Articles tagged "instagram"

Although a lot of people only upload images to Instagram from their smartphones, the app is much more than just a mobile photography platform. In this guide we've chosen a selection of cameras that make it easy to shoot compelling lifestyle images, ideal for sharing on social media.

We've taken a look back at our year of Instagram posts to the @DPReview account and compiled the 10 most popular cameras of 2020, based on most 'likes' to a single post.

The scam, which involves sending fake copyright violation notices, has been circulating on the social media platform since at least June 9.

A recent copyright infringement lawsuit against Newsweek, as well as Facebook's subsequent statement about its sublicensing terms, prompted the judge to reopen the case against Mashable.

The bombshell statement has major implications for how future copyright infringement lawsuits play out.

The latest legal ruling follows a similar case from 2018 about a tweet that featured a copyrighted image of Tom Brady.

If true, the image platform has beaten YouTube's 2019 ad revenue by billions.

Instagram makes it third-party fact-checking system global, expanding the presence of 'false information' warning labels on fake images.

Instagram's latest anti-bullying effort involves an AI-powered system that warns users when they're about to publish an offensive caption.

Per a report from CNBC, a number of former Facebook employees have spoken out that Instagram's recent transition to hiding the like count of posts was more than just a good-will gesture.

Chrome users can now 'unhide' Instagram likes on the Web using a new browser extension called The Return of Likes.

Facebook details how its machine learning technology analyzes billions of Instagram images in real-time to help users discover new content.

Instagram has been hiding like counts for some users across several regions since earlier this year. Now the trial is expanded to a global scale.

The confirmation comes from Instagram's CEO Adam Mosseri from an interview earlier this week.

Instagram is rolling out a number of new privacy-centric features that will make it easier to see and edit what third-party applications have access to your Instagram data.

Instagram has released an update on iOS with support for the new 'Dark Mode' found inside iOS 13.

The new tool enables an Instagram user to restrict other accounts from posting content on and sending messages to their own account.

Instagram has dismissed another viral spam image that is circulating on its platform, this one claiming that, starting tomorrow, all user content will be made public (including deleted messages) and that the company will be able to use images against users in court.

Instagram has banned one of its advertising partners, HYP3R, after it was allegedly caught scraping a huge amount of data on users.

Facebook has confirmed it's adding ‘from Facebook’ to both Instagram and WhatsApp in an effort to ‘to be clearer about the products and services that are part of Facebook.’

It might look pretty, but unless you want to risk your health, it's probably best to stay away from the abandoned quarry in Galicia, Spain.

Instagram users across the globe are teaming up for good to help ‘protect’ the accounts of users whose accounts have been the target of trolls for various reasons.

Instagram says it plans to crack down on more accounts, but notes it'll be handing out warnings first before the account is disabled.

In April Instagram launched an experiment hiding like counts for some of its users in Canada. Now the trial has been expanded to more regions.

As part of its recently-redesigned Explore page, Instagram has announced it's adding inline advertisements within the featured content.

Starting on Friday, the Trump administration will put a new policy in place that will require 'most' U.S. visa applications to provide information regarding their social media accounts.

Dutch public broadcaster VPRO has published a documentary called '#followme' that takes a behind-the-scenes look at how some Instagram influencers game the system trough shady tactics.

Instagram has brought live the update to its Explore tab that brings more content and better organization to the forefront of the user interface.

New functions let users appeal moderating decisions and use automated scans to identify problematic hashtags.

According to the complaint, the company allegedly selling inauthentic Instagram activity made more than $9,430,000 from its operation.

One of the main features that defines Instagram is its like count. Jane Manchun Wong, who is renowned for her reverse engineering skills, recently discovered that the service is considering hiding like counts.

Back in March 2019, Facebook said only 'tens of thousands of Instagram users' were affected; that number has now ballooned to 'millions of Instagram users,' according to Facebook's latest update.

Facebook announced in a press event that it would start hiding 'inappropriate' content from the Explore and hashtag sections of its app, but failed to elaborate what specifically would be demoted.

App researcher Jane Manchun Wong has discovered Instagram is testing out a new feature that would allow users to skim through videos.

Facebook has sent out emails to affected users requesting they change their passwords following a discovery that over 20K Facebook employees had access to 600 million passwords.

Residents of a Paris street plagued by Instagrammers, selfie takers and music video crews are asking the city government for a weekend and evening ban to give them some peace.

Instagram, Facebook and other Facebook-owned services are down for users around the world.

JetBlue is offering free flights for a year...so long as you remove all of your Instagram photos from your account.

New code inside the Instagram Android app suggests Instagram might soon offer up the ability to take your collections public.

Despite viral photographs suggesting otherwise, Instagram claims it's not limiting how many accounts particular posts reach.

Panoram is a simple app that makes it easy to split up panoramas so it's easier to post on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat 'Stories.'

Instagram has quietly added the iOS-exclusive ability to post images or videos to multiple Instagram accounts at once on the same device.

Bloomberg shares the story of Meghan Young, an Instagram star, who makes a living traveling around capturing photos for agencies and companies from all over the world. And while it might seem like the dream career, Young says “My job is to make it look effortless, to look like it’s the most fun ever and it’s never a job [...] But it is a job.”

Guests who would rather spend time actually enjoying their Swiss vacation can now do so while still maintaining a presence on social networks, thanks to Ibis Switzerland Hotels' new social media sitting services.