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Premier Burt’s Instagram Account Hacked

Premier Burt’s Instagram Account Hacked

[Updated] It appears that Premier David Burt’s Instagram account has been ‘hacked,’ with all his photos having vanished and six photos, which are clearly not the Premier’s images, now showing on his Instagram account. While there have been many cases of scammers starting new social media accounts purporting to be local politicians,... Read more of this article

Outage Affects WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook

Outage Affects WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook

[Updated] Bermudians, and millions of others around the globe, are currently having communication challenges, with three of the most popular services – WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook – experiencing an outage, creating quite an issue in a modern world that largely relies on online and messaging services for communication. According to Down... Read more of this article

Barritt’s Beer In Lewis Hamilton’s Instagram Post

Barritt’s Beer In Lewis Hamilton’s Instagram Post

A can of Barritt’s Ginger Beer was recently featured in an Instagram post by British racing driver Sir Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton – who competes in Formula One for Mercedes – has more than 23 million followers on Instagram, and the photo has already earned more than 912,000 likes. He posted the photo below on Instagram, saying, “I’m... Read more of this article

Most Liked Bernews Instagram Photos Of 2020

Most Liked Bernews Instagram Photos Of 2020

As we welcome in 2021, take a look back at the 10 most popular photos posted on Bernews Instagram page over last year, with the photos in 2020′s top ten ‘most liked’ on Instagram — which attained around 15,000 ‘likes’ in total — including the Bermuda Regiment cleaning up after Hurricane Paulette, Private Ndavyah... Read more of this article

BIAS Joins ‘Stop Hate For Profit’ Movement

BIAS Joins ‘Stop Hate For Profit’ Movement

BIAS has joined the #StopHateforProfit movement, with the company “stopping all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram throughout the months of July and August,” with the funds saved to be “given as tuition support to Chinzea Smith, a promising Bermudian studying Diagnostic Medical Sonography at AdventHealth University in Orlando,... Read more of this article

BNG Instagram Takeover: Women’s History

BNG Instagram Takeover: Women’s History

With the Bermuda National Gallery [BNG] temporarily closed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the gallery continues “inspiring the community through art, culture, and dialogue” on their Instagram account, with plans to celebrate Women’s History Month by producing a series of editorial features on their website. A spokesperson said,... Read more of this article

Most Liked Bernews Instagram Photos Of 2019

Most Liked Bernews Instagram Photos Of 2019

As we welcome in 2020, take a look back at the 10 most popular photos posted on Bernews Instagram page over the last year, with the photos in 2019′s top ten ‘most liked’ on Instagram including a couple welcoming their ‘Hurricane baby,’ images of the seal that was found in Bermuda, and island residents donating to help the Bahamas. Others... Read more of this article

Ocean Plastic Advent Calendar Raises Awareness

Ocean Plastic Advent Calendar Raises Awareness

Local photographer Meredith Andrews has once again collected and re-purposed plastic that has washed up on the shores of Bermuda to create an interesting and thought provoking daily advent calendar series on Instagram. This marks the second year that Ms. Andrews has utilized ocean plastics for her holiday project, which uses discarded materials such... Read more of this article

Instagram Video 101: A Live IG Video Training

Instagram Video 101: A Live IG Video Training

If you’ve ever wanted to learn all about creating and posting videos to Instagram so that your business or personal brand can be more visible online, you’re in luck. A live training is scheduled for next week called Instagram Video 101: How to create videos for Instagram using what you already have. It will be taught by video confidence coach Mikaela... Read more of this article

Norwegians To Take Over Triathlon Instagram

Norwegians To Take Over Triathlon Instagram

With less than two weeks until the opening ceremony of the MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda Festival Weekend and interest mounting in the local community about who will win the men’s elite race, three Norwegian runners will take over the event’s Instagram page today [April 12] in order to help showcase the event. A spokesperson said, “With... Read more of this article

Report: Plans To Integrate WhatsApp, IG & FB

Report: Plans To Integrate WhatsApp, IG & FB

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, plans to integrate the social network’s messaging services of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger, according to a story in The New York Times. While they are all owned by the same company, the three social networks and messaging services operate separately now, with their services extremely popular... Read more of this article

Most Liked Bernews Instagram Photos Of 2018

Most Liked Bernews Instagram Photos Of 2018

As we close out 2018, you can take a look back at the top 10 most popular photos posted on Bernews Instagram page this year, with the photos in 2018′s top ten ‘most liked’ on Instagram including multiple photos of world champion triathlete Flora Duffy, Winter Olympian Dr Tucker Murphy, marine life, Premier David Burt and Mrs. Kristin Burt,... Read more of this article

CNN Highlights Meredith Andrews ‘Adventgram’

CNN Highlights Meredith Andrews ‘Adventgram’

CNN has featured the work of local photographer Meredith Andrews, who is collecting plastic that has washed up on the shores of Bermuda to create an interesting and thought provoking daily advent calendar series on Instagram. The CNN story said, “At this time of year, advent calendars deck the halls around the world. And the stunning island of Bermuda,... Read more of this article

Premier Burt Impersonated On Instagram Again

Premier Burt Impersonated On Instagram Again

[Written by Don Burgess] Premier David Burt has been hit again by Instagram scammers. A fake social media account has been set up in his name on that platform. It is at least the third time since November 2017 that a fake Instagram account has been posted using the Premier’s name. This one has 67 followers but has followed 433 people. It posted... Read more of this article

Bermuda Showcased By ‘Beautiful Destinations’

Bermuda Showcased By ‘Beautiful Destinations’

A series of Bermuda posts and stories are on display this summer to the 11 million followers of Beautiful Destinations on Instagram, the BTA said today, with one photo alone attaining over 220,000 likes, while another video has in excess of 300,000 views. “An instastory posted on July 21st reached more than 6.5 million users and generated an exceptionally... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s Top 50 Instagram Accounts

Bermuda’s Top 50 Instagram Accounts

[Written by Don Burgess] Welcome to the first-ever Bermuda Top 50 Instagram accounts. As a caveat, there are probably a few missed names so if you know of someone who should be on the list, email me at dburgesspb@gmail.com. To make this inaugural ranking an account needed more than 7,000 followers. WWE and Fox business commentator John Layfield is... Read more of this article