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Bing Bong: MTA Partners With Instagram for Special Edition MetroCards

Tim December 9, 2024 1

Before the transition to OMNY takes place, the MTA is partnering with Instagram for a "last of its kind" collab, celebrating the culture surrounding the subway in a series of MetroCards. Should you be on Instagram or TikTok or something along those lines,...

Instagram DMs Get Editing, Pinned Chats, and More

Tim March 4, 2024 1

Your Instagram DMs are getting an upgrade starting this week, with the app rolling out many new features for the messaging portion of the photo-sharing platform. Inside the update, users can now edit messages within 15 minutes of sending. Misspell something...

Instagram Threads is Coming to Replace Twitter (Updated)

Kellen July 5, 2023 30

Instagram and Meta are preparing to launch a new app this week called Threads. The timing couldn't be better for those frustrated with the current status of Twitter, as this app is one of the many apps trying to act as a replacement or alternative. Details...

Make It Stop: Facebook Intros $12/Month Account Verification

Tim February 20, 2023 27

Fancy yourself a creator or influencer and afraid someone may try to impersonate you? Have I got the next great subscription service for your life: Meta Verified, a $12/month service that will verify your accounts across the Meta-owned platforms and ensure...

Instagram Now Has Broadcast Channels, Exclusive to Creators

Tim February 16, 2023 3

Telegram has a feature called channels that allows users to create rooms and share one-way information with a group of people. It's not a chat room, as only the creator of the room can post things. Everyone else can only view content and react to it. This week...

New Quiet Mode is an ‘Out of Office’ Reply but for Instagram

Tim January 19, 2023

Instagram introduced new features for its platform this week, mainly something called Quiet Mode, but also new ways to manage what Instagram recommends to you. As my headline perfectly explains, the new Quiet Mode is essentially an Out of Office response that...

Android’s New Photo Picker Magically Starts Working With a Bunch of Apps

Kellen December 16, 2022 9

The new Photo Picker that was first introduced with Android 13 as a more-secure and (hopefully) more consistent way to choose media you share within apps, is rolling out more widely this week. A change on the back-end from Google has apparently made the new...

Instagram Tests Two Much-Needed Ways to Better Customize Your Feed

Kellen August 30, 2022 3

Cleaning up your Instagram feed can seem like a never-ending task, even if you are constantly flagging images or videos as "not interested." All it takes is one wrong tap or curious peek and everything is a mess again. Today, Instagram announced two new ways...