Snapchat isn't offering voting rights in its IPO — and potential investors...
Snap Inc. has already upset potential investors.The parent company of Snapchat, which filed for flotation on the stock market on Thursday, is offering public shares with no voting power and potential...
View ArticleSECRECY, CONTROL AND 'KINDNESS': What the Snapchat IPO tells us about its...
Last night's filing of Snapchat's IPO papers was the largest data dump we've ever received from the company. Suddenly, the world knows a huge amount about a company that, until 24 hours ago, was mostly...
View ArticleThe alleged betrayal in these photos, texts, and emails cost Snapchat $158...
When Snap Inc. filed its IPO papers with the SEC last night, it ended one of the most tantalising mysteries in tech: What happened to the third founder of Snapchat, the Stanford student who allegedly...
View ArticleSnapchat has got big plans for its 'Spectacles' camera-glasses in 2017
Snapchat says it has big plans for its buzzy "Spectacles" camera-glasses.Snap Inc., the company behind the popular ephemeral messaging app, filed to go public on Thursday— and the documents have given...
View ArticleThis fratty email reveals how CEO Evan Spiegel first pitched Snapchat as an...
Snapchat is going public with a $25 billion (£20 billion) valuation. Clearly, the photo-sharing app has come a long, long way.When Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap (the parent company of Snapchat), first...
View ArticleThe fabulous life of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, one of the world's youngest...
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 potential valuation of $25 billion.And with an estimated...
View ArticleHow Imran Khan swapped Wall Street for a huge role at Snapchat and earned...
When Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. goes public next month, its sale will prove a windfall for a handful of executives who helped grow the company from a tiny startup to a $25 billion juggernaut in...
View ArticleHere’s how Snapchat compares to Facebook and Twitter before their IPOs (AAPL)
Snapchat’s parent company Snap is finally ready to go public. Though there are many interesting details to glean from the move, the big question on investors’ minds is: Are we looking at the next...
View Article'Now photographs are used for talking' — Watch Snapchat's CEO explain what...
What exactly is Snapchat, and why is it potentially worth $25 billion?You may have never used the app that's barreling towards a blockbuster IPO, but you've probably heard of it.Even if you are one of...
View ArticleThe rise of Snapchat from a sexting app by Stanford frat bros to a $3 billion...
Snapchat's beginning sounds a lot like Facebook's from "The Social Network."In Snapchat's case, it wasn't two ousted cofounders (the Winklevoss twins) against Mark Zuckerberg. But still, it featured...
View ArticleMPs want to fine Twitter and Facebook up to £2 million if they can't police...
Twitter's abuse problem might be about to get costly, after a group of MPs proposed fines of up to £2 million for social networks that can't curb online harassment.The proposal is part of the...
View ArticleSnapchat thinks its ads are better than TV's — here's why
Snapchat thinks it has better ads than television, and way better ads than other digital video competitors, according to the Snap S-1 filing.In the filing, Snap tells the story of how it set out to...
View ArticleMeet the power players who help Evan Spiegel run $25 billion Snap Inc. (SNAP)
CEO Evan Spiegel may be the public face of Snap Inc., but it's taken more than his hard work to turn what started as a disappearing photo app into a potentially $25 billion social network and camera...
View ArticleAdvertisers say Snapchat's unique selling point is that it's the cool, new...
Snapchat is at the mercy of competitors like Facebook and Google that can simply copy its products.Advertisers say Snapchat's unique selling point is that it is cool, new, and has created its own...
View ArticleAnother company called Snap spiked 164% because investors thought it was...
Investors likely wanting a piece of Snap Inc.'s impending IPO sent shares of another company called Snap Interactive up as much as 164%, as first noted by Bloomberg.Snap Inc. is the parent company of...
View ArticleSnapchat hired the cofounder of a startup that stops people from...
Snapchat's parent company, Snap, has set up shop in Switzerland and hired a specialist in software protection, according to Bloomberg.Laurent Balmelli is the cofounder of Strong.Codes, a two-year-old...
View ArticleSnapchat will spend $1 billion on Amazon cloud services (SNAP)
Snap Inc, owner of the popular Snapchat app, said it expected to spend $1 billion over the next five years to use Amazon's cloud services, in addition to the $2 billion cloud contract it already has...
View ArticleMiranda Kerr, who's engaged to Snapchat's CEO, asks why Facebook has to...
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has yet to publicly address Facebook's relentless copying of his app.The 26-year-old Snap cofounder is famously shy about giving interviews, so there's a chance we may never hear...
View ArticleSnapchat's first original show is about exes meeting up and is called 'Second...
Snapchat has commissioned its first original series from A+E NetworksSecond Chance will land in April and reunite exesOriginal content will boost Snapchat's ad proposition before IPOSnapchat's parent...
View ArticleHere's how slowly Twitter has grown compared to Facebook, Instagram, and...
While President Trump has helped make Twitter a regular part of the national conversation, the business behind the microblogging service is not looking up. That feeling was only reinforced by the...
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