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Instagram

6 effective ways to use Instagram in your job search

Instagram is now an essential job search tool in many industries. Here’s how to make it part of your search.

6 effective ways to use Instagram in your job search

That lovely Instagram shoutout could save a small business from shuttering this year

Kudos matter now more than ever. On average, social media endorsements of small businesses generate 23% of revenues, according to data from Amex.

That lovely Instagram shoutout could save a small business from shuttering this year

Amazon sues TikTok and Instagram influencers for allegedly selling fake luxury goods

Amazon says they used the social platforms to say which generic-looking Amazon listings were actually for counterfeit luxury goods.

Amazon sues TikTok and Instagram influencers for allegedly selling fake luxury goods

Instagram cross-app messaging: Here’s how to stop random Facebook users from sliding into your DMs

As part of a new update, Facebook users can now send you message requests on Instagram, but it’s easy to block them.

Instagram cross-app messaging: Here’s how to stop random Facebook users from sliding into your DMs

Here’s how to make Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter fun again

In this excerpt from her book ‘24/6,’ filmmaker author Tiffany Shlain explains how she manages her social media use to keep it happy, not stressful.

Here’s how to make Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter fun again

Instagram icons: Here’s how to change them and give your phone that classic look

Remember the Polaroid? It’s back!

Instagram icons: Here’s how to change them and give your phone that classic look

What Facebook users need to know about the company’s end-to-end encryption plans

It’s definitely complicated, but here’s why Facebook is pursuing it, how it benefits you, why it’s risky, and why it matters.

What Facebook users need to know about the company’s end-to-end encryption plans

Inside Facebook’s quadruple play: How the company is finally melding its apps

The social behemoth is weaving together Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp even as watchdogs and regulators close in. No big deal: Only democracy hangs in the balance.

Inside Facebook’s quadruple play: How the company is finally melding its apps

Goodbye, Instagram Direct. Hello, Messenger inside Instagram

The company is turning two messaging walled gardens into a shared experience with new features and privacy controls.

Goodbye, Instagram Direct. Hello, Messenger inside Instagram

Snap has registered 750,000 people to vote in 2020. Here’s its plan to keep going

Teaming up with artist Mark Bradford, Snapchat wants to boost its voter registration numbers even higher.

Snap has registered 750,000 people to vote in 2020. Here’s its plan to keep going

Why Hollywood isn’t worried about TikTok being banned by Trump

Amid the political controversy surrounding TikTok, the platform’s stars are seeking to build their followings on YouTube, Instagram, Spotify, and elsewhere.

Why Hollywood isn’t worried about TikTok being banned by Trump

Want to ditch Pinterest? Here are the best alternatives for visual inspiration

Creative inspiration without the workplace ethics violations.

Want to ditch Pinterest? Here are the best alternatives for visual inspiration

How comedian Ted Alexandro is handling the standup apocalypse

On the eve of his new special, ‘Cut/Up,’ the comedian and activist gives his take on the state of comedy during a pandemic/racial uprising/election.

How comedian Ted Alexandro is handling the standup apocalypse

How social media is pushing us toward 1984

Social media platforms are manipulating users and distorting our sense of reality—just as George Orwell predicted.

How social media is pushing us toward 1984

How to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram: You can’t and here’s why

Hell hath no fury like a user base scorned. For Instagram, that’s something the company is finding out just a day after launching Suggested Posts.

How to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram: You can’t and here’s why

Instagram’s new suggestion feature ensures your feed will never end

After releasing a TikTok copycat, Instagram is now launching a feature that seems inspired by its rival’s never-ending stream of content.

Instagram’s new suggestion feature ensures your feed will never end

Beirut residents are turning to Instagram to locate missing loved ones after the explosion

The Instagram page “Locate Victims Beirut” has been posting images of missing persons in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Beirut residents are turning to Instagram to locate missing loved ones after the explosion

Everything we know about Reels, Instagram’s new TikTok clone

Observers are pointing out the convenient timing of Reels’s launch, amid a torrent of negative press for TikTok.

Everything we know about Reels, Instagram’s new TikTok clone

Facebook stock rockets to record high, despite advertiser boycott and never-ending pandemic

More people are using Facebook services, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, during the coronavirus shutdowns.

Facebook stock rockets to record high, despite advertiser boycott and never-ending pandemic

As boycotts continue, Facebook and Instagram will try to address algorithmic racial bias

Social media giant Facebook will try to address algorithmic racial bias.

As boycotts continue, Facebook and Instagram will try to address algorithmic racial bias

Impact

4 strategies for energy and climate change breakthroughs at the UN summits

Potty training cows could help reduce their pee-related pollution

In Finland, scientists are growing coffee in a lab

News

Full-time workers earning minimum wage have a harder time renting a home in these 5 states

How to watch the 2021 Emmy Awards live on CBS without cable

Fossil fuel companies and advertisers could soon face their Big Tobacco moment

Co.Design

This new platform lets you buy shares of blue-chip paintings. Is it a wise investment?

Beyond AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ dress: 5 acts of fashion provocation that changed history

Toilet paper really is terrible for the planet. Here’s what you can do about it

Work Life

This is why leaders should never text the word ‘hi’

Here’s how LEGO sets can make your workday more productive

Why you should let your employees switch to a different team