Facebook started testing an experimental offline mode in the beta version of the Instagram Android app, the Menlo Park-based company announced at its annual F8 developer conference on Wednesday.
Instagram has added offline support for its Android app meaning users can create posts even when there is no internet connection.
Users can view, comment on and save posts already downloaded to their phones and when they go back online these actions will be updated automatically.
Insiders believe this functionality will particularly help Instagram spread in developing countries where internet connection is unreliable.
The way this works is when you're offline, you can still view the preloaded content and several of the app's sections (feed, explore, personal profile, previously visited profiles, etc) and you can interact with them. Liking, commenting, saving, following, and unfollowing, all of these can be done while offline then scheduled to apply when you're back online.
Facebook says it’s making Instagram more usable offline in order to improve the experience for users in countries where there’s either unreliable service or limited access to consistent internet connections. That could be a big driver as the app continues its rapid growth in places outside the United States.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the two-day annual F8 developer conference launched a platform for developers to encourage augmented reality (AR) camera effects
.With the addition of tales in the principle Facebook app, customers will now have the ability to share tales with their Facebook buddies and see what others have shared throughout the previous 24 hours.
“We want to make it fast, fun and easy for people to share creative photos and videos with whomever they choose, for however long they choose — and the more we share with each other, the more open and connected our community can be,” says Facebook.
At the identical time, Facebook can also be introducing Direct — a particular new inbox for direct messages, just like how direct messages work on Snapchat. The new Facebook Direct inbox permits customers to share photographs and movies with a number of buddies, or rapidly ship a message in response to buddies’ tales. Once the dialogue on the story ends, the content material will disappear from Direct.
While users might primarily see Messenger as a way to chat with friends, Facebook wants to make it a place where businesses and news organisations can connect with people. The company also announced that it's now supporting file-sharing, eDiscovery, and compliance, and expanding its live video capabilities to include professional cameras.
Facebook Stories and Direct are rolling out already, nevertheless it may take some time to achieve all customers worldwide.
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, in a lawsuit filed by a former employee, has been accused of commenting that he has no intentions of expanding services into poor countries like India and Spain.
CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like I in a lawsuit filed by a foreen accused oand Spain.
At a meeting to discuss Snapchat’s user growth in 2015, Anthony Pompliano says he expressed concern that the app was not taking off overseas.
“This app is only for rich people,” Spiegel said, according to Pompliano. “I don’t want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain.”
The day after Pompliano’s presentation, he was fired. Snap is now describing Pompliano as a “disgruntled employee fired for poor performance,” but the damage has been done.
Instagram creators,the 26-year-old Stanford graduates Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger now stand to share the best part of $1billion that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg paid for their creation.
Instagram is an online photo sharing service. It allows you to apply different types of photo filters to your pictures with a single click, then share them with others.
Instagram is the name of an online photo sharing social Web service that lets you share your life with friends through a series of pictures, captured with a mobile.
Use Of Instagram
To send someone a photo or video with Instagram Direct, take a new photo or video or upload one from your phone's Gallery. You can choose to add effects, filters, or a caption. From the share page, tap “Direct,” and then tap the names of the people with whom you want to share the post (you can select up to 15).May 1, 2015
caption. From the share page, tap “Direct,” and then tap the names of the people with whom you want to share the post.
How Create an Instagram account
Download the Instagram app for iOS from the App Store, Android from Google Play Store or Windows Phone from the Windows Phone Store. Once the app is installed,
tap to open it. Tap Sign Up, then enter your email address and tap Next. You can also tap Log in with Facebook to sign up with your Facebook account.
How sign In For Instagram
- To reset through your email address, tap Username or Email, enter your username or the email address you used to create your account and tap search. Choose Send a Password Reset Email.
- To reset through Facebook, tap Reset using Facebook. You may be asked to log into Facebook.
