News & Reviews: Instagram
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Jan 26, 2023
After being suspended for 2 years, Meta has decided that Donald Trump can use Facebook and Instagram once more in the next few weeks. This comes after he was not only suspended from Facebook and Instagram but also supposedly banned for life from Twitter back in 2021.
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Jan 20, 2023
Instagram has introduced a new feature called ‘Quiet Mode’ on its mobile app which the platform dubbed as ‘a new way to manage your time and focus’. When turned on, the feature will mute all notifications and send an auto-reply to anyone sending you a direct message (DM) on the app.
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Jan 10, 2023
Meta-owned social media platform Instagram has announced that it will be making a few changes to the app’s navigation to make it easier for people to share and connect with their friends and interests. Interestingly, the refresh also meant the complete removal of the Shop tab which is currently part of Instagram’s main menu tabs.
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Dec 20, 2022
The FIFA World Cup ended with team Argentina bringing home the iconic solid gold trophy. However, the joy of seeing their favourite team win is still not over with Instagram users, as many tapped twice on Lionel Messi's picture of him holding the trophy, making it the most-liked post in Instagram's history.
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Dec 20, 2022
Previously, we reported that Twitter introduced a new policy banning links to certain social media, including Facebook and Instagram on the platform. The move was subsequently met with criticism from Twitter users and now, the company has backtracked on that decision and deleted the new policy.
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Dec 19, 2022
Today, Twitter has announced a bizarre decision to ban the free promotion of certain social media platforms on its own space. In other words, this means you won't be able to post and share other social network links anymore on Twitter.
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Nov 23, 2022
With the recent General Election 15 held in Malaysia, the public has been growing weary and starting to spread some insightful content on social media. It has gotten so bad that TikTok had to step in to do something about it.
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Nov 15, 2022
Previously, we reported that Meta is laying off more than 11,000 employees amidst a decline in revenue and now, more details have come out regarding the company’s workforce reduction. One of the more interesting detail that emerged from the whole situation is that Meta had an ongoing project to develop a smartwatch that would compete with the Apple Watch but the development has been scrapped as part of the company’s cost-cutting effort.
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Nov 01, 2022
Last night at around 9 PM, Instagram users experienced a real-life Halloween episode of not being able to access their accounts. Not only that, but it also affected a drop in followers (especially for influencers, hearsay) as their accounts got suspended accidentally.
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Oct 18, 2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is further heating up his company’s rivalry with Apple, this time around taking aim at the security features of iMessage. In an Instagram post sharing a Meta advertisement billboard, Zuckerberg boldly claims that Meta-owned WhatsApp is “far more private and secure” compared to Apple’s iMessage.
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