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25 Apr 2022
Priyanka Chopra JonasAlia Bhatt only Indian in top-5 of Instagram's actor influencers
Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt has proved her crowd-pulling abilities with Gangubai Kathiawadi.
11 Mar 2022
FacebookFacebook, Instagram allow posts urging violence against Russian leaders, soldiers
In a temporary change to its hate speech policy, Meta has allowed Facebook and Instagram users from select countries to call for violence against Russian soldiers and leaders.
08 Mar 2022
FacebookRIP! YouTuber-rapper Lil Bo Weep passes away at 22
YouTuber and rapper Winona Brooks, popularly known by her stage name Lil Bo Weep, has passed away, her father confirmed on Facebook on Sunday (March 6).
14 Feb 2022
United States of AmericaFitness influencer, who lost 141 kilograms, now on dialysis
A US fitness influencer, Lexi Reed, who lost 141 kilograms in two years, has now been hospitalized due to organ failure.
13 Feb 2022
EntertainmentActor Vibhu Raghave tears up while revealing stage-IV cancer diagnosis
Television actor Vibhu Raghave has been diagnosed with stage-IV of a rare kind of cancer.
08 Feb 2022
FootballFootball star Cristiano Ronaldo reaches 400 million followers on Instagram
Portugal football star Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first-ever person to reach 400 million followers on Instagram.
14 Dec 2021
John AbrahamJohn Abraham deletes his Instagram posts, retains Twitter ones though
John Abraham, whose last outing Satyameva Jayate 2 was a flop at the box office, is making headlines again.
23 Nov 2021
FacebookWhatsApp introduces two new privacy-centric features for users in India
Meta-owned instant messaging service WhatsApp has introduced two new safety features for users in India, called Flash Calls and Message Level Reporting.
21 Nov 2021
FacebookFacebook's emoji reactions and notifications spotted trickling down to WhatsApp
With the latest update on the beta channel, WhatsApp users on Android can now get a taste of the new message reaction notifications feature that has been in the pipeline for a few months now.
16 Nov 2021
SnapchatSnap inks deal with Sony Music, launches AR Music Lenses
Social media app Snapchat's parent, Snap Inc. (formerly Snapchat), has inked a licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment so the latter's artists' music can be added to Snap's Sounds Library.
11 Nov 2021
Adam MosseriInstagram Subscriptions in-app purchase spotted on Apple App Store
Instagram is reportedly gearing up to launch a subscription model to benefit the creators on the app.
22 Oct 2021
FacebookInstagram allows posting via website, launches 'Collabs' for posts, Reels
Following the news of Facebook's rebranding, its subsidiary Instagram has finally added the ability to create posts from its website.
12 Oct 2021
FacebookInstagram testing new system to notify users of service outages
Facebook and its subsidiary platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp, appear to have learned a valuable lesson from the recent worldwide service outage, although we suspect the same cannot be said for its learnings from whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony.
11 Oct 2021
FacebookInstagram will 'nudge' teens away from harm, encourage taking breaks
Facebook is grappling with the aftermath of whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony that showed it proceeded to build Instagram Kids, fully aware that Instagram is detrimental to teenagers' mental health.
06 Oct 2021
FacebookFacebook whistleblower testifies before Senate: Here are the key points
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen made her identity known to all on Sunday night's episode of 60 Minutes. She had complained to the Securities and Exchange Commission about Facebook and leaked its internal research and documents to the Wall Street Journal.
05 Oct 2021
FacebookMark Zuckerberg lost $6 billion during Facebook outage: Details here
Late last night, Facebook and its subsidiary services, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger, suffered a worldwide outage that lasted nearly six hours.
05 Oct 2021
FacebookHere's what caused the longest Facebook outage last night
Late last night, popular social media platform Facebook and all its subsidiaries, including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, suffered a global outage that lasted nearly six hours.
04 Oct 2021
Facebook#FacebookDown: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram are all down for users worldwide
Facebook and major social media platforms owned by it—WhatsApp and Instagram—have suffered a major global outage on Monday night.
04 Oct 2021
FacebookFacebook whistleblower says company encouraged hate speech for profit
The whistleblower who leaked several thousand pages of Facebook's internal research and documentation publicly revealed her identity on national television in the US on Sunday.
02 Oct 2021
FacebookFacebook launches cross-app group chats for Instagram and Messenger users
Last year, Facebook launched a cross-app communication feature, allowing Instagram users to connect one-on-one with Messenger users without having to download the latter—and vice versa.
01 Oct 2021
FacebookFacebook releases slides detailing Instagram's impact on teen mental health
Social-media giant Facebook has recently published two slide decks outlining its studies about Instagram's effect on teenagers' mental health.
