Instagram has finally embraced Live video chats, joining Messenger, WeChat, Snapchat, and pretty much everyone else. In the moment Instagram announced the news in a blog post, explaining that live is now part of Instagram Stories. To start a stream, simply swipe right from the feed to activate the camera, then tap the "Start Live

Instagram has added a few new features to its Snapchat-inspired Stories. Upskilled In a nod to sharing, you can now include Mentions of other users in your Stories To add a mention, you type @ followed by the relevant username. Your friend's username will then appear underlined in the story. Users tapping the Mention will

Instagram ads have just grown up, or at least gotten more vertical thanks to a new update. Rise and shine Photo and video ads can now be uploaded in 4:5 aspect ratio. In plain terms: that's portrait. Instagram says early test results are promising, with vertical ads attracting higher view rates on average. Mobile first

Instagram is close to launching a new feature that allows users to make purchases from within the app. Shopaholics Shoppable product tags allow brands to tag up to five items in their Instagram posts. Clicking on the tag will direct users to a unique product page with detailed information about the item – and a

Never one to be left behind, Instagram is reportedly testing a live streaming feature. Keeping up with the Joneses Certain Android users have spotted a large red button at the bottom of the screen reading "Go Insta!". This leads to the beta Live streaming feature, which embeds the stream via Instagram Stories. Feather in the

Instagram now has an app that works on all devices that run Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system. Windows covered As announced on the official Instagram blog, Windows 10 tablet users—yes, they do exist—can now capture, edit and share photo and video through Instagram directly on their device. Apple in the cold The visual content social

In this instalment of SMK Explores, we’re going to take a look at Instagram Stories. We’ll tell you how to use it, and why you should care about it. What are Instagram Stories? Instgram ‘Stories’ is a fairly blatant rip-off of Snapchat’s ‘My Story’ feature. It allows a user to create a narrative using multiple

Instagram may have released Business Profiles relatively recently, but users can't seem to get enough of retailers using 'Gram. Retail therapy Instagram has blogged about the finding of a study by Oracle Data Cloud's Datalogix, which revealed Instagram drove a median of 1.8% lift in in-store sales, and a median 2.1% lift in household penetration.