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Tech giants dominate the app charts, and Snapchat is a rare exception
When Snap Inc (née Snapchat) unveiled its video camera-equipped Spectacles on Friday, one of the more common reactions was very simple: Why? Why would a startup behind a popular photo sharing app...
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Why Snapchat’s Spectacles are going to (finally) make life logging cool
The human desire to log the realities of everyday life is something that technology companies have been trying to turn into a successful product for years. With a new pair of smart glasses on offer,...
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Meet the secret power players who run Snapchat
CEO Evan Spiegel may be the public face of the newly-rebranded Snap Inc., but it's taken more than his hard work to turn what started as a disappearing message app into a $20 billion media,...
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Millennials are so interested in Snapchat's camera glasses, demand could...
Snapchat (now called Snap) is releasing its camera glasses, called Spectacles, later this year, the company announced over the weekend after Business Insider published a then-secret promotional video...
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Snapchat clone Snow lands $45 million from Japanese messaging giant Line
Japanese messaging behemoth Line just poured $45 million into a South Korean Snapchat clone in an effort to increase its social footprint in Asia.The app known as Snow received a fair bit of exposure...
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Facebook is testing its own version of Snapchat in the Messenger app (FB)
Facebook is testing Snapchat-like photo and video messages that disappear after 24 hours in its Messenger app.After TechCrunch first spotted the changes, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed the feature...
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This list of headlines shows that Snapchat is the ultimate tabloid
Snapchat Discover, the section of the app where you can catch up on the day’s news, is a certified hit.Discover has attracted media companies from BuzzFeed to CNN to The Wall Street Journal. And...
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A college newspaper just ripped apart Snapchat’s new Spectacles as — gasp! —...
While the rest of the world may have been intrigued or excited by Snapchat's new hardware project, it appears that one demographic is not impressed with Spectacles: college students. The editorial...
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WhatsApp is targeting Snapchat's potential market with its latest update (FB)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.On Monday, WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app globally,...
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Snap is working on an IPO for March that would value the company at $25 billion
Snap Inc., the company formerly known as Snapchat, is working on an initial public offering for March that would value the company at $25 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.A source familiar...
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Snapchat decided it needs to IPO to fight Facebook
Snapchat's IPO is coming in the first half of 2017, in an offering that could value the hot social networking app at $25 billion. The company, which recently rebranded itself as Snap and announced...
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Snapchat is preparing for automated ad sales
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snapchat opened its Ads API platform to programmatic bidding last...
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Snap's IPO could be bigger than Google's (GOOG, GOOGL)
Snapchat could be going public. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Snap Inc., the newly-formed parent company of the popular messaging app, is exploring an initial public offering that...
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Snapchat just changed how you watch Stories and buried its Discover section
On Friday Snapchat announced two new changes: a feature called Story Playlist and the demotion of Discover, the section in its app where publishers like BuzzFeed and Vice show original content every...
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What it’s like to work at Snapchat, one of the most secretive companies in tech
When a group of Snapchat employees got locked out of their building one Monday morning, they quickly realized their predicament was no accident.A top-secret Snapchat team had swooped in overnight and...
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The great IPO unclogging couldn't come soon enough for bankers
Twilio, Line, Nutanix, Snapchat.There are more signs every week that tech's IPO activity could finally pick up again, and the news couldn't come soon enough for investment bankers."From an equity...
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Meet the job seeker who used Snapchat to get noticed by employers
For some, Snapchat is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.But those who know how to wield the ever-growing social app may have an advantage in the working world.After seeing how geofilters...
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Snap is looking for someone to oversee its stock plan ahead of its big IPO
The company formerly known as Snapchat is looking for someone to oversee its stock plan ahead of its planned $25 billion IPO.A recently posted job listing for a Senior Stock Plan Administrator says the...
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This new app wants to take on Snapchat with 'augmented' video messaging
Your friend sends you a video message asking you to go to a Drake concert that night.The moment the word "Drake" is said, the Canadian rapper's name appears to the left of the video with a link to...
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Snapchat has chosen Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to run its IPO
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, has chosen bankers for its initial public offering.Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs will lead the deal, while JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Allen & Co.,...
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