Popular social network Instagram was today updated with a number of improvements that are designed to give users more ways to edit their content before sharing it. Instagram has added more than 20 new filters that can be used to tweak the look of images, and this is the first time in several years that filters have been updated. Some of the filters add subtle color changes, while others change the look entirely by adding blur and other effects. All of the filters have an intensity slider to tweak the final look. Alongside the new filters, the posting interface has been simplified. It's easier to find specific images from the camera roll thanks to improved previews and the ability to…

When Meta launched Threads in July, one of the complaints users had about the platform was that it was impossible to delete your Threads profile without also deleting your Instagram account. Up until now, the only alternative was to "temporarily" deactivate your Threads profile. This option makes your posts and interactions with others invisible on the platform, but it leaves your posts on Meta's servers unless you go through them and manually delete them one by one. Thankfully, Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Monday posted that the company was finally doing something to resolve the issue – it's in the process of rolling out a way to delete or deactivate a Threads profile separately while leaving the associated Instagram account…

Natasha Dach (Photo via LinkedIn) Natasha Dach, an Apple employee, Apple employee who took to Instagram to condemn “Zionists” for being “murderers and thieves,” has been fired by the company. Natasha Dach, an Apple employee, proudly states her German heritage and know how of Jews: – sneaking in countries – stealing peoples lives – torturing others Horrifying @Apple. pic.twitter.com/fEObPWlu9W — StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 2, 2023 Ariel Zilber for The New York Post: ‎ The Post has sought comment from Dach, who has deleted her LinkedIn and Instagram accounts. StopAntisemitism posted an image of Dach on its official X social media feed. Several websites with photos that bear a resemblance to Dach indicate that she is a creative writer and information…

Apple has begun requiring new apps to show proof of a Chinese Communist Party license before including the apps on its China App Store. Josh Ye for Reuters: ‎ Apple began last Friday requiring app developers to submit the “internet content provider (ICP) filing” when they publish new apps on its App Store, it said on its website for developers. An ICP filing is a longtime registration system, required for websites to operate legally in China, and most local app stores including those operated by Tencent and Huawei have adopted it since at least 2017. To get an ICP filing license, developers need to have a company in China or work with a local publisher, which has been an obstacle…

iPhone 15 Pro model users are finding fault with the Instagram app when it comes to hot handsets and drained batteries. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) push to register foreign apps threatens to remove Facebook, Instagram and X from Apple’s App Store in China. Yoko Kubota for The Wall Street Jorunal: ‎ China’s move to restrict the apps would close a loophole in the Great Firewall that allows Chinese iPhone users to download popular Western social-media apps such as Instagram, X (formerly called Twitter), Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp. While China has for years blocked web access to those sites, iPhone users who download the services’ apps can engage on the platforms if they log on through a virtual private network, or VPN, that connects them to an internet server outside the country. Many users, especially younger people, do this even though…