Social media apps are on a quest to keep their users locked in for longer periods of time. Flipagram, the personal video storytelling app, is the latest one to add a new feature that allows its users to share private stories (Flips) with one another or to a select group of friends in the community.
Flipagram users are now able to direct message Flips to a specific friend or group without having to click out of the app and share publicly. The DM feature is located to the right of the plus button that is used to create a new Flip story. This new feature will replace the music button, now residing in the app’s “Explore” section. In order to use direct messaging, all parties have to follow each other.
After clicking on the messaging button, the app will take the user to another screen where messages and Flips can be exchanged in private. “While public sharing and social media continue to be powerful uses for Flipagram, increasingly we find people sharing more personal Flips with hand-selected audiences through private sharing options such as messenger, SMS or email,” says CEO and co-founder of Flipagram Farhad Mohit. “By building Direct Messaging into Flipagram we’ve made it much simpler for private Flips to be shared with just the right audience, while keeping the conversations around these Flips on Flipagram where they are most immersively experienced.”
Flipagram’s latest add-on comes after the app unveiled a music video camera feature that allows users to create music videos of themselves lip-syncing to their favorite tunes and share the clip.
The DM feature opens doors for its users to be creative at expressing themselves, and could come in handy for this upcoming Valentine’s Day.
Are you tired of paying for streaming services you never watch just to get a phone plan feature you actually want? T-Mobile has good news for you! The carrier is rolling out new plans, called T-Mix, in early November to replace its old Experience lineup with a build-your-own perks system called Picks.
The benefits you choose vary from streaming and gaming to food delivery, AI, satellite service, and phone discounts. But if you are satisfied with your existing plan, you can keep it.
Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.