Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, sees messaging as a major focal point for all of the Facebook-owned platforms, and access to that service is crucial.
Instagram is testing DMs on the web
You now need a Facebook account to sign up for Facebook Messenger
Up until this week, Facebook didn't actually require a Facebook Messenger user to have a Facebook account. But that has changed.
This app lets you view Instagram photos, videos and stories right on your Apple TV
With a new tvOS app, you can browse Instagram photos, videos and stories on the Apple TV.
Instagram’s ‘Layout’ feature allows you to upload multiple photos in one Story
Instagram is adding a new feature into the stock app, taking cues from popular third-party options out there.
FTC may block Facebook’s plans to integrate WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram messaging
Facebook owns a lot of popular apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram, and we heard earlier this year the social network plans on finding a way to integrating all of them.
ChatLock jailbreak tweak protects your in-app conversations
People seem to value privacy more than ever these days, and with such a massive part of our lives taking place in digital conversations, isn’t it about time we do more to protect them?
Not all apps incorporate native conversation-centric privacy features, but with the help of a newly released jailbreak tweak called ChatLock by iOS developer Elias Sfeir, you can lock individual conversations in several of your favorite messaging apps with just a few taps to prevent friends and family from logging into your device and reading your personal chats.
Facebook Pay is a new mobile payment option for Facebook and Messenger; coming soon to Instagram, WhatsApp
If you have been aching for a new, built-in way to pay for things while using Facebook's most popular apps, the social network has something just for you: Facebook Pay.
Apple pulls Instagram stalking app ‘Like Patrol’ from the App Store
The "likes" are taking a backseat on Instagram (at least for a short time), and so is at least one third-party stalking app.
Add haptic feedback to the Instagram app with HaptiGram
If you’re a jailbreaker that uses the Instagram app and also happens to enjoy subtle vibrations when performing actions (better known as haptic feedback), then we think you’ll take a particular liking to a newly released jailbreak tweak called HaptiGram by iOS developer iCraze.
As you may have inferred already from the context clues above, HaptiGram integrates haptic feedback into various actions performed in the official Instagram application for iOS. According to the developer, haptic feedback can be felt when doing any of the following things:
Instagram’s new account security feature makes it much easier to spot phishing emails
The next time you receive a password reset email that purports to be from Instagram, or spot a similar phishing scam in your mailbox, be advised that the popular photo-sharing service now offers a pretty clever way of running those emails agains genuine messages the app has sent to you.
Why and how to restrict someone on Instagram
Learn how to restrict someone on Instagram and why it’s a useful feature to manage unwanted interactions and be safe on the platform.
Instagram’s new messaging app for close friends is called Threads
Instagram is launching a new dedicated app for messaging, because apparently that particular market is not saturated enough.