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  🎥 Why Reels Still Rule in 2025 Reels aren’t new, but they’re still Instagram’s strongest growth engine. In 2025, they’re not just entertainment — they’re searchable, monetizable, and shoppable . Creators ask the same burning questions every day: How do I get my Reels on Explore? How do I use trending sounds legally? How can I earn from Reels? Why are my views suddenly dropping? This is your one-stop guide to mastering Reels — from your first upload to real income. 📱 1. How to Create a Reel (Step-by-Step) Tap ➕ → Reel. Record or upload clips (max 90 seconds). Add music, captions, stickers, and effects. Use the Align tool to sync transitions. Write a catchy caption (first 80 characters matter). Add 3–5 hashtags relevant to the theme , not just “#reel”. Tag people and locations before posting. 💡 Pro Tip: Post vertical (9:16), 1080p resolution, 30–60 seconds for best reach. 🎧 2. How to Use Trending Sounds Without Violating Copyri...

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If you are the kind of person who likes browsing Instagram and clicks away on photos and videos this one if for you. There are so many awesome pics on Instagram and you might have clicked like on 100's of them. There is no point trying to remember which, and keeping track of all those photos -- since it is easy to forget. Thankfully Instagram keeps a track and with a few simple steps you can find all the photos and videos you have ever liked on Instagram. All posts can be viewed in chronological order. Android users can browse through all likes using thumbnails only while iPhone and iPad users get to use a customized layout. No matte what if you want to view all the photos and videos you have ever liked here's how. How to view your like history on Instagram 1. launch Instagram 2. Go to your profile page 3. Tap on settings icon 4. tap on posts you've liked You can now view all the posts you have ever liked on Instagram.

Instagram the popular photo sharing app that was acquired by Facebook has now added video. These are 15 second long videos that you can capture and share on popular social networks. Instagram Video works a lot like Vine , The video capture and sharing app from Twitter. Vine allows you to take 6 second videos that play in a loop. Instagram video lets you take videos and play it in a 15 second sequence. Video on Instagram is proving to be a big hit with users. Here are some stats you might be interested in. Vine has 13 million users while Instagram has 130 million. Vine is owned by Twitter which has about half a billion users - Instagram is owned by Facebook which has over 1 billion users. The stakes are with Instagram video being launched in direct competition with Vine. There are many names being used to refer to the new service InstaVideo, InstaVids and a whole lot more. How does Instagram Video work. Unlike in Vine the video will last for 15 seconds - to get started after you have...

With the ability to add tags to photos on Instagram , comes a new problem and privacy issue. People might tag you in embarrassing photos. Ones that you choose to be in - maybe a night out at town and there you are all over the place until you drop. All your dear pals gets their SmartPhones out and upload those beautiful photos of you. You wake up the next morning and find your photo all over Instagram. There is no need to panic with a few simple steps you can gets your photo untagged and hide it from your Instagram profile page. This is a simple guide to help you untag, remove or hide those photos you've been tagged in on Instagram. How to untag or delete photos you've been tagged in on Instagram 1. You always receive a notifications when someone tags you in an Instagram photo 2. These images are found in the 'Photos of You' tab on your profile page 3. Tap on tag in the photo to get a pop-up with various options. 4. You can now hide the photo from your profile, remove t...

Cinemagr.am is an amazing app that lets you create short loop videos and share with your friends. Kind of works like Twitter's Vine app - you press the record button and the videos is captured and looped together like an animated GIF image on steroids. The animated GIF has stood the test of time - with all the improvements in Tech and the amount of Technology being rolled out everyday from glasses to watches. The humble GIF stands proud and it's not going anywhere. Users on the interwebs love looking at GIFs - Reddit is testimony to that. So if you like Apps like Instagram  and  Vine you now have Cinemagram. The app is very social once you create your short cinema, share it on your feed. You can also find other feeds to follow and you can also share with your FB, Twitter and other social networking friends of yours. The App also provides different editing editing and filter options. To make your videos and images more vivid. The end result of your productions on Cinemagram are...

Instagram have completely removed support for Twitter Cards and therefore users cannot share Instagram photos on Twitter. Only a link gets shared and no photo. If you are one of those people who's used to seeing those nice Instagram photos in your Twitter feed or Mobile Interface. That ability is gone and Twitter on the other hand have released their own photo-sharing with filter effects feature. If however you still want to be able to view Instagram photos on Twitter there is a Chrome Extension for that. With the extension you will be able to view photos in your Twitter stream and users Photo Galleries. How to view Instagram photos on Twitter You will need to download and install the InstaTwit Chrome Extension on your device. Once installed on your device all you need to do is to refresh your Twitter page and all the Instagram photos are visible. So all those Instagram photos and user galleries become visible and users have the ability to view all of this right from within Twi...

