As the world goes through lockdown to fight against COVID-19, Instagram has launched a new feature to enable more social activity among its users. The newly launched feature by the photo-sharing app will enable users to co-watch posts and content on its app while video chatting. One can browse through the feed and share the liked or saved posts while chatting with other users or groups of friends via group video chat. This particular feature can help increasing video calls over the app, as sharing your favourite posts with your friends and others while chatting with them might be a good feature for most of the users. As reported by Tech Crunch, the new feature can be used by six users at the same time and you can share feed photos and videos but not IGTV posts.
Some of the other new features include-
– New Story stickers suggesting social distancing & techniques wash hands.
– The top results search bar is showing Coronavirus information, also educational information about the virus.
Missed watching ‘Parasite’? The Oscar-winning film is now on Amazon Prime
This may be the best part amidst the coronavirus lockdown! If you haven’t watched the most acclaimed film Parasite till now, here is good news for all of you. The Oscar-winning film Parasite is now available at Amazon Prime India, marks its exclusive India debut of the film. It has been released in Korean and Hindi language with English subtitles.
It is the first foreign-language film to reward an Academy Award in the Best Picture category. Also, the director Bong Joon-Ho was awarded the Best Director award for a non-English film. The film has also won many other awards, such as the 2019 Palme d’OR, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for 2020, the 2020 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2020 BAFTA Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Original Screenplay, and many others.
With dark humor and suspense, the story of the movie revolves around two families – one quite rich, well-to-do family, the other one poor.
The Parasite also took home trophies for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Feature Film alongside winning Best Picture at the Oscars. The Parasite is also the first South Korean movie to earn this tremendous publicity and acclaim from the Academy Awards.