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Instagram introduces new features that mimic Twitter and Snap tools

For the last six years, Instagram has been a repository for users’ most picturesque moments. But 2016 has been a year of reinvention for the photo-sharing social network, which has broadened what it lets people do with their images.

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Yahoo and Google face challenge as social media sites aim to be video gateways

Facebook and Snapchat have overtaken the homepages of Yahoo and Google as the front doors to the internet for hundreds of millions of people. Now, the two rivals are pursuing a much bigger challenge: surpassing television to become the dominant gateway to video.

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Facebook links up with news outlets for US Election Day live video blitz

Facebook said on Monday it would partner with 50 broadcast stations, print and online publications for an Election Day live video blitz, as the social media company aims to build on the momentum of its popular Facebook Live video streaming service.

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Twitter axes Vine video service

Twitter has announced it is to close its video sharing service Vine about four years after it launched.

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Electromagnetic device saves Aussie fisherman from shark attack

A fisherman from Western Australia (WA) said a device that uses an electromagnetic field to deter sharks saved him from an attack by a Great White Shark.

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North American couple appear in new Taleban hostage video

An American-Canadian couple held hostage by the Taleban for four years have urged their governments to pressure Kabul to change its policy on executions of captured insurgents, according to a new video which surfaced on Tuesday (Aug 30).

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Party warns of attempts to foment revolution after rights lawyer trial

The five-minutes video juxtaposes images of Syrian refugees, Chinese soldiers, and Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-Wen.

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South China Sea video displayed at NY Times Square

A video on South China Sea has been displayed recently on one of the giant electronic billboards at Times Square in New York City, explaining the historical and legal basis backing China's indisputable territorial sovereignty and rights in the region.

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Brutality of Turkey's failed coup caught on phones, social media

​A tank rolls through five lanes of deadlocked traffic towards the Bosphorus Bridge, crushing cars. A military helicopter shoots at people dashing across a highway. Mutinous soldiers open fire on civilians outside an air base.

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ISIS adds lure of children to regional propaganda campaign

Since the start of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) aggressive online campaign in justifying its own brand of caliphate, children have been targeted as a subject of propaganda and featured alongside adult fighters in visual reports as well as videos.

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ISIS targets South-east Asia radicals in latest recruitment video; 'propaganda', says Philippines

The Philippine military has dismissed as mere “propaganda” a video purportedly released by militants to recruit radicals from South-east Asia into the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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Brazil's interim president condemns gang rape of teenager, vows justice

Brazilian interim President Michel Temer on Friday condemned the shocking gang rape of a teenager, which drew worldwide fury after her attackers posted a video of the crime online.

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New technology to encourage Chinese "medical tourists" to Australia

Australia could soon become the number one destination for Chinese "medical tourists" after an Australian start-up company joined forces with a Chinese medical service provider.

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Celebrities Internet video celebrity told to behave, stop swearing

A popular Chinese internet video celebrity who goes by the moniker "Papi Jiang" promised on Monday to tone down her online videos after being admonished by State authorities.

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Australian minister terms Johnny Depp's viral apology a poor "performance"

​A video of renowned actor Johnny Depp and wife Amber Heard apologizing for smuggling undeclared dogs into Australia has gone viral overnight, but has copped a backlash for looking similar to a hostage video.

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Islamic State issues warning in video after Brussels attacks:media

The Islamic State issued two videos on Friday warning that the "nightmare" of the Brussels terror attacks "had only just begun".