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  • The Facebook homepage on a mobile phone

Facebook Introduces Prefetching, to Help Load Mobile Pages

By |September 6th, 2016|News|

Facebook announced last week that they want to speed up the web, so they are introducing "prefetching" to pre-load mobile content in the Facebook in-app browser before a link is tapped. This new feature can shorten load time by 29% in some cases. If you want to learn more about [...]

  • An example of a Facebook instant article

Facebook Highlighting Instant Articles in News Feed with Special Format

By |September 6th, 2016|News|

Facebook seems to be giving articles that are utilizing the Facebook Instant Articles functionality a special callout within their mobile app. I noticed it over the weekend and wasn't sure if I was the only one (not seeing anyone else talking about it online). Here is a screenshot that made [...]

  • The Instragam icon, in a hand-drawn aesthetic

Pinch and Zoom is here for Instagram

By |September 6th, 2016|News|

Instagram released a new feature last week on the iOS app, with Android to follow, that will give you the ability to pinch and zoom on photos and videos that appear in your feed. Instagram announced on their own account: Starting today, you can pinch to zoom on photos and [...]

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