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Google's investment arm has quietly invested in Snapchat (GOOG, GOOGL)
Alphabet's investment arm, Google Capital, has quietly made an investment in Snapchat parent company, Snap Inc. The investment was only revealed after Google Capital rebranded itself to CapitalG on...
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Meet the VC firm you've never heard of that just completed 22 deals in 90 days
Three months ago, Anthony Pompliano launched Full Tilt Capital with one mission: to build the best early stage fund in the world. So far, he can at least claim to be one of the busiest funds. Pompliano...
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Facebook is finally getting serious about its ‘Snapchat problem’ (FB)
For the past couple of years, Facebook has done nothing significant about its Snapchat problem.Sure, Mark Zuckerberg and co. have tried to clone parts of Snapchat with failed apps like Slingshot. But...
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Snapchat invented a nifty way to charge its new smart glasses
When Google released its Google Glass, it looked like a computer strapped onto some glasses, charging port and all. The new Spectacles, made by Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., are intended to be the...
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Snapchat will turn you into Hillary Clinton ahead of Election Day
If you use Snapchat on Monday, you'll be able to morph into none other than presidential candidate Hillary Clinton — pantsuit and all.Ads for Clinton in Snapchat include an "I'm with her" national...
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Snapchat chases the app-install space
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snapchat is edging closer to one of mobile advertising’s biggest...
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Snapchat's latest update reveals its grand strategy
Snapchat's ambition is to be much more than just the app you use to send goofy selfies. It wants to be a leader in augmented reality, the futuristic tech that could one day replace our phone screens...
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Snapchat will sell its Spectacles camera glasses through pop-up vending machines
Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. has revealed how it will sell its camera-equipped, $130 Spectacles glasses: through pop-up vending machines called Snapbots that appear in "surprising" locations for...
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Facebook makes its biggest move yet against Snapchat (FB)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Facebook has launched a stand-alone Snapchat clone designed specifically...
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Instagram is adding more features to take on Snapchat
Instagram continues to take on Snapchat by adding more features to its own Stories feature, which 100 million people use every day.The Facebook-owned app added three more features on Thursday to...
View ArticleSnapchat will sell its new camera glasses through pop-up vending machines
Snapbots are Snap Inc.'s method for selling Snapchat's Spectacles — wearable camera sunglasses. The bots will appear throughout the country, selling Spectacles for $130 a piece. This map will help you...
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Everything you need to know about Snapchat's Spectacles glasses, including...
In case you haven't heard, Snapchat now sells camera-equipped sunglasses called Spectacles.The glasses, which record video to be shared through the Snapchat app, were first announced in September and...
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People are already reselling Snapchat's Spectacles for hundreds of dollars
Snapchat's Spectacles glasses haven't been on sale for 24 hours yet, but people are already reselling them online for hundreds of dollars. Postings on eBay Thursday list Spectacles for up to $900— well...
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This is what it's like to buy Snapchat's new Spectacles glasses
Snapchat knows how to make a splash, and it proved it on Thursday with the debut of its camera-equipped Spectacles sunglasses.A smiling, yellow vending machine with balloons strapped to the top...
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You can use Snapchat to see what you'd look like wearing Spectacles
Snapchat's famous filters normally transform users into deer or put a ring of flowers around their head. Now, Snapchat is using them to do something else: let people try on its Spectacles. A new filter...
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Snapchat just moved its Spectacles vending machine to a new location in...
If you're trying to buy Snapchat's new Spectacles glasses, you now have to trek to Northern California to do it.The company's new camera-equipped glasses are now for sale in pop-up vending machines...
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Snapchat is doing everything it can to avoid the creepy nerdiness of Google...
The last thing Snap Inc. wants is for its new Spectacles to become the next Google Glass.Google released Glass in 2013 to much fanfare in the tech industry. Some thought the head-mounted display, which...
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Snapchat has filed for an IPO that could value the company at $25 billion
Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. has quietly filed paperwork for an initial public offering, setting the wheels in motion for what's expected to be the largest tech debut in years.Snap, which is based...
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Evan Spiegel vs Mark Zuckerberg will be a tech battle for the ages — like...
Apple founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates had a complicated relationship.They started their companies around the same time, and had a lot of similar ideas. Both believed normal people...
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Here are all the places Snapchat’s glasses have been sold — and where they...
Over the last week, Snapchat's Spectacles vending machine has been cropping up in new places throughout the US. Called the Snapbot, the machine has been dispensing the glasses for lucky buyers in three...
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