Facebook Messenger's new Vanish Mode is now available, bringing Snapchat-style ephemeral messages with texts, GIFs and more that disappear as soon as they're seen.
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Twitter has begun testing Flock, its take on Instagram’s Close Friends feature
When it launches globally, Twitter's new Flock feature will allow you to share content privately with up to 150 people designated as your trusted friends.
Twitter is testing reaction videos. Sounds like a great tool for harassment
A new Twitter feature in testing would make it possible to retweet someone's tweet with a reaction photo or video, along with the tweet embedded.
Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for social media apps on iOS 14
Most smartphone users have at least some form of social media on their device, if not multiple, and that includes jailbreakers.
Instagram is working on letting you browse your feed chronologically, like good old times
A new chronological ordering option on Instagram will launch in the first quarter of 2022, letting you switch to displaying the most recent posts at the top of your feed.
You can now remove an Instagram carousel image without deleting the whole post
Meta Platforms-owned Instagram is bringing two new features to its fans in the US: A quicker way to report a problem and carousel deletion with the ability to remove a single image from an Instagram carousel without deleting the whole multi-image post.
Because auto-refreshing timelines were causing posts to vanish, Twitter is changing the way you see new tweets
Twitter is fixing an issue causing some tweets to disappear by changing the way you see tweets. And that, boys and girls, means no more auto-refreshing timelines!
TikTok’s For Us page during FaceTime calls is a great use of Apple’s SharePlay feature
SharePlay, a new feature in iOS 15 that permits apps to bring user experiences right into FaceTime, is creatively supported in the video-sharing app TikTok which presents the user with a new page titled "For Us" when using the feature during a video call.
Instagram’s new feature will let you assign a moderator to manage live comments
Instagram is developing a new moderation feature that would let you assign a single moderator to your live broadcast to approve and manage comments live comments.
Twitter Blue is here. Are you willing to pay for features that should be available to everyone?
Twitter Blue, a subscription version of the popular microblogging service with extra features, has expanded to the US and other countries. So what is Twitter Blue, what perks does it provide in exchange for subscribing to it and should you pull the trigger?
How to search any account’s tweets in the mobile Twitter app
Learn how to use the Twitter search feature to sift through all of the tweets from a specific account if you'd like to find the ones that match your search phrase.
Instagram and Twitter reinstate link previews after a silly feud that lasted for nine full years
Instagram and Twitter link previews are working again! Now sharing an Instagram post on Twitter actually renders the linked media instead of just showing URL text. For the past nine years, posting such links did nothing—in place of rich link previews, you saw raw Instagram links. But the companies are now having a change of heart.