1010Tech Talk archive
Practical computer-repair, security, maintenance, and small-business IT information from 1010Computers.
May 8, 2018
Instagram is unveiling new features for businesses that want to use their profiles to message with customers and even facilitate transactions. Even if you’re not a business on…
Read articleMay 7, 2018
Instagram is preparing to let you add music to your Stories, judging by code found inside its Android app. “music stickers” could let you search for and add…
Read articleMay 1, 2018
Facebook is recruiting help to make its Stories more interesting than Snapchat’s. Starting with Spotify, SoundCloud and GoPro, third-party apps can now let their users share to Facebook…
Read articleApril 24, 2018
Two weeks ago TechCrunch called on Instagram to build an equivalent to Facebook’s “Download Your Information feature so if you wanted to leave for another photo sharing network,…
Read articleApril 12, 2018
You’ll soon be able to draw on the world around you and shoot back-and-forth Instagram Boomerang GIFs with the Facebook Camera. Bringing additional creative tools to the Facebook…
Read articleApril 11, 2018
Yesterday we reported that Instagram lacked data portability, knocking the app for the absence of an equivalent to Facebook’s Download Your Information too. Now an Instagram spokesperson tells…
Read articleApril 11, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg’s flimsy defense when congress asked about a lack of competition to Facebook has been to cite that the average American uses eight social apps. But that…
Read articleApril 10, 2018
It’s hard to #DeleteFacebook with no viable alternative, but at least you can export all your data. There’s no such option on Instagram . That lack of data…
Read articleApril 10, 2018
Instagram is one-upping Apple with a portrait mode feature that runs on a wider variety of phones and works with video, not just photos. Last month, TechCrunch reported about…
Read articleApril 9, 2018
Instagram is preparing to launch a feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to follow you.…
Read article