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Wall Street's first 'buy' rating on Snapchat is bizarre (SNAP)
Snapchat operator Snap finally scored its first buy rating from a Street analyst. Monness Crespi Hardt analyst James Cakmak is the first to give Snap such a rating (via Tech Trader Daily), and Cakmak...
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Snapchat's custom-emoji creator is now the fastest-growing app in the US
Bitmoji, the personalized-emoji app owned by Snapchat, is the fastest-growing app in the US.That's according to the measurement and analytics firm comScore, which ranked the 11 fast-growing apps from...
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Snapchat is more like Twitter than Facebook in one important area (SNAP,...
Snap Inc. has "elevated credit risk," based on a score estimated by S&P Global Market Intelligence.The Snapchat parent offered its shares to the public on March 2 and is not yet issuing corporate...
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Here are the 11 fastest-growing apps in the US
Apps that improve your daily life are the fastest-growing type in the US. That's according to the measurement and analytics firm comScore, which ranked the 11 fast-growing apps in the country over a...
View ArticleWhat happens to your brain when you get a like on Instagram
New York University professor Adam Alter, author of "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, explains what happens to your brain when someone likes your...
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Snapchat just got a deluge of bullish ratings from Wall Street, and its...
Snap Inc. received a deluge of bullish ratings from several Wall Street banks on Monday, sending the company's shares higher in premarket trading.The banks that initiated coverage included underwriters...
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Facebook's Snapchat clone is arriving for everyone in its main blue app (FB,...
Facebook has decided that the future of social networking looks a lot like Snapchat.After replicating Snapchat's Stories format in Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, Facebook on Tuesday is releasing...
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Snapchat sinks as Facebook launches a clone (SNAP)
Snap's stock price is d0wn 3.7% at $22.95 per share on Tuesday after Facebook announced it is is releasing Stories in its main mobile app. Much like Snapchat, Facebook Stories will allow users to post...
View ArticleFacebook is copying Snapchat with these new features
Facebook just introduced Stories to its app, and it looks an awful lot like what Snapchat has been doing for years. The company has begun rolling out new features to its in-app camera, which let you...
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UBS says Snap Inc. needs to rise to 3 critical challenges
With almost a month gone since it began life as a public company, analysts are warming to Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc.A number of investment banks recommended buying the stock at the start of...
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How a surprise encounter with Evan Spiegel made a software billionaire invest...
When Evan Spiegel asked Intuit cofounder Scott Cook to invest in Snapchat's series A round of funding, Cook was sure the app would be a flop."I didn't believe in the product," he told Business Insider...
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Snapchat adds new Stories search feature, opening up more places for ads (SNAP)
Snapchat is tiptoeing into the lucrative world of search with a new feature announced on Friday.The app's 158 million daily users will soon be able to search for more than 1 million crowd-sourced...
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Snapchat's April Fools' joke shows it can copy Facebook for a change
After months of Facebook copying every feature that's made Snapchat a hit, Snapchat finally has the last laugh.For April Fools' Day, Snapchat added a new filter that makes any image look exactly like...
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Snapchat's user base is increasingly getting older, and that's good news for...
Snapchat is still widely known for primarily attracting younger users, but older people are increasingly flocking to the ephemeral messaging app as well.According to a recent report from comScore...
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Snapchat is enhancing its Stories feature with searchable content (SNAP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Snapchat is turning its troves of location- and theme-based...
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The pros and cons of making a Snapchat Discover show that will vanish after 1...
Snapchat wants to convince the public — especially advertisers— that it’s the digital destination where the money and attention traditionally paid to television should land.To make good on that pitch,...
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A 'valuation built on a house of cards' - A fired Snapchat employee wants a...
In January, a former Snap employee named Anthony Pompliano sued the company for allegedly "falsely misrepresenting" its user metrics to investors ahead of its IPO.Snap quickly fired back by calling...
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Morgan Stanley made an error analyzing Snapchat, and it shines a light on...
On March 27, Morgan Stanley published an equity research note on Snap, the social media company it helped take public, putting a $28 price target on the stock.Almost a day later, the bank issued a...
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Snapchat is diving (SNAP)
Snapchat's stock price is diving on Wednesday, down 4.29% at $21.19 as of 1:22 p.m. ET.Shares have rebounded since hitting a low of $18.90 on March 17, but are down 14% since reaching an all-time high...
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Facebook wants people to think their friends are using its Snapchat clone,...
If you use Facebook's mobile app, by now you've probably seen its latest attempt at copying Snapchat.Like its Instagram Stories counterpart, Facebook Stories lets you share photos and videos that...
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