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Meta has once again taken up the scythe and struck a wide swathe of staff from its field of developers. The first in what’s expected to be a total of 10,000 job cuts at the company is expected to impact teams for Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and in the company’s Reality Labs division working on its virtual reality tech. However, CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency” layoffs have also hit members of Meta’s gaming studios working on VR titles.Making the Facebook Papers PublicMeta owns nine separate game studios,…

Meta-owned Instagram has launched a new feature that aims to enable users to share and save images at a dedicated space. Called "collaborative collections", the feature is sort of an extension of a bookmarking that allows users to organise the posts they save for easy access at a later time."Collections are one of my favourite features on Instagram — and we just do it so that you can make collections with friends," head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said in his Channel on the photo and video sharing platform. How to use…

As Meta Platforms Inc. pursues an expensive, unproven metaverse strategy, success will depend in part on whether Instagram can pay the bills. As Meta Platforms Inc. pursues an expensive, unproven metaverse strategy, success will depend in part on whether Instagram can pay the bills. Instagram is a major growth driver for the company, with 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, closing in on the 2.96 billion who use Meta's Facebook. Meta's stock is down more than 70% this year, with investors unsure about two…

Pornhub was first banned from Instagram in September 2022.Image: charnsitr (Shutterstock)Popular social media site Instagram has banned popular pornography website Pornhub from the platform after the latter created another account following an earlier dismissal from Instagram last month.Things were looking up for Pornhub when the company announced a triumphant return to Instagram with a tweet on October 18 that read “We are BACK on Instagram with our new official account.” Shortly thereafter on October 26, Pornhub’s…

Image Source : PIXABAY Instagram Instagram has been reportedly struggling to attract the attention of the creators as its Reels (short-video) engagement has notably fallen against formidable competition which is coming from TikTok, a Chinese rival. An internal Meta document which was accessed by The Wall Street Journal has revealed the data stating that the…

Instagram users have not sunk their teeth into Instagram’s TikTok-like Reels as much as Meta has wanted them to, according to reported internal documents.Photo: Koshiro K (Shutterstock)Instagram looks a lot more like TikTok as of late, but that radical metamorphosis and new focus on short-form video hasn’t translated into TikTok’s ludicrous viewership numbers.The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that it had seen copies of internal research documents titled “Creators x Reels State of the Union 2022” which was released…

Meta Platforms Inc. META -0.31% Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is betting the social-media giant’s near-term future on Instagram Reels, the short-video feature he is touting as the company’s answer to TikTok.The company’s internal research shows that Meta has a lot of catching up to do. Instagram users cumulatively are spending 17.6 million hours a day watching Reels, less than one-tenth of the 197.8 million hours TikTok…

The new features could better customize users’ explore page.Photo: UNSPLASH (AP)After bombarding people’s feeds with unwanted content, Instagram has realized its mistake. The social media platform is testing out ways for users to have more control over what pops up on their Explore page and regular feed by informing the app on what they don’t want to see.Instagram is testing two new features, as well as highlighting already existing features that can better shape one’s timeline, the company announced on Tuesday. The first…

Last year, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced changes to how it recommends content to teens, days before appearing in front of the US Senate over apps’ impact on its teenage users. Now, the app is tightening the default content recommendation for teens, selecting “Less” experience by default for new teen users signing up on the app.Instagram currently has two sensitive content control options, “Standard” and “Less.” If they select the “Standard” option, users will be shown some sensitive content, while the “Less” shows…

Meta announces that Instagram Reels can now be cross posted to Facebook. Interestingly, the social media platform has also added some new tools for content creators. The new features include the ability to add an “Add Yours" sticker to reels, creator studio insights, Stars on Facebook…