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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends Instagram purchase in antitrust trial
“Your honor, the FTC calls Mark Zuckerberg.” Flanked by two bodyguards, Meta’s CEO solemnly strode into a Washington, DC courtroom. Despite his last-ditch efforts to avoid a trial, he was there, jaw clenched, to defend his company from being broken up by the US government. Shortly after he was sworn in, the Federal Trade Commission’s lead attorney for the case,…
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Instagram Might Finally Get an iPad App (and How to Use It in the Meantime)
Hallelujah, the threat of the (once again delayed) TikTok ban might just get Instagram users the thing they’ve been waiting for since 2010—an iPad app. Over the past couple of years, Instagram repeatedly made it clear that the iPad is just not a priority for the company, but now it seems that might have changed. According to a new report…
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Instagram might finally release an iPad app
Meta is developing a version of Instagram for iPad, according to The Information. Currently, running Instagram on an iPad is just a blown-up version of the iPhone app, so an official Instagram app from Meta would be a very welcome change. Why would Meta do this now, after ignoring Apple’s tablet for over a decade? According to The Information, the…
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Common Instagram scams and how to avoid them
Instagram is said to have over two billion active monthly users and is the third most popular social network in the world, behind only YouTube and Facebook. With those numbers, it should surprise no one that Instagram scams are rife. This post will examine the most common ways scammers abuse Instagram for the usual payouts: identity theft, financial gain, etc.…
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Instagram Finally Lets You Fast Forward Those “Long” Reels
Thanks to TikTok and Instagram Reels, our attention span has gone down the drain. It’s hard to focus on something for more than 30 seconds unless it has Subway Surfers at the bottom. I guess the folks at Instagram might also be suffering through the same plot, which is why they are now rolling out the ability to fast-forward Reels.…
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Instagram Privacy Settings You Should Change Right Now
Meta doesn’t just collect data about you on Facebook and Instagram. The platform harvests information about users from millions of other apps, websites, and services, which all send Meta reams of data to help target you with ads. Meta even receives details about what you do in the real world, away from your laptop or phone screen. Some of that…
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Instagram Reels Is Now Broadcasting Your Likes to Your Friends
TikTokers may have returned to their platform of choice, but with the U.S. ban still on the books, they are facing an existential threat. Meanwhile, Instagram Reels users are encountering a problem of the platform’s own making: Meta, in all its wisdom, is making it easier than ever for users to see who liked a particular reel. That means two…
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Instagram Unveils “Edits”, a Video Editing App to Rival CapCut
On Saturday, TikTok went dark in the U.S. following the ban. And other ByteDance-owned apps like the popular editing solution CapCut also started disappearing from the App Store and the Google Play Store. While TikTok managed to survive the ban for now, the future of other apps remains unclear. Seeing this opportunity, Meta, on Sunday afternoon, released its own video…
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My Seven Favorite Cleaning Accounts to Follow on Instagram
We may earn a commission from links on this page. As it stands, it looks like TikTok will be banned from app stores on Jan. 19. And while I’m not an expert in government, I am a savvy social media user who knows people are worried about their followers, followed accounts, and saved videos disappearing. If you get your cleaning…
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How to Keep Politics Out of Your Instagram Feed
Do you like your Instagram algorithm, but hate that it’s missing political posts from accounts you don’t follow? You’re in luck: Starting this week in the U.S. (and next week for the rest of the world) Meta is going to start adding political content to your recommendations on Instagram and Threads by default. If you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t Instagram have…
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