Last week Instagram pulled Twitter cards support from its App, which means that users who take a photo and share the same on Twitter . Will only be able to share a link and not the photo as users are used to. So sharing a photo with Twitter followers will not share the photo but a link to the photo. Followers will need to click on the link to view the image. Twitter on the other hand have released their own Instagram type of photo-sharing program which allows you to add filters to your photos before sharing on Twitter. The enhancement a product of Aviary -- brings to you the classy filters, Instagram users are used to. There are 8 photo filters and effects for you to use on your photos -- ranging from black & white to vintage. You can make use of these filters and effects to create stunning images and share with your buddies on Twitter. How to use Twitter's Photo Editor and add filters to Twitter images 1. You will need to Twitter App for iOS and Android -- since the app is Mo...

If you are an Instagram user your profile is now available on the web. Instagram the photo sharing site owned by Facebook have launched the next big thing -- Instagram profiles on the web. You profile and photos you made public are now available online and your pals can now check you out on the web. You can also view your friends Instagram photos and profiles on the web. When you view a profile on the web you can see the number of public photos uploaded by a users, number of followers and following and a follow button for other uses to follow. There is also a random display if pictures that are shown. There is also a help article available to set your privacy settings -- also all mobile settings remain the same on the web. Just like Facebook the profile can have a Timeline cover photo with a profile picture. beside the profile picture users can add a short bio below which is a random list of pictures shared by the user. All looks very familiar to Facebook Timeline . If you want to vi...

Social Sites like Twitter, Instagram and Twitpic have millions of photos being shared. Too bad there is not a single place for you to curate and collect all these images. A lot of the wonderful work being done by people gets lost in cyberspace. Web app Picsho changes all of that - you can use this service to quickly curate an image gallery and share with your friends via social networks like Twitter and Facebook. The best part is your gallery gets a permanent home on the web. This way your collections always have a home for you to refer to and all those amazing pics and images will be available whenever you want it. If you are creative enough you can build an image gallery that you friend will like and also share. Image curation on the net is not a new thing. We have already written on how to create an Instagram photo collage .  Picsho: How does it work 1. Visit Picsho and start building your image gallery. You do not need to create an account to use the site. So get started right away...

Instagram have updated their iOS and Android apps. One of the main features being touted about the new and updated version of the app is the ability to add geolocation to your photos. This helps in better discovery of your photos and when people visit your 'Photo Map'. Photo Map will display all the photos yo have added to your map by visiting the different places of your map. You might not want to add all your photos to the Photo Map and so there is the easy ability to select or deselect which photos you do not want appearing on the map. So only photos you are comfortable with can be added to the map. Instagram has more than 80 million users and many of who would not mind adding a location feature to their photos. This gives people who are viewing photos a better idea of there they have been taken. This tool can also be used to discover new places and locations. You can also use it to find beautiful places for your next vacation. Instagram Photo Map: How does it work How to s...

Every once in a while there is a Tumblr created that gets featured on headlines across the globe. This is one such Tumblr blog, named 'The Rich kids of Instagram'. The blog features rick kids and the things they do - more specifically the fun they have. Like travelling in private jets, drinking expensive liquor, getting expensive cars as gifts. The owner of the Tumblr remains anonymous and therefore no comments have yet been obtained as to why this was created. Tags accompanying the Tumblr however are a good giveaway. 'Cars, Luxury, The One percent, Socialites, mansions, beautiful and drugs'. The One Percent became an internet meme last year. Actually it was called the 99 percent - where people were talking about being part of the 99 percent while the remaining 1 percent lived in luxury. why could not the 1 percent be taxed more. One of the rich kids have responded on television saying that these photos were shared on Instagram just among friends and did not realize th...

The reason for this post is very simple. Ever since Facebook acquired Instagram - privacy concerns have popped up automatically in users heads. The exodus has begun albeit not in large numbers however. Still there are people leaving Instagram and using other services to share their photos. The deletion of accounts did not start until the acquisition and if you are one of those users here are a few things to keep in mind before you delete your Instagram account. Once you delete your account it is permanent. All your photos, comments. likes, friendships - just about everything gets deleted forever. Nothing remains, this is a good thing in regards to privacy because a delete is a full and final thing on Instagram. In fact you will not be able to signup with the same username again. There is also no possibility of reactivating accounts or recovering accounts. So before you decide to delete your account thinks about all these things. When you delete your account all your photos are deleted...

