Scammers have been making money off users seeking Instagram’s blue checkmark seal of approval. No charge for the check Instagram is tweaking a new feature that will remove some of the confusion behind its free verification process. Some months back, Instagram introduced a system by which “all accounts that are notable and authentic” could apply […]
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Now users can save their cherished Stories for all time thanks to the wide success of their video and photo linking medium. Re-use and recycle Facebook has rolled out an archive option for Facebook Stories, just like Instagram’s. To have a squiz launch of last year, user will notice a new indicator appearing above the
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Facebook is launching a new ad format that allows users to sample products displayed in an ad, thanks to some clever AR technology. Lookin’ good The spots look like standard Facebook ads, except users will notice the “Tap to Try it On” option so they can do virtually just that. Clicking the option will allow
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A piece of graffiti art has popped-up in downtown Los Angeles specifically for taking photos. The catch? You must have a certain amount of followers to be allowed to selfie. You must be this cool to ride The latest marketing gimmick is galvanising critics between hailing the security guarded mural as genius, or just plain
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Instagram recently launched Questions Stickers, as a way for users to take the pulse of their friends and followers. It seemed innocent enough, until things started to go wrong. Open honesty The premise was simple: whack a Question sticker onto your Story to ask your 'Gram buddies a question, and wait for the response. While
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Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the iOS App Store, App Annie has released a retrospective of the best iOS apps on record. Quite the decade App Annie, which started tracking data in 2010, has an all time best list sorted by most downloaded, most revenue, and apps of the year. With more than 170
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Instagram is releasing a lightweight iteration of its flagship app that will be easier to install with dated phone specs and storage. The weigh-in Instagram’s lite version is roughly one fiftieth the size of its bigger, meatier brother the 33MB app, made possible by the removal of messaging and video uploading. Cutting out features for
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The Anglo-Dutch cosmetics firm Unilever is refusing to work with influencers who have acquired followed using dodgy methods. Genuine numbers only As Instagram continues to tweak algorithms and users fail to achieve as many likes as once was possible, influencers are turning to shadier means to keep up appearances. Unilever CMO, Keith Weed, says the
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Instagram is beta testing a feature allowing users to publish stories that can only be seen by friends of their choosing. VIP viewing The new ability to make stories visible to specific groups of friends is being called “Friend List Stickers” and is touted as a potential game changer. When posting a story, users will
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As Facebook continues to make announcement after announcement, (not the least of which being Instagram’s IGTV), Snapchat is staying current with more intimate and geo-local Snap info. What’s it like where you are? Fun animations based on the weather your friends are experiencing can be seen when users zoom in on someone’s Bitmoji, revealing animated raindrops,
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