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Title: Instagram brings Boomerangs, links, and mentions to its Stories
Post by: HCK on November 12, 2016, 04:05:16 pm
Instagram brings Boomerangs, links, and mentions to its Stories

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Instagram’s addition of Snapchat-style Stories has proven to be a welcome new feature—according to Instagram’s data, more than 100 million people create Stories every day. So it’s no surprise that Instagram is building up Stories even more: On Thursday, the app rolled out an update (http://blog.instagram.com/post/152996384057/161110-storiesupdate) that adds Boomerang compatibility, mentions, and links to Instagram Stories. </p><p>
Boomerang is a standalone tool built by Instagram that lets you create a quick video that loops forward and backward—perfect for sharing in your main feed, but it’ll make for a fun story component as well. Select that option from your stories camera to capture a Boomerang clip. (You have to have the Boomerang app installed to use this feature.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3140647/ios-apps/instagram-brings-boomerangs-links-and-mentions-to-its-stories.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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