As Facebook’s Instagram drives to oust the popular disappearing messaging app Snapchat, both apps seem to be adding features here, there and everywhere. It’s hard to keep up!
Snapchat have had a busy month or two, with launching features such as the innovative Snap Map feature and more recently, On-Demand Geofilters.
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Instagram stole Snapchat’s story feature, old news… Well, now they may have 1-up on the original disappearing instant messaging platform.
Instagram is now offering even more photo and video messaging options to 200+ million Story users. It’s called Direct. Direct, launched last November, has been Instagram’s name for its disappearing messages. Now, Instagram is plugging its disappearing photo and video messaging within its Stories feature.
One year ago I published my views on the rise of live video streaming apps, highlighting the success of live video streaming platforms, and what I thought the future held for video.
So what’s happened since?