WhatsApp testing posting statuses directly to Facebook, Instagram and other apps
How about sharing posts from your WhatsApp status to your Instagram or Facebook story, or sending them to other apps?
Instagram Stories
Netflix for iOS picks up a handy new Instagram Stories share option
Surprisingly enough, Netflix has decided to tap into Instagram’s popular Stories feature for some cool word-of-mouth promotion.
How to prevent people from sharing your Instagram Stories as messages with others
You don’t have to share your Instagram Stories with people you don’t know. Here’s how to disable Story Sharing on Instagram.
How to post longer videos to your Instagram Stories
This simple trick lets you share videos longer than 15 seconds to your Instagram stories.
Instagram will soon let you upload multiple photos/videos to your Stories, all at once
Instagram is launching some solid improvements to Stories uploads.
Infinite Stories app lets you create Instagram Stories with transitions, music & more
Infinite Stories is an app for photography fans, influencers and marketers looking to boost their storytelling by posting engaging Stories to Instagram and Facebook that are longer than 15 seconds and incorporate transitions, music, animated labels and other effects.
How to screenshot Instagram stories without sending a notification
Want to screenshot Instagram stories without anyone knowing? There are a few workaround you can employ. We’ll show you four ways to screenshot Instagram stories without sending a notification.
Instagram will soon let you add photos and videos “of any size” to your Stories
With an upcoming change, you will no longer have to lose part of a photo or cut a friend out of a group video when uploading your content to a story, whether it’s square, portrait or landscape.
GIF search is coming to Instagram Stories via Giphy integration
Animated GIFs are coming to Instagram Stories thanks to a new partnership between the photo-sharing service and Giphy, an online database and search engine that lets people search for and share animated GIF files.
Instagram is testing Story screenshot alerts
Instagram is testing a new feature with a small percentage of its users that sends a notification when someone takes a screenshot of your Story. Previously, Instagram supported notifications for screenshot of direct messages.
Instagram is testing a new text-only feature for Stories, called Type
Text-only Type posts use large fonts and colorful backgrounds, not unlike a similar Facebook feature introduced a few months ago. Watch Type in action in this nice video walkthrough shared by The Next Web.
Instagram testing ability to cross-post Stories to WhatsApp
The Facebook-owned company has confirmed that it’s testing a new feature that allows users to post their Instagram Stories to WhatsApp as a Status Update.