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Alia Bhatt only Indian in top-5 of Instagram's actor influencers
Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt has proved her crowd-pulling abilities with Gangubai Kathiawadi.
Facebook, 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.
RIP! 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).
Fitness 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.
Actor 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.
Football 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.
John 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.
WhatsApp 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.
Facebook'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.
Snap 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.
Instagram 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.
Instagram 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.
Instagram 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.
Instagram 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.
Facebook 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.
Mark 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.
Here'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.
#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.
Facebook 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.
Facebook 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.
Facebook 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.
Facebook '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.
Pooja 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.
Instagram 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.
Instagram 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.
Lucknow: 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.
Aparshakti 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.
Instagram 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.
TikTok 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.
Mumbai 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.
From 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).
'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.
'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.
Like 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.
Mandira 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.
Facebook 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.
Priyanka 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.
Instagram 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.
Instagram 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.
Tamannaah 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.