Between tech behemoth Instagram copying its best features (successfully) and a potential ban looming, TikTok is being attacked on all fronts — but it's fighting back. TikTok might be developing a new ...

Meta-owned social networking app Instagram continues to be limited to the iPhone, with no sign of an iPad app on the horizon. That's a major source of frustration for ‌iPad‌ users who prefer to have ...

At long last, the white whale of iOS has been harpooned: Instagram finally made an app for iPad. Shockingly, there had never been a true iPad Instagram app — you could download the regular Instagram ...

Some artists are jumping ship for the anti-AI portfolio app after Meta began using Instagram content to train its AI models. So what is Cara? We explain. In the last few months, Meta started to ...

Consumer demand for alternatives to Big Tech’s social apps is heating up. Alternative social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon are gaining traction with people looking to leave X, while others are ...

Ever since Instagram changed its algorithm last year to prioritize short-form TikTok-like videos, a slew of new apps have tried to position themselves as the inheritor of Instagram’s original mission: ...

After years of requests and recent rumors, Instagram is no longer skipping over iPad users. The new Instagram app for iPad is designed to make the most of the device's bigger screen, with Reels front ...

If you’re dating and haven’t found any success on the endless dating apps in the App Store, you may want to consider joining the group of singles using Instagram as a replacement. DMing (direct ...

Instagram appears to be getting ready to launch its Twitter-rival app called "Threads." The app has been in development since Jan. and will integrate directly with Instagram, per reports. Now the ...

The next best thing for TikTok might be RedNote and not Instagram's Reels, but for a video editing app, there is nothing yet on the market that can match ByteDance's famed app, until now. Meta ...

Meta-owned Instagram has evolved over the years from being largely a photo-sharing app to, for many users now, primarily a hub for sharing quick video snippets in the form of Stories, plus calls and ...

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as ...