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Instagram’s Threads is compelling, but kind of creepy

Post author By Randall
Post date October 4, 2019
Categories In Android, Apple, auto status, Cameras, close friends, Data Privacy, Direct Messages, direct messaging, Entertainment, Facebook, gear, Google, Instagram, instagram threads, Internet, ios, location, Mobile, Privacy, services, snap, snapchat, social, Social Media, status, Tech, threads

[ad_1] On the surface, Threads is essentially an extension of Instagram’s Close Friends feature for Stories, which was introduced in 2018. Close Friends, in case you’re not familiar with it, lets you share pictures, videos and message only with groups of people you’ve carefully selected. In fact, if you haven’t created a Close Friends list […]

Instagram tests ‘Threads’ app with automatic updates for close friends

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In Entertainment, Facebook, Instagram, instagram direct, messaging app, Mobile, snapchat, Tech, threads

[ad_1] The social media giant has struggled for a while to create a new, standalone messaging app for Instagram. It abandoned its Instagram Direct app — still in beta — back in May. Threads appears to be Facebook’s attempt to merge the best of Instagram and Snapchat into one vessel. Much like Snapchat, Threads will […]

A week with Twitter’s attempt at a more civil internet

Post author By Randall
Post date March 21, 2019
Categories In business, conversation, conversations, Entertainment, gear, hands-on, Internet, jack dorsey, Mobile, prototype, services, social, Social Media, social network, Tech, threads, tweet, tweets, Twitter, twttr
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[ad_1] With Twttr, the company says it wants to make conversations easier to read, understand and join. And to do that it’s using features like color-coded chat bubbles to help you browse threads more efficiently. For instance, if someone you follow replies to one of your tweets, their response will be highlighted by a light-blue […]