News & Reviews:   Instagram

When it comes to ideas, some are fascinating while others would not likely be welcomed by many. That's what patents are, ideas that companies are trying to bring to fruition. But the new patent from Instagram seems to belong in the latter category, a new feature listed that lets Instagram accounts enable clickable links by paying.

It seems that Twitter user by the name of @ec_wife recently spotted a new feature on the Facebook website, which allows users to view Instagram stories which the need to open up Instagram. With that said, Facebook themselves mentioned that it is currently a test, and will not be available to the majority of the user base.

Based on a statement by comparitech, it seems that around 235 million profile data from accounts originating from TikTok, Instagram, as well as Youtube, have been exposed through the use of scraping. For those who are not familiar with scraping, it is an automated process that collects user information from public webpages from the aforementioned social media platforms.

Based on a statement by TheVerge.com, it seems that Instagram has recently announced that they will show suggested posts from accounts you don’t follow as well as ads at the end of your feed. Before this, if you were to scroll to the end of your feed, Instagram will show older posts that you’ve been before.

Based on a statement by The Verge, it seems that Facebook has recently pushed out an update which allows users to have both their Messenger and Instagram chat to be combined together, allowing you to chat with users on either platform. While not much is known in regards to which Facebook-owned social media platform they plan on merging next.

TikTok is very popular among young users and you can find all different kinds of short video clips there. But this didn’t stop our Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who is already 95 years old joining the club.

Instagram has been updating its features from group dm to story stickers to allow users to have a more personalized experience on their own profiles. Today, Instagram has just announced there will be a new pinned comment feature rolling out alongside with its comment filtering tool.

"A cross-platform between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, you say?" Yes, it looks like this is going to happen and it's currently in development as we speak. This was discovered by @Alex193a, a reverse engineer when he was checking out some codes inside Messenger, showcasing many "whats_app" files.

Instagram has been supporting small and local businesses throughout the pandemic period with stickers. Today, the company announced a new Commerce Eligibility Requirements for Instagram Shopping to let creators sell merchandise directly in the app starting from next month.

It's been some time since Instagram first launched IGTV, a separate app for longer videos, and it looks like the company is now looking to cash in. Yup, Instagram has announced that ads will be coming to IGTV. But the good news for some is that the company is willing to share the revenue.