With the launch of its new Stories feature, Instagram is positioning itself to not only capture the interest of current Snapchat users, but it’s also likely seeking a way to keep existing users firmly ...

Alina Bradford has been writing how-tos, tech articles and more for almost two decades. She currently writes for CNET's Smart Home Section, MTVNews' tech section and for Live Science's reference ...

Instagram Stories wants to be your window into what’s going on around a topic or place right now, so it’s adding a way to search Stories two months after Snapchat did the same. Instagram users can now ...

People only post the highlights of their life on Instagram, so today the app adds its own version of “Stories” to poach goofy, off-the-cuff, everyday content from Snapchat. It works exactly like ...

Back in October 2013, Snapchat made a big update to their platform with the addition of Stories. Due to the success Snapchat was having, Facebook made a move to purchase the platform. But ultimately, ...

is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. In a bold expansion designed to capture more of users’ everyday photos and videos, Instagram today introduced “stories,” ...

Instagram took aim at Snapchat with the launch of its Stories platform, which allows users to post photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours. The news should light a fire under brands that have ...

In March 2016, Instagram switched its feed from chronological to using an algorithm to rank the “best” posts first. Well, at the rate that things change in the digital marketing world, that’s like ...

Instagram is disabling the ability to share (and reshare) posts from your feed to stories as part of a test to see how it changes engagement with the popular feature. The company announced the change ...