Instagram adds video chat to its host of features

Instagram adds video chat to its host of features

Instagram is rolling out video chat in addition to a number of other new features. According to the Facebook-owned app, video chat will be available to users in the “coming weeks.” The feature, which will support both one-on-one and group chats, will also give users the option to minimize the video and continue the chat […]

Instagram Introduces Disappearing Pics and Live Video

Instagram Introduces Disappearing Pics and Live Video

Instagram has added two new features, pushing it even closer to Snapchat by introducing disappearing photos and videos. It’s an add-on to Instagram Direct, the app’s direct messaging function. Users will have the option of sending photos and videos taken with the in-app camera which are deleted after two views. If the recipient replays the […]

Instagram will now let creators add URL links, tag friends and create Boomerangs in Stories

Instagram will now let creators add URL links, tag friends and create Boomerangs in Stories

Instagram is adding three new features to Stories in what they are calling the biggest update to Stories since its launch. Starting November 10, the company will let creators add URL links to their stories that viewers can navigate to without leaving Instagram, add the ability for users to be “@ mentioned” in someone’s story, and […]

Facebook offers Snapchat-style photo filters

Facebook offers Snapchat-style photo filters

Less than a week after borrowing one of Snapchat’s defining features for Instagram, Facebook has looked to its younger rival for inspiration once more. Limited to Canada and Brazil for the time being, Facebook has introduced new filters which can be used to jazz up photos in various ways, such as turning faces into animations. […]

Metro Teams With Kaldor For Relaunched App

Metro Teams With Kaldor For Relaunched App

UK news publisher Metro, a DMG Media brand, has relaunched its app on iOS and Android, as well as launching a new digital edition via web, after teaming with developers Kaldor. The new Metro app offers users two issues every weekday for free, providing readers with news, sport, celebrity, features and more, automatically delivered to […]