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Instagram, the photo-sharing social network that lacks the resources required to develop an iPad app, is now introducing a visual refresh to its app. Apart from a brighter icon, the company has also developed its own typography, while highlighting its focus on creators.

Instagram Stories has certainly become a hit, and some people really enjoy sharing everything they’re doing through these 24-hour photos and videos. However, the social network is now testing a new Stories layout that hides excessive posts – which is bad news for creators.

Instagram, the photo sharing social network that lacks the resources required to develop an iPad app, is developing support for NFTs. The Facebook-turned-Meta-owned service admits that supporting decentralized technology on a centralized platform is a huge effort, but Instagram has the resources to spare!

Instagram will soon lend another TikTok feature for its app as the company is testing a new pinned post function on user profiles. It’s currently in beta for selected users, and it could be available soon to all users.

Today, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, announced three new changes being made available on the platform. According to Mosseri, the company is focusing on new ways to tag brands and products to rank original content better.

Starting today, Instagram is receiving lots of new messaging features on its platform, including the ability to share song clips with friends using Apple Music. At the end of last year, the company announced it would add new ways for users to connect with their closest friends, and now it’s rolling out to many users.

Last year, Instagram announced that it was working on a new chronological feed option for users. The company has officially made good on that promise, announcing today that users now have two new options to sort their Instagram feed in chronological order. Head below for the details on how these new chronological sorting options work in Instagram.

After Twitter, another social media platform that plans to bring NFTs to life is Instagram. Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed this during SXSW. According to him, these digital collectibles will arrive on Instagram “in the near term.”

Update: After six months of tests, Instagram is letting its Brazilian users know that the company is backpedaling from Selected People and bringing back the Close Friends option. Although Instagram didn’t specify the reason, tests were very buggy and users couldn’t properly change different users depending on the Story posted. That said, it’s unlikely that Instagram will release this feature to more countries in the near future.

Instagram today announced a new test for its Stories function. Starting today, Close Friends will be called Selected People and will let users select exactly who can see some of their Stories for 24 hours.

Instagram last month confirmed that it is discontinuing the IGTV app as the platform has been integrated into Instagram Videos within the social network’s main app. However, the Meta-owned company has now decided to discontinue two more not-so-popular apps: Boomerang and Hyperlapse.

Instagram on Monday announced that it is officially discontinuing its mobile app dedicated to the IGTV video platform – which was rebranded to Instagram Video last year. As a result of the shutdown, the IGTV app will soon be removed from the App Store and Google Play.

Facebook and Instagram‘s parent company Meta has labelled Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature ‘harmful.’ One analyst said that the privacy measure could be the biggest challenge the company ever faces.

A report today says that the loss of ability to target Facebook and Instagram users by their interests is seeing businesses abandon the platform in favor of Google ads …