcement from the company. “The Instagram Lite app is small, allowing you to...
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June 28, 2018 albert
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