Instagram's standalone messaging app Threads is shutting down

Instagram will shut its standalone Threads messaging app by the end of the year. Following reports of the potential shutdown last week, the company confirmed it was moving forward with the decision in a statement to TechCrunch . "We're now focusing our efforts on enhancing how you connect with close friends on Instagram, and deprecating the Threads app," a spokesperson for Instagram told the outlet. "We're bringing the fun and unique features we had on Threads to the main Instagram app, and cont...