Everything about Snapchat’s Spectacles — one of the hottest gadgets of the year
Snapchat's Spectacles are here, but they are not so easy to find. The new glasses are available only in certain vending machines popping up across the US. They capture video and send it automatically...
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Snapchat has opened an office in China — one of the few countries where it's...
Snap Inc, Snapchat's parent company, has opened a research and development (R&D) office in China, according to CNN.The office, which is in Shenzhen, South East China, will reportedly be used to...
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Here's Snap's plan to get foothold in China
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snap Inc., the parent company of ephemeral messaging app Snapchat,...
View ArticleHands on with Snapchat's Spectacles — one of the most talked about gadgets of...
Snapchat's Spectacles may be hard to come by, but we got ahold of a pair to see how they work. Tech reporter Avery Hartmans shares her thoughts on the popular wearable device, which lets you record...
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Snapchat was the very first app I downloaded — and its latest feature has got...
When I got my very first iPhone in 2013, Snapchat was one of the first apps I downloaded. Almost immediately, I felt like the one thing Snapchat was missing was a groups feature. I wanted to be able to...
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Here are all the times Facebook copied Snapchat in 2016 (FB)
2016 was the year that Facebook recognized the threat Snapchat poses to its core business, and started relentlessly cloning the app's core features. It makes sense considering Facebook unsuccessfully...
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Snap reportedly spent up to $40 million on an augmented-reality startup
Snap has reportedly made an investment in augmented reality, purchasing the Israeli-based startup Cimagine Media in a deal that's said to be worth $30 million to $40 million.Originally reported by...
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Snap's latest purchase opens new commerce opportunities
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snap, the company behind popular ephemeral photo- and video-sharing...
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Snapchat is using machine learning to work out who is most likely to swipe up...
Snapchat has begun using a new machine learning technique to determine which of its users are most likely to swipe up and engage with an ad on the app, AdAge reported.This month, Snapchat began rolling...
View ArticleTeens told us the brands they love and can't live without
Teenagers gathered for a panel at Business Insider's IGNITION conference to discuss what brands they can't live without. The high schoolers named Instagram, Snapchat, Sony, and Adidas as some of their...
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These tech startups are IPO candidates to watch in 2017
2016 saw a dry spell for tech IPOs, but investors are already counting on 2017 to turn the tides.Already, startups like AppDynamics and Snapchat have filed to go public in the new year. And our sources...
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Snapchat is making a big push on measurement in Europe
Snapchat is launching new measurement capabilities for advertisers in Europe as the company looks to boost its global revenue ahead of its forthcoming IPO.From Tuesday, advertisers in the UK and France...
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A fired Snapchat employee claims the company lied to investors ahead of its IPO
A former Snapchat employee is accusing the company of lying to investors as it pursues its plans to go public.In a lawsuit filed in California on Wednesday, former growth lead Anthony Pompliano alleges...
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The fabulous life of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, the world's youngest self-made...
Life is good for Evan Spiegel.His company, Snap Inc., is preparing for one of the most hotly anticipated initial public offerings of 2017 at a valuation of about $20 billion. The Snapchat app is...
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A 21-year-old college student breaks down which social networks are hot and...
On January 2, 2015, I wrote a viral post entitled “A Teenager’s View on Social Media,” in which I dissected popular apps and what I thought about them. It got over one million views. Many people have...
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In an unusual move for a US tech company, Snapchat is making the UK its...
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has chosen to base its international headquarters in the UK, The Financial Times first reported on Tuesday.The move is unusual for a US-based tech firm. Companies...
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Apple may be working on its own version of Google Glass with German lens...
Apple has partnered with the German lens and optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss AG on a new pair of augmented reality smartglasses, according to technology blogger Robert Scoble.Scoble said on his Facebook...
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Instagram is pushing ads into its Snapchat-like Stories feature (FB)
Instagram is moving quickly to introduce ads into Stories, the Snapchat-like feature it added in August that allows users to share a series of photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours.The...
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Snapchat hires senior state department official Rick Stengel to deepen its...
Snap Inc. has hired former state department official Rick Stengel, a company spokesperson told Business Insider on Wednesday.Stengel previously served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy...
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Here's how to use Marco Polo, the video messaging app that could replace...
If you've ever wanted to recapture the magic of playing with walkie talkies as a kid, there's an app designed to do just that — 2017-style. Marco Polo bills itself as the "video walkie talkie," a video...
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