According to a new survey, Instagram has overtaken Snapchat as the most popular social media platform among American teenagers. Investment banking firm Piper Jaffray released the latest version of it’s bi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” report which showed 85% of the 8,600 participants said that they use Instagram at least once a month. In comparison, 84% of […]

Lost faith in Facebook and Instagram after data leakages, breaches and too much noise? Here’s a guide to breaking up with the social network and its photo-sharing app for good. You may have decided enough is enough: It’s time to delete Facebook. There have been months — or is it years now? — of bad […]

Putting hashtags in as a first comment makes your posts easy to notice. Lo and behold! Instagram is testing a new feature for adding hashtags as a separate block underneath the images. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted earlier this week a screenshot of what looks like a beta version of a new Instagram feature, […]

Rockville, MD  – Instagram on Monday said co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned as chief executive officer and chief technical officer of the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc, giving scant explanation for the move. The departures at Facebook’s fastest-growing revenue generator come just months after the exit of Jan Koum, co-founder of […]

By Laura Desmond Facebook is planning a major new move into e-commerce, sources tell The Verge Instagram is working on a new standalone app dedicated to shopping, The Verge has learned. The app — which may be called IG Shopping — will let users browse collections of goods from merchants that they follow and purchase […]

Love is in the air — and on the internet! Celebrities took to Instagram to share some pink, red and heart-shaped cheer on this very happy Valentine’s Day. Whether they were acknowledging their own relationships or just sending their fans some love, there’s plenty of positivity to go around today. Alec Baldwin filmed an emotional video message for his […]

This week’s best beauty Instagrams centered on self-love, from glamorous selfies to confidence on the (tabled) courts. For a walk on AmFAR‘s storied red carpet, Ashley Graham pulled out all the stops, her trio of shares showcasing a curled updo—worn tossed to one side as a homage to Old Hollywood—a feline flick of liner, and diamond-encrusted accessories that […]

From bestie-ready workouts to an elevated means of moisturizing, the week’s best beauty Instagrams were a study in reinvigorated routines. Georgia Fowler hopped a flight to Sydney, and an adorable munchkin—in this case, the muse’s platinum-maned niece. Elsewhere, model Bambi Northwood-Blyth exchanged a sheet mask for a snorkel mask, while Sara Sampaiosaved her goggle-framed selfies for St. Mortiz’s snowy peaks. […]