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Instagram is in the midst of a lot of changes right now, but one it’s rolling out today may be music to some users’ ears. The photo sharing platform announced it’s going to let everyone capture 60-second videos. The new minute limit goes into effect today, and everyone should have it in the next few […]

The social network will add a compass icon to the right side of 360-degree and panoramic photos shared via Messenger to make it easy for recipients to identify them. The already highly-rated Facebook Messenger app, which we here at PCMag have called “one of the best ways to chat,” is getting even better with support […]

Acting on an announcement made in July, Netflix has now removed all customer-contributed reviews of TV shows and movies from its site. The opinion database was a desktop-only feature, so it’s likely many mobile users of Netflix won’t even have been aware of its existence. Indeed, Netflix cited lack of use as a reason for […]

A comprehensive biweekly patch schedule is set to address some of the issues that users of the service have been experiencing since its launch earlier this year. This is according to Engadget, which notes that the user interface is expected to be updated first, due to complaints about difficult navigation and problems with sorting and […]

Back in January, we reported that image-focussed social media platform Instagram could be looking to expand its repertoire with the addition of video and voice calling, and the discovery of suggestive new files within the latest Instagram and Instagram Direct Android apps suggests the features could be coming very soon. Hints of video and voice […]

Those lists you see every month about the content coming to Netflix or to Amazon generate the same kind of comment, no matter how much the content changes: “These movies suck. I’m canceling my subscription.” The Why Axis BugBut Streaming Observer is here to provide some context. Using Rotten Tomatoes’ Certified Fresh rating as a […]

Facebook is launching Watch Party to all Facebook groups around the world, which lets you watch live and recorded video with others while simultaneously chatting. Facebook is making the Watch Party feature it first announced in May more widely available. Watch Party, for the uninitiated, lets you watch live and recorded video with others while […]

WHAT IS YOUTUBE PREMIUM? YouTube Premium is a subscription-based service (it debuted as “Music Key” in 2014 and, as with many Google services, was eventually rebranded to YouTube Red before arriving at its current name), that adds several features to the basic YouTube experience. Unlike Spotify or Apple Music, it’s not a dedicated music streaming […]

There’s no question whatsoever that 2018 was a fantastic year for Netflix. The world’s favorite source of streaming entertainment released an endless string of smash hits from start to finish last year, and that includes original content as well as third-party movies and TV shows. Guess what: Netflix has no plans of slowing down now […]