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'Shame on you': Snap sinks after Rihanna blasts 'ignorant' ad (SNAP)
Snap has pulled an insensitive ad that asked users if they would rather "slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown."Shares of Snap sank Thursday after the singer blasted Snapchat on her Instagram.Shares of...
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Rihanna responds to the Snapchat ad making light of Chris Brown's brutal...
Rihanna has weighed in on the Snapchat ad that referenced the rapper Chris Brown's assault on her in 2009.The singer said in a post on her Instagram story that the ad intentionally shamed victims of...
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'Shame on you': Rihanna slams Snapchat for showing a 'tone deaf' ad that many...
On Thursday, Rihanna called out Snapchat for showing a now-deleted ad that seemingly made light of domestic violence.The singer posted a statement on her Instagram Story criticizing the app for...
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People say they are deleting Snapchat after Rihanna slammed the app for...
People claim they're deleting Snapchat after Rihanna slammed the app for showing an ad that seemingly made light of domestic violence.Snap apologized earlier this week for showing the ad, which...
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Adults over 30 years old love Facebook and shun Snapchat
New research by Pew confirms that adults over the age of 30 use Facebook more consistently than any other platform — perhaps furthering the perception that Facebook just isn't cool anymore. It appears...
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Snap quietly acquired a British VR and gaming software startup called...
Snap has quietly bought PlayCanvas, whose technology powers casual games and virtual reality experiences on browsers.It isn't clear how much Snap paid for the UK-based startup, which has reportedly...
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Chrissy Teigen just put another nail in the coffin for Snapchat (SNAP)
Chrissy Teigen, a model and host of "Lip Sync Battle," has quit Snapchat.She says it's because of the app redesign, and a controversial ad on Snapchat that made light of the assault on Rihanna by Chris...
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Carnival Cruise gave a free vacation to a teen in exchange for the...
Carnival Cruise offered 15-year-old Darian Lipscomb a free vacation for his Snapchat handle.He had been posting as @carnivalcruise since he was nine.The company mounted an ad campaign fronted by...
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Snap hands out pink slips to about 100 employees in latest round of layoffs
Snap is laying off about 100 employees, mostly affecting the sales team.Snap laid off about 120 employees, mostly engineers, earlier this month and an additional 22 employees back in January.The...
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A teenage boy got a free cruise in exchange for his Snapchat username — and...
A 15-year-old boy with the Snapchat username @CarnivalCruise was approached by the cruise company of the same name after they decided they wanted the handle for their own social media promotion.In...
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Snap will save $25 million this year after cutting 7% of its staff in two...
Snap Inc., parent company of the popular photo messaging app Snapchat, laid off around 7% of its staff in March.The company expects to save $25 million in 2018 on payroll and taxes, it said in a filing...
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Snapchat roasts Facebook with a Russian-bot filter on April Fools' Day
Snapchat used April Fools' Day as an opportunity to roast Facebook with a funny photo filter.This isn't the first time Snapchat has used April Fools' Day to poke fun at Facebook — last year it featured...
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Snapchat just introduced group video calling — here's how to do it (SNAP)
Snap announced group video calls are coming to the Snapchat app.The feature takes a page from Facebook, which has had group video chats since 2016.Snap also introduced the ability to tag friends in...
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Snap is on track to end its 7-day losing streak (SNAP)
Snapchat's parent Snap was up 3.69% on Wednesday afternoon, putting it on track to reverse seven consecutive trading sessions of losses.Snap rolled out several new features on Tuesday including a group...
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Why it is important to have more than one passion in life
Innovative ideas are generally the result of an intersection of concepts.As a result, people who have multiple passions in life may find it easier to generate innovative ideas.Enjoying a variety of...
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Instagram is gaining on Snapchat in one critical area: teenagers (FB, SNAP)
Virtually the same percentage of American teenagers use Snapchat and Instagram.But teenagers deeply prefer Snapchat, with 45% of teens surveyed calling it their favorite social network.Snapchat and...
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Here's the story behind those creepy faces in the 'Truth or Dare' movie that...
If you've seen any of the trailers for "Truth of Dare," the horror movie starring Lucy Hale, the big takeaway is the creepy smiling faces seen in every trailer.Lucy Hale tells INSIDER the cast had no...
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Snap is going ahead with a second version of its glasses — even though the...
Snapchat is preparing to release a new version of its Spectacles camera glasses, according to an FCC filing.The first version of Spectacles only sold about 150,000 pairs and Snap was forced to take a...
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Snap jumps after confirming Spectacles 2.0 — even though the first version...
Snap disclosed Spectacles 2.0 are in the works in a regulatory filing Tuesday.Shares of the company popped 3% when the news hit markets Wednesday.Track Snap's stock price in real-time here.Shares of...
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly pushed Instagram's founders to copy Snapchat's...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly asked Instagram's founders to build a feature similar to Snapchat's "Stories" feature after they initially refused to build any copycat features unless directly...
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