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Instagram insurance is available to keep your pics intact

A company known as Notch will cover important Instagram posts that may be lost, mainly for influencers or creators on the app.

According to TechCrunch, the Israeli startup will help hacked creators who rely on Instagram as a source of income through sponsored posts for a starting fee of $8 USD (about $10.29 CAD).

In a reviewed example, a policy quoted $38 USD monthly (around $48.87 CAD monthly) would be covered for a total of $22,000 USD (approximately $28,289 CAD).

Accounts are covered for hacks, but the amount will be estimated by Notch, meaning there is no based payment on the level of the account.

However, Notch is working to help those who are wrongfully suspended as well, as it is not a feature at the moment. Notch CEO Rafael Broschi said this will be “an add-on to the policy in the near future, which covers suspensions as well.”

Despite not being at its full state yet, Notch is doing well after raising $7 million USD (around $9 million CAD) from “an extended seed round led by Lightspeed Ventures.” Creators Nas Daily and Casey Neistat have also invested in the company.

Surprisingly, Notch just began in June and is only available in U.S. in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas, with state regulations differing on insurance products.

It’s currently unknown whether Notch will become available outside of the U.S. for Canada and other countries, considering it’s in its early stages.

Image credit: Notch

Sources: Notch, TechCrunch Via: iMore

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MacBook Pro (2021)’s notch is causing inconsistencies in some apps

If you’ve seen Apple’s new MacBook Pro (2021), you likely have an opinion on its display notch. While it’s not a significant issue for a majority of people (including myself), there are some inconsistencies in how it works.

For instance, if an app has lots of taskbar options, then there’s a chance that you might lose one under the notch, as illustrated by a very joyful Quinn Nelson from Snazzy Labs.

I’d expect most apps that suffer from issues like this will update over the next year to support the notch, but if you do hate it, you can disable it on a per-app basis by clicking get info on an app and selecting ‘Scale to fit below built-in camera.’

You’ll need to be on the latest macOS 12.0.1 to enable the feature. You can watch a demo of the setting in action in a tweet below.

As a third-party opinion, I’ll mention that I bought a 14-inch MacBook Pro the other day and I don’t find the notch too distracting. However, I primarily use the laptop hooked up to a display so most of my apps appear on the notchless screen.

Perhaps this would be more of an issue if you only used the MacBook screen, but even then I haven’t run into an app that pushes menu bar items that far toward the centre of the screen.

Source: Quinn Nelson, Joseph from Sketch Via: The Verge