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The best apps you may have missed last month
August was a big month for apps.There were plenty of important updates to popular apps like Instagram and Snapchat, interesting acquisitions of apps by some of the biggest players in tech, and a few...
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Here's another clue about Snapchat's secret hardware project
We just got another hint about Snapchat's super-secret hardware project. The company has reportedly been hustling on a stealthy smart glasses project, and we now know that it recently became a member...
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Here are all the clues we've found about Snapchat's secret smart glasses
Snapchat's hardware ambitions are supposed to be a secret. Yet, there have been enough clues left behind (thanks to a combination of LinkedIn and the Sony hack) for us to begin piecing together a...
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Snapchat kills 'Live Stories' for cities, fires human curators
Snapchat will no longer make daily "Live Stories" for cities, the company confirmed to Bloomberg on Wednesday. As a result, Bloomberg reports that about 15 Snapchat employees who curate local Live...
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Snapchat could go public as early as this year
Snapchat could look to go public this year, according to a new report from The Information.While it has approached some banks, it hasn't settled on a firm yet, the report says.This isn't too...
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ESPN's digital boss reveals how ESPN snags millennials, and 18 million people...
The dominant media narrative in recent months around ESPN has been this: ESPN is losing cable subscribers, slowly but surely.There has been a variety of theories as to why, posited by industry insiders...
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John Mayer is the only celebrity you need to follow on Snapchat
You probably don't think of the word "comedian" when John Mayer's name crops up in the news or conversation, but boy are you wrong. Mayer is a lot of things — singer, songwriter, master guitarist,...
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These models prove you can rock a Snapchat filter in real life
Snapchat's filters can turn anyone into a bee, a deer, or a zebra just by holding their face up to the camera. The radical transformations have always been a fantasy living in the app, but fashion...
View ArticleThis 16-year-old entrepreneur is making a fortune selling rare sneakers to...
Benjamin Kapelushnik, a.k.a. Benjamin "Kickz", may only be 16 years old, but he has been serving the "sneakerhead" community for years by reselling rare sneakers to celebrities and the public on his...
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Adidas' ad agency says user retention on its Snapchat videos is 'insane'...
Adidas is yet to know the full role of Snapchat in its marketing but it does know that its content is likely to be viewed for longer when it’s on the app compared to other platforms.It’s one of the...
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REVEALED: Secret video shows Snapchat's new glasses
Snapchat has been working on secret sunglasses for years, but an unreleased video obtained by Business Insider is the first glimpse at what the product will look like.Called "Spectacles," the glasses...
View ArticleSigns are already popping up teasing the new Snapchat Spectacles
Snapchat appears to be teasing its highly-anticipated Spectacles in plain sight, suggesting they could launch soon.Billboards popped up this week in California, New Jersey, and New York with a...
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Snapchat is now called Snap Inc. and will sell its Spectacles for $129
Snapchat's name has disappeared.On Friday, the company announced in a Wall Street Journal article that it was changing its name to Snap Inc.The name is more fitting since the company is now more than...
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Everything we know about Snapchat's new camera glasses, Spectacles
Snapchat isn't just an app anymore.On Friday the company officially renamed itself to Snap Inc. and announced a pair of camera-equipped sunglasses called Spectacles.After Business Insider obtained and...
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5 reasons Snapchat's new Spectacles could succeed where Google Glass failed
Snapchat on Friday surprised everyone with two big announcements: First, the company has changed its name from Snapchat to Snap Inc., and second, the company will sell its first hardware product ever...
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With Spectacles, Snap is doing something I haven't seen since the 1970s
I don't know much of anything about Snapchat because I'm frankly just too old to get it.But I have a 13-year-old daughter, and she and her friends get Snapchat and then some. They use it constantly —...
View ArticleHere’s everything we know about Snapchat’s new camera sunglasses, Spectacles
Snap Inc. has just revealed Spectacles. These sunglasses record 10-second videos and send them wirelessly to your Snapchat app. Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story »
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A former Motorola exec is behind Snapchat's Spectacles
Former Motorola executive Seshadri Tangutur is the Snapchat executive overseeing the Spectacles product, the internet company's first push into building its own hardware, according to new FCC filings....
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Millennials would rather delete their main calling app than Snapchat
Millennials hate calling on the phone so much that they'd rather delete their main phone app altogether than lose Snapchat.That's according to a new study from LivePerson, which surveyed 3,000 US...
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Snapchat filters were the real winners of the first Trump-Clinton debate
Americans across the country were glued to the first presidential debate in one of the most controversial presidential elections to date. And with nearly half of voters relying on these debates to...
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