Business Culture & Policy News Zuckerberg considered Instagram a threat at the time of acquisition, new emails reveal In a lengthy US Congress grilling that lasted for over six and… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJuly 30, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook forms new ‘equity and inclusion team’ to study racial bias within FB, Instagram’s platform algorithms The conversation around Facebook and potential racial bias, backed by political motives,… Upneet SinghJuly 22, 20202 minute read
Apps News Instagram Reels launches to a ‘broad base’ of users in India Instagram announced today, that it will launch its short-form video, TikTok-look alike… Chinni SinghJuly 8, 20203 minute read
Apps News Instagram is experimenting with ‘full screen stories’, while getting rid of the swipe for DM Instagram is apparently experimenting with its stories section amid increasing popularity. The… Chinni SinghJuly 2, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Instagram announces a ton of new special features to support the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month Instagram has today announced a slew of new features on for its… Upneet SinghJune 12, 20202 minute read
Internet News Facebook acquires Giphy, reportedly valuing the popular GIF platform at $400 million In the fast paced world of internet, no one has the time… Upneet SinghMay 15, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Delhi women commission issues notice to Instagram over a group that shared morphed images of underage girls On Sunday, a series of disturbing screenshots went viral on Instagram when… Navjot KaurMay 6, 20203 minute read
Apps Internet News Facebook now has a combined monthly user base of over 3 billion While announcing its quarterly financial numbers, Facebook also gave us a pretty… Upneet SinghMay 1, 20202 minute read
Facebook and Instagram will now show location of high-reach accounts to users in the US We are not saying that Facebook interfered with the presidential election in… Upneet SinghApril 23, 20202 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy News Instagram is reportedly working on a “disappearing messages” feature of its own Instagram is reportedly working on a “disappearing messages” feature, adding to the… Sajid SaleemMarch 20, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram is testing a new “Latest Posts” feed layout Instagram may soon begin rolling out a hidden feature called Latest Posts,… Upneet SinghFebruary 14, 20202 minute read
Apps Internet News Instagram will soon let IGTV creators monetize content through ads: Report Amid a plateauing growth for Facebook’s main social media platform, the company… Jeet SutharFebruary 7, 20202 minute read
Facebook, Instagram and Messenger are down globally (UPDATE: Back Online!) UPDATE: As of 23:53 Indian Standard Time, the services appear to be… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 29, 20191 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet Instagram’s hiding like counts experiment is now global What was more of a private beta till now — a test… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 15, 20192 minute read
Consumer Tech Facebook Internet Facebook clubs payments across all of its platforms under ‘Facebook Pay’ Facebook today announced, that it is consolidating all of its digital payments… Staff@The Tech PortalNovember 13, 20192 minute read
Business IT & Web-tech Instagram issues “cease-and-desist” to third-party app mimicking the “Following” tab In a super-competitive, digital world, the methods deployed during the course of… Mudit MohilayNovember 1, 20192 minute read
Internet Instagram is removing the “Following” tab In a rather major update, Instagram has decided to remove the “Following”… Mudit MohilayOctober 8, 20192 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Instagram confirms bug that is resulting in declining follower count Loosing followers on Instagram isn’t less than a nightmare to most users.… Melissa ButhelloFebruary 13, 2019No comments2 minute read
Applied Sciences Consumer Tech Facebook Global Internet IT & Web-tech News Instagram’s tap/swipe-to-scroll update receives users’ grunt, taken down Instagram made all its users lose their minds in the holy holidays… Raghuram GaddamDecember 28, 2018No comments2 minute read
Internet News Instagram launches scannable Nametags A couple of days ago I was talking to a fellow tech… Mudit MohilayOctober 5, 2018No comments2 minute read
Internet News Adam Mosseri anointed the new head of Instagram After Instagram co-founder’s recent departure from its folds, Facebook found itself called upon to… Mudit MohilayOctober 2, 2018No comments2 minute read
