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Instagram launches creator lab in India and announces new features

The new features offered by Meta-owned social media platform Instagram through creator lab in India are related to Stories, Chats, and Notes. Here are the details

Tech wrap Aug 28: Beats enters India, TECNO tri-fold concept, Google Meet

Apple-owned Beats makes its debut in India with the launch of Solo Buds, Solo 4, and Pill. TECNO introduces the Phantom Ultimate 2 tri-fold concept. Google Meet adds the 'Take notes for me' AI feature

Instagram unveils new features: Add text to photos, layer images, and more

Instagram introduces a suite of updates, including in-app text marking on images, photo layering options, expanded carousel posts, and music integration for profiles

Tech wrap Aug 23: Poco Pad 5G, Google Essentials, Instagram profile, more

Poco debuts Pad 5G in India. Google introduces Essentials app for Windows PCs. Samsung announces offers on Galaxy A-Series models. Instagram introduces "song on profile" feature similar to Myspace

Instagram introduces "song on profile" feature similar to Myspace: Details

Users will be able to add music to their Instagram profile and will be visible in the bio area. Visitors of the profile can play and pause the music

Shraddha Kapoor now has more followers on Instagram than PM Modi

Shraddha Kapoor, who recently won hearts with her performance in Stree 2, became the third most followed Indian on Instagram after Virat Kohli and Priyanka Chopra

Tech wrap Aug 19: Fortnite, Instagram, Google Maps for WearOS, and more

Fortnite returns to Android. Instagram explores vertical profile grid. Google Maps for Wear OS adds offline navigation. Age of Empires Mobile to launch on iOS and Android on Oct 17

Instagram explores vertical profile grid in shift from classic squares

Instagram is exploring a shift from square to vertical rectangles in the profile grid, aiming to better align with today's photo and video formats

Ayushmann Khurrana recites emotional poem about Kolkata rape-muder case

Bollywood star and UNICEF India ambassador Ayushmann Khurrana shared a poem on his Instagram account demanding justice for the doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata hospital

Instagram explores Snap Maps-style media tagging feature in some regions

Reportedly, the new feature on Instagram will allow users to post text and media updates to a map and choose who they want to share it with, similar to Snap Maps

After blocking access for over a week, Turkey lifts curbs on Instagram

Turkey reinstated access to Instagram on Saturday night, after more than a week of being blocked nationwide. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority barred access to Instagram on August 2 without providing a specific reason. Government officials later said the ban was imposed because the social media platform failed to abide by Turkish laws. In our talks with Instagram officials, we were assured our requests would be met, especially those regarding criminal activity, and given a promise that we would work together on a means of censoring users, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Turkey's transportation and infrastructure minister wrote on the social media platform X Saturday. Uraloglu elaborated in a video also posted on X, saying that the platform was to establish compliance with Turkish law and that in instances where the law was violated, there would be quick and effective intervention. He added that all accounts owned by terrorist organizations would be banned and all conten

Tech wrap Aug 9: Apple Mac mini M4, Google Pixel 9 series, Instagram, more

Apple is reportedly preparing a significant redesign of its Mac mini. Instagram doubled the media limit for carousel post. OpenAI offers DALL-E in free tier but with daily limit on image generation.

Now, Instagram lets you post a media carousel of up to 20 images and videos

Previously, Instagram limited the number of pictures or videos on a carousel post to 10. This is the first time that the limit has been increased since the feature's introduction in 2017

Meta raises its largest high-grade debt sale of $10.5 billion: Report

The longest portion of the deal, a 40-year security, yields 1.3 percentage points above Treasuries after initial discussions of around 1.55 percentage points

Instagram to make Views as primary metric for content across all formats

Creators will be able to measure all their content, regardless of format, through the same metric. The update will be introduced in the coming weeks

Turkey blocks access to Instagram over 'censorship', mentions no duration

Turkish communications official Fahrettin Altun, has slammed the Meta-owned platform for 'blocking condolence posts on the killing of Ismail Haniyeh'

Meta reports better-than-expected sales in Q2, shares jump by 10%

Meta has been using AI to improve the way its advertisers can find interested users, adding efficiency to its most lucrative business

Instagram to allow users create their own chatbots through AI studio

The broader universe of Instagram users will be able to make a themed chatbot for their profile, for example a bot focused on mixed martial arts, dining or pets

TikTok's survival at stake in all-out fight against potential US ban

Outside Washington, the video-sharing platform is waging a parallel battle for public opinion

Meta AI gets support for Hindi, new features on WhatsApp, Instagram, more

Meta is also exploring ways to integrate AI into the Quest headset. In a preview, it shows how AI will allow users to ask questions about what they see in their surrounding