Digital News: July 6, 2021

Instagram May Soon Let You Post from Desktop (TechCrunch)

After years of solely focusing on its mobile product, Instagram is at long last thinking about letting users post from their computers. A number of Twitter uses noticed that the test feature had gone live Thursday, and Instagram confirmed the test to TechCrunch. Read more: https://tcrn.ch/3hkf76a

Twitter Now Lets iOS Users Easily Share Tweets as Instagram Stories (The Verge)

Twitter’s iOS app has been updated to let anyone quickly and easily share tweets to their Instagram Story, Twitter has announced. The feature works using the iOS share sheet: just tap the share icon underneath any tweet, and select “Instagram Stories” from the list of apps. Once in Instagram, the tweet can be resized, re-positioned, and adorned with the image service’s standard selection of text, stickers, music, and annotations. Read more: https://bit.ly/3hJ2Vea

TikTok Will Enable All Users Make Longer Videos (Social Media Today)

TikTok has been experimenting with letting creators around the world post videos up to three minutes long and is now extending the option for all users in the upcoming weeks. Read more: https://bit.ly/3jN6XVG