Instagram is taking on YouTube and Snapchat with it’s plans to support videos of up to 1 hour in length. The Facebook owned social media platform has reportedly been meeting with social media stars and content publishers to roundup launch partners for the feature, which is currently slated to launch on June 20th. Read More
Instagram Gets An Offline Mode Upgrade For Android
Instagram now has an offline mode for its Android that will let its users browse their feeds and their explore tabs even if they have no connection to mobile data or Wi-Fi. Any data that was previously loaded when the app was last connected to the web will be shown and comments and hearts will go live only when you connect the next time. Read More
Instagram Made Better For iOS And Android
It won’t be long before you notice that the photos in the Instagram stream will look a little crisper. Going by the recent announcement, Instagram is rolling out support for higher resolution images – of 1800×1800 pixels. The previous upload resolution of 640×640 pixels will be doubled with this move. Read More
MyBloc For iOS — Unify Your Social Network
MyBloc for iOS is a new App which promises to combine your social network Apps into a single screen or rather onto a single block. MyBloc promises that you would never have to leave the App to check your social media feed. Just rotate the block to check the latest posts and tweets. But does MyBloc really work or is it too good to be true? Read More
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg on his Facebook timeline announced that his company has acquired Instagram for a massive amount of $1 billion which will be provided in cash and some in terms of stock. With only 8 employees and approximately about 550 days of operation, Instagram has been acquired by Facebook for $1 billion. This news comes as a huge surprise to the entire tech industry. Apparently, Instagram just completed a $50 million funding series which valued it at $500M before the news was announced, and even the investors did not know about it. Read More