it seems that Instagram continues its crusade against Snapchat. If a few weeks photo application owned by Facebook makes copied directly snaps Snapchat integrating them into the main app under the name of Histories, it seems that things are not going to be there. In fact, Instagram has recopied and include other functions Snapchat, although this is only available for the moment in the United States.

In this sense, Instagram to an integrated a new channel “Events” in the tab Explorer of the app that brings together images and videos related to a time when concrete vivo, eg “Olympic Games”, “Superbowl”, “concert of Shakira and Carlos Vives” or “DNC” as it has also Snapchat in category “Live” under the stories of our contacts.

Events Instagram works through an algorithm and shows the user the most related content based on their row, I like or reproduction. For now, it is only available in the United States but is expected to, as the company will refine the algorithm, start to include new content in more countries.

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So far the company has included the most important functions of Snapchat, but We still have a media stories and collaborators, which is one of its most important added values.

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