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Instagram today started supporting the display of photos with a 3:4 ratio. Adam Mosseri himself announced this via Threads. By default, all photos taken with a phone camera have a 3:4 ratio when taken vertically. Meanwhile, Instagram has, since its inception, supported the 1:1 ratio, as it follows the ratio of Polaroid film, before later supporting 16:9 and 4:3 ratios.

According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is developing a username verification feature as an alternative to phone numbers on its web version. The feature aims to improve privacy by reducing the need to use phone numbers in communications. So, what should you know about it?

Apple iPad users might be in for a surprise. Recently, WhatsApp teased a special surprise for the app on iPad. So, what should you know about it?

WhatsApp is currently developing a new feature that allows users to react to messages and media using stickers . Just like before, the reaction space will still display the default emoji set along with recently used emojis. But interestingly, it will now show the most recent stickers used in the same reaction space. So, what should you know about it?

Instagram initially started with a focus on following friends and looking at the content they shared. However, day by day, the platform changed, and through algorithm integration, a variety of content from random accounts began to be displayed. However, that trend has changed. So, what should you know about it?

Meta today launched the first version of Meta AI, a self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) assistant application powered by the Llama 4 model. So, what should you know about it?

Meta today hosted the Meta Marketing Summit in Malaysia, where they also shared a number of their company's latest developments. One of them is regarding their own artificial intelligence service offering, called Meta AI. According to Amanz, Meta AI is now used by over 700 million monthly active users.

At the Meta Marketing Summit today, Meta Malaysia also shared that more than 60% of usage on Instagram and Facebook now involves videos, thus showing that the Reels feature on both platforms is the main focus of users compared to text or image sharing. So, what should you know about it?

As the world's number one social media platform, Facebook has over 2 billion daily active users. So to ensure content gets noticed, various tactics are used to promote content with spam tactics being widely used. This could be in the form of visuals that are not in line with the content and using bots to leave comments so that they can then be promoted by the algorithm. So, what should you know about it?

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday imposed a fine of 700 million euros (~RM 3.5 billion) on Apple and Meta after the two tech and social media giants were found to have violated the bloc's digital competition rules. So, what should you know about it?