We have already covered how to make a Instagram photo collage , how to create a Facebook cover with your Instagram collage photos and how to create a Twitter background with Instagram collage photos . One of the Apps we mentioned was GetLoupe, a  launch partner for the Google Drive API announcement at the Google I/O Conference. One of the key things that can be accomplished now is the ability to create a photo collage using all your photos available in your Google Drive . So if you already have Google Drive you can start right-away. If you do not have Google Drive the cloud storage app from Google you can get it right now by going to google.drive.com .  Creating a photo collage can be great fun and it seems to be fast becoming one of the fun things people are doing online. Once you create a collage you can then share it with your friends or just share it privately. To get started creating a Collage from pics, photos or images available in your Google Drive you would need to go to GetL...

Click image to expand. Instagram photos are all the rage on the internet and they show no signs of slowing down or dying out. There are a whole lot of Apps coming out that make use of those amazing Instagram photos. We previously wrote about how to create a collage using Instagram photos and how to create a Instagram Collage for your Facebook Timeline . You can now use this same magic with InstaBG - no marks for guessing that BG stands for BackGround. This is a really cool Twitter App that lets you create an amazing background with nothing but Instagram pics, photos and images.  How to create and set a Twitter background with your Instagram images. 1. You will first need to access the app at InstaBG 2. Once your on the Panel you can then target photos you want to use. Choose from All - which will allow you to use other people's public Instagram photos. If you want to use your photos enter your Instagram ID and access all your pics. You can now choose category and then tags.  3. N...

If you are wondering how to create a Instagram Collage we have already written about it here . So if you are a collage fan and want to create one either with your Instagram set of photos or use others photos available on the app you can create some stunning collages and impress your friends. Gibe your Facebook Timeline Cover a whole new look, vibrant with some stunning Instagram photos. We also have a small tutorial to help you get started with Facebook Covers for your Timeline. For users who use their Timeline alot your cover photo is all important with this new app you can now make it even more stunning. Instagram photos are all the craze and rage on the internet and with Instacover you can use your Instagram photos or that of other to create a collage for your cover photo on Facebook.  InstaCover: How does it work 1. Visit the webapp online 2. Sign-in with your Facebook Account 3. This is the screen you see 4. You can now enter your Instagram ID or just work with other photos  av...

Instagram was bought by Facebook and the founder of Facebook did get into trouble at Harvard for creating something called Facemash. Where photos of two female students would be placed side-by-side and you could vote for who was hotter. Well Hotstagram just got hotter and lets you vote for the hottest Instagram user. You can choose the female icon to vote only for hot girls or the male icon to vote for guys. There is also a leaderboard for you to follow all the action and see who has been voted as the hottest Instagrammer.  Hotstagram: How does it work You would need to visit hotstagram and then by default you see female instagram users you can then click either 1 or 2 on your keyboard to choose the hotter one. if you would like to vote for male users, choose the male icon. Once you cast your vote for either 1 or 2 you see a heart appearing on the one you think is hotter and then a new set of photos appear. If you would like to visit the leaderboard to see who is the hottest then you c...

Image Credit: Twitter user Marion Pont This is just a simple trick to find Instagram photos and pictures that users have been sharing on Twitter. This is another activity if you have time to spend online and don't know what else to do. You can search for Instagram pictures on Twitter. Find interesting pics that people are sharing in real time. Most tweets do not stay online for too long so once you find a user uploading some nice pictures you can follow them on the app. This tip is for using Twitter for finding Instagram photos being shared on Twitter.  How to find Instagram photos on Twitter 1. Login to Twitter 2. When someone share a photo on Twitter via Instagram. It gets shared via a link starting with instagr.am. 3. In Twitter's search bar type ' instagr.am ' to find all users sharing Instagram photos. 4. To dig deeper you can enter specific photos you would like to find. So after instagr.am you can then type roses or London or whatever your areas of interests are...

Instagram the popular photo sharing app which was sold to Facebook for 1 billion has simply grown in popularity after the acquisition. Apart from being able to take photos and sharing it on the app, you can also create a collage of all your favorite pics and share them also. The only thing however you would need to use other apps tog to the job done. If you want to make a collage with the Instagram app itself there is a quick workaround which may not really fit the bill. You can arrange your favorite photos in the app and then take a screenshot, zoom in to cut out the borders and save it as your iPhone desktop. This hack will not really leave you happy, but for what it's worth. Ok, so to create a collage you can do so with the following apps and we have selected some of the best ones for you. Both for you iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) and your Andriod devices. How to create a collage in Instagram 1. GetLoupe : Is a Web app that lets you add all your favorite Instagram photos toge...