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Instagram introduces six new Superzoom effects to make your Stories, more dramatic

Now, you will have new Superzoom effects to add to your Instagram stories. The new set includes a heart-filled fog with music, paparazzi camera flashes, fire with rock music in the background, a big red X, black leaves against a melancholy soundtrack, surprise effect with an evil audio, a TV programme effect and beats effect for those dance stories.

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Now, you will have new Superzoom effects to add to your Instagram stories. The new set includes a heart-filled fog with music, paparazzi camera flashes, fire with rock music in the background, a big red X, black leaves against a melancholy soundtrack, surprise effect with an evil audio, a TV programme effect and beats effect for those dance stories.

The new effects will be available alongside the previous four effects. As Mashable reports, the new set is not available for everyone just yet as it is a gradual roll out. 

Instagram set out to thwart duplicity with an option to authenticate high-profile accounts at the Facebook-owned image or video sharing social network. Blue badges displayed at Instagram accounts will indicate holders have gone through a verification process that includes providing photos of identity documentation, according to chief technology officer Mike Krieger.

Verification badges are intended to enable Instagram users to know when posts actually come from accounts of celebrities, notable public figures, big brands or well-known organizations. "We will review verification requests to confirm the authenticity, uniqueness, completeness and notability of each account," Krieger said. In coming weeks, profiles of accounts with huge audiences will start showing more information, such as when they were created, where it is located, and what ads it may be running, according to Instagram.

Instagram it June announced it passed a billion active users, and unveiled a new long-form video feature in a bid to attract "creators" like those on YouTube. It became the fourth Facebook platform to hit the billion-user mark, including the namesake social network with more than two billion users, and the  messaging applications WhatsApp and Messenger.

Facebook acquired Instagram in April 2012 for a combination of cash and stock worth some $1 billion at the time. While Facebook offers no detailed revenue breakdown, eMarketer estimated Instagram will generate $5.48 billion in net US ad revenue this year, up 70.4 percent from last year and accounting for more than one-fourth of Facebook's net mobile ad revenue. 

With inputs from ANI

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