On Thursday, a plaintiff filed suit in San Francisco, accusing Facebook of illicitly using iPhone cameras to spy on users of Instagram, an app owned by Facebook. The complaint, first reported by Bloomberg, is an extension of a July media report that Instagram accessed iPhone cameras even when users were…
Facebook Acquires Giphy to Integrate With Instagram Facebook announced Friday that it would be acquiring GIPHY, the leading purveyor of animated GIFs, in a reported $400 million deal. The acquisition envisions a streamlined use of GIFs on Facebook-owned Instagram, where users already enjoy using short animations in GIF form to…
Instagram Expands Direct Messaging Feature to Desktop Computers Back in January, select Instagram users were given access to Direct Messaging on their desktop as a test. As of today, the photo-sharing app has given all users desktop DM capabilities. Direct Messaging has become an increasingly popular feature of the phone-based…
Instagram Introduces “Caption Warning” In an effort to combat cyberbullying, Instagram is introducing the “caption warning.” Before submitting an inappropriate caption, a pop-up box will appear with a message prompting an edit. Instagram’s AI algorithm compares a caption to previously reported ones. Keywords such as “stupid” or other derogatory terms…