28 Sep 2021
FacebookFacebook 'pauses' Instagram Kids development amid intense criticism
Facebook on Monday announced it had halted the development of Instagram Kids, a standalone Instagram version designed specifically for children aged 13 or younger.
28 Sep 2021
Pooja BhattPooja Bhatt celebrates five years of abstinence from alcohol
Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on Tuesday celebrated five years of abstinence from alcohol and credited her sobriety for keeping her "afloat" through emotional upheavals.
14 Sep 2021
FacebookInstagram says it's developing a new Favorites feature
To date, Instagram users have no choice but to see what the algorithm shows them at the top of their feeds. That could change soon since the Facebook-owned social media platform has confirmed it is developing a new feature called Favorites.
02 Sep 2021
FacebookInstagram goes down for many users: Details here
According to the global outage detector website Downdetector, Facebook-owned Instagram just suffered an outage in several parts of the world, including India, due to issues yet unknown.
01 Sep 2021
LucknowLucknow: Man arrested for luring girls into sending obscene videos
A 23-year-old man was arrested from Lucknow for allegedly posing as a woman on Instagram, using a fake profile, and luring minor girls into sending their obscene pictures and videos to him, the police said on Tuesday.
27 Aug 2021
BollywoodAparshakti Khurana and Aakriti Ahuja Khurana welcome baby girl
Actor Aparshakti Khurana and his wife, Aakriti Ahuja Khurana, on Friday announced that they have become parents to a baby girl.
27 Aug 2021
FacebookInstagram will finally improve how its Search works
In a blog post penned by Instagram's head Adam Mosseri, the Facebook-owned social media platform explained how its Search feature works.
06 Aug 2021
TikTokTikTok confirms that it is testing a new Stories feature
On one hand, Twitter has discontinued its "stories" feature called Fleets while on the other hand, popular short video app TikTok has confirmed that it is developing a feature called TikTok Stories that should work just like Instagram Stories.
05 Aug 2021
MumbaiMumbai cop dances his way into people's hearts on Instagram
A 38-year-old police naik of the Mumbai Police has become a social media sensation with his dance videos that have gone viral and garnered thousands of likes.
29 Jul 2021
FacebookFrom now on, Instagram's Reels can be one minute long
So far, Instagram only allowed users of its TikTok rival called Reels to make short videos that were half a minute long. The platform now announced that the maximum duration for Reels has been extended to a full minute (60 seconds).
13 Jul 2021
Vijay Sethupathi'MasterChef Tamil': The host, streaming date and other details, revealed
MasterChef franchise recently announced that the Tamil version of the show will be hosted by superstar Vijay Sethupathi.
10 Jul 2021
Money Heist'Money Heist 5': Lisbon, Tokyo, Berlin's BTS pictures tease fans
Money Heist 5 is set to release in two months and fans are eagerly waiting to see what happens next.
06 Jul 2021
TechnologyLike Twitter's Super Follow, Instagram developing 'Exclusive Stories' for subscribers
Hot on the heels of Twitter's Super Follow feature, Facebook-owned Instagram has confirmed that "Exclusive Stories" is in the pipeline for creators.
05 Jul 2021
BollywoodMandira Bedi remembers late husband Raj Kaushal with 'heartbroken' post
Actress/host/commentator Mandira Bedi updated her social media handles for the first time since the sudden death of her husband Raj Kaushal.
03 Jul 2021
FacebookFacebook moderated 32mn posts in compliance with new intermediary guidelines
Shortly after being summoned by a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram revealed they took down as many as 32 million posts in compliance with the IT Ministry's new guidelines for social media intermediaries.
02 Jul 2021
Cristiano RonaldoPriyanka Chopra Jonas earns Rs. 3 crore per Instagram post?
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has made it to the Top 30 of The Instagram Rich List 2021, which released recently.
01 Jul 2021
Adam MosseriInstagram will soon recommend posts, make videos play in fullscreen
Facebook-owned social media platform Instagram has been compelled to continuously evolve and add features like Reels to stay competitive amid rivalry with popular platforms like TikTok.
27 Jun 2021
Instagram StoriesInstagram is testing Feed post uploads via website on desktops
Earlier this month, Facebook-owned image sharing platform Instagram was spotted developing features that would allow users to upload content directly from a computer.
27 Jun 2021
Tamannaah BhatiaTamannaah Bhatia to host 'MasterChef India Telugu'; shares BTS photo
Actress Tamannaah Bhatia is set to make her debut as a TV host with MasterChef India Telugu.
