Snapchat’s parent company lost some $1.3 billion in market value on Thursday after reality star Kylie Jenner’s tweeted that she was no longer using the messaging service. “sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore?…
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Snapchat redesign keeps it personal
Snapchat on Wednesday unveiled a redesign intended to rev up use of the image-sharing smartphone application by focusing on personal interests instead of what friends post. Parent company Snap has promised the redesign in a…
Facebook losing teens to Instagram-Snapchat: forecast
Facebook use in the US will slow as teens and young adults opt for smartphone image-sharing services Instagram and Snapchat, according to an eMarketer forecast released on Tuesday. The market tracker expected Facebook’s online community…
Snap: messages vanish, young billionaires appear
The mobile application Snapchat became a social media star with messages that vanish after viewing, making co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy among the youngest billionaires on the planet. The history of the company, recently…
Facebook-owned Instagram keeps pressure on Snapchat
Facebook-owned Instagram ramped up the pressure on Snapchat on Monday, adding ephemeral live video broadcasts and vanishing direct messages. “Send anything you want, from inside jokes to your worst selfies,” Instagram said in a blog…
Snapchat introduces video-catching sunglasses
Vanishing message service Snapchat announced Saturday it will launch a line of video-catching sunglasses, a spin on Glass eyewear abandoned by Google more than a year ago. The California-based company, which also announced it is…
Snapchat “Yellow Face” lens slapped as offensive
Vanishing message app Snapchat made a photo lens quickly disappear after an online uproar branding it an offensive stereotype of Asians worthy of the label “Yellow Face.” The lens overlaid faces in photos with cartoon…
Television show “The Voice” being tuned for Snapchat
Media giant NBC Universal said that it is making a Snapchat version of its singing competition show “The Voice.” The popular reality series, which spread from the Netherlands to become a global phenomenon, will be…
Instagram adds everyday ‘Stories’ in Snapchat spin
Instagram on Tuesday put its own spin on a key Snapchat feature by letting users post “Stories” that eventually vanish from the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing application. Instagram Stories encourages people to share ephemeral collages…
Snapchat ramps up messaging service with ‘chat 2.0’
Snapchat is dressing up its messaging with an upgraded video chat and animations, part of the social network’s efforts to be the preferred service for young users. “We’re excited to introduce Chat 2.0,” the California…