Facebook Inc. came out with new Instagram features on Tuesday, a day after announcing a messaging service for kids. The social-networking giant announced that users of Instagram Stories will now have their posts automatically saved to a private archive after 24 hours. Previously, messages posted to Stories disappeared forever after a day. Users will also be able to pin “Stories” content to the top of their profiles for an extended period of time, through a new feature called Stories Highlights. Facebook is looking for new ways to compete with Snap Inc.’s Snapchat. Shares of Facebook are up 1.5% in Tuesday afternoon trading, compared with a 0.1% gain for the S&P 500 Index .
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