19By Alex Wilson Instagram seems to be set on squeezing its competitor Snapchat out. After being introduced earlier this month, Instagram Stories, which strongly resembled a similar feature of Snapchat, just received another major update that is identical to the rival app: a one-finger zoom for better and easier camera control. With the most…
18By Merrie Green After introducing Duo at the I/O Conference in May, Google has finally released its free and simple 1-to-1 video calling app on both Android and iOS. “Video calling is the next best thing to being with someone in person, but too often it can be a frustrating or complicated experience. You…
10By Scott Davis Shortly after Stories feature appeared on Instagram, which, as the company reps admitted is very similar to that of Snapchat, Facebook has begun testing a new feature, which includes filters and stickers that users can add to their photos and videos, on its social network. The feature has been linked to the…
05By Alex Wilson Instagram is rolling out Stories. “Today, we’re introducing Instagram Stories, a new feature that lets you share all the moments of your day, not just the ones you want to keep on your profile. As you share multiple photos and videos, they appear together in a slideshow format: your story,” the company…
29After a short period of testing, Twitter announced it is launching a night mode feature on Android. It is quite simple to turn on the night mode. All you have to do is to access the slide-out navigation menu of the app. Right above the Settings option, you will see a slider for turning the…
23Facebook is rolling out several updates to its livestreaming feature Facebook Live. The users will now be able to choose full-screen mode for better viewing experience. The feature supports full-screen streams in portrait and landscape mode on iOS. However, full-screen on Android is available only in portrait mode at the moment with the landscape support…
30Twitter is introducing #stickers, “a fun new way to add creativity to your photos and connect them to the world on Twitter”. Soon, you will be able to “browse our rotating sets of stickers to join in on real-time conversations, and select from the library of hundreds of accessories, emoji, and props to make your…
23Not so long ago Twitter modified its 140-character limit for tweets, excluding links and images from it and now the service announced it is extending it limit for videos. “Video is becoming increasingly central to the real-time conversations happening on Twitter – video Tweets on Twitter have increased by over 50% since the beginning of…
17Facebook announced today that users of its Messenger will now be able to use it to send and receive SMS and MMS, although the function will only be available on Android. “We know that people receive messages via both SMS and Messenger – for example your best friend sends you GIFs on Messenger whilst your…
14Facebook announced today it is now letting its users leave video comments in a move to intensify video content exchange and preserve leading positions on a highly competitive market. “At Facebook’s 50th Hackathlon early this year, we prototyped the ability to upload a video into comments and replies on posts, because we wanted enable more…