Have you always wondered what the French people really are like? Are they all elegant, slim and chic? Do they eat croissants for breakfast every day? Are French kids the most well-behaved in the world, do young people only listen to electro and do they all still smoke? Now, for the first time, thanks to […]
Google is reportedly developing a feature, based on its AMP (accelerated mobile pages) service, that works in a similar way to Snapchat’s Discover section. Stamp, a portmanteau of ‘Stories’ and AMP, will see publishers create visually-oriented content through a series of ‘swipeable’ slides including text, photos and video – according to the Wall Street Journal. The […]
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 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 […]
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. […]
Virtually copying Snapchat’s most popular feature, Instagram is debuting Stories — a simple way for users to share moments of their day in slide-show form. In keeping with the Snapchat theme, the moments disappear at the end of the day. “Photos and videos in your story disappear after 24 hours and don’t appear on your […]