Rest of the Day: Instagram Now Supports 60 Second Videos
You can now post minute videos to Instagram. Previously, videos were limited to a meaningful 15 seconds – longer than Vine, but short enough for my waning attention. For comparison: 60 seconds practically requires an intermission.
- Support for these aforementioned longer Instagram videos is starting to roll out today , as well as multi-clip videos on iOS, so you can do basic multi-clip editing. Also in this update has a bug: in some users, there is no way out of the system . [Instagram]
- Snapchat has gotten a lot of new features they call Chat 2.0 . It’s a mix of audio and video calls and clips along with stickers that you can use alongside your chats in a multimedia jumble. But it’s intuitive! At least if you’re a cool teenager. [TechCrunch]
- Pinterest makes it easy to track the details of DIY projects . The new How-To Pins will feature step-by-step instructions created in collaboration with various companies such as Home Depot and Food.com. [The Next Web]
- You can now add descriptions to images on Twitter to make the service more accessible to visually impaired users. The description can be up to 420 characters long. Guess a picture isn’t worth a thousand words after all. [Twitter]
- Sony is launching a 4K movie streaming service called Ultra in April . For now, this service will only be available on compatible Sony 4K TVs, and an ultra-high definition movie will cost you $ 30. [Recode & The Verge ]
- Lyft is launching a carpooling service in the Bay Area to compete with Uber’s UberPool, which is apparently quite popular in the area among commuters. [Lyft]