Instagram is a mobile, desktop, and Internet-based photo-sharing application and service that allows users to share pictures and videos either publicly, or privately to pre-approved followers. It was launched in October 2010.
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Key Features
Photo filters
Instagram offers a number of photographic filters that users can apply to their images.
Video
You can post videos that are up to 60 seconds long.
Explore
Displays popular photos, photos taken at nearby locations, and allows you to search for other users or hashtags.
Instagram Stories
Allows users to take photos, add effects and layers, and add them to their Instagram story. Images uploaded to a user's story expire after 24 hours.
Instagram Direct
Lets users interact through private messaging. Users who follow each other can send private messages with photos and videos, in contrast to the public-only requirement that was previously in place. When users receive a private message from someone they don't follow, the message is marked as pending and the user must accept to see it. Users can send a photo to a maximum of 15 people at a time.