WhatsApp on Thursday announced it is expanding the way group messages work with Communities. With Communities, admins will be able to bring separate groups under one umbrella in a new tab so messages are better coordinated. “Given lots of feedback we’ve received, we think there’s …
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Instagram Is Testing Creator Subscriptions in the U.S.
Instagram today announced it will begin testing subscriptions in the US with only a limited number of creators having access to the feature for now. “With Instagram Subscriptions, creators can develop deeper connections with their most engaged followers and grow their recurring monthly income by …
Instagram is Bringing Back the Chronological Feed, says Head Adam Mosseri
At a Senate hearing today, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the social media app is bringing back the chronological feed. Mosseri testified at a Senate panel answering questions concerning the safety of young people on the app. “We believe in more transparency and accountability and …
Instagram’s ‘Playback’ Lets You Relive Your Favourite 2021 Stories
It took many years but Instagram is officially jumping on the year-in-review trend Facebook has been doing for a while. The Meta-owned platform today announced the launch of Playback, a new feature that lets you see your favourite Stories from 2021 all over again. In …
Instagram Introduces Safety Features for Teens with Parental Control to Rollout Next Year
As part of its measures to keep the community safe, Instagram is introducing some new tools and features for parents and guardians early next year as well as a new ‘Take a Break’ feature for teens. The first set of tools will be available in …
You Can Now Set New WhatsApp Chats to Disappear by Default
WhatsApp is giving all users the ability to set new chats to disappear by default after a certain period of time in an update that is rolling out today. Users will now be able to set whether they want all messages to disappear at once …
Facebook Rebrands its Company Name as Meta
On Thursday at its Connect 2021 virtual conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a change in name of the parent company to Meta, a change that brings all of its app and technologies under a new brand name. In a blog post, the company said …