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Popular direct-to-consumer brands like Brooklinen, Curology, and MeUndies are...
DTC brands like Curology and MeUndies have started flocking to Snapchat's Discovery Story Ads, a branded tile format that shows up in a feed next to popular shows and publishers.The format is suited to...
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Multiple Snap employees reportedly accessed user data improperly — including...
Multiple Snap employees improperly accessed user information through internal tools, giving them the ability to spy on individuals using the video and messaging service, according to a Motherboard...
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Here are all the major US tech companies blocked behind China's 'Great Firewall'
Huawei, the electronics giant, has been blacklisted in the US over national security fears the Chinese company's technology is being used for state-sponsored spying.While Huawei has only recently been...
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This graph shows that time spent on Facebook is flatlining, with no growth in...
A new report from eMarketer showed that Facebook users in the US are spending less time using the social network.The average daily time spent on Facebook fell by 3 minutes last year to 38 minutes a...
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Direct-to-consumer brands are turning to Snap as Instagram grows increasingly...
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Media Briefing subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here.Even as...
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Google Cloud outage takes down Snapchat, YouTube, and Gmail in parts of the...
On Sunday, sites that use Google Cloud services experienced interruptions during what the company says was a larger network issue.Google services like Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube were impacted as...
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A college student used Snapchat's gender-swap filter to catch a police...
A 20-year-old male college student in the San Francisco Bay Area used Snapchat's gender-swap filter to catch a man accused of trying to exchange sexual messages with an underage girl on Tinder,...
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Here's where the world's most influential tech CEOs went to college — and...
College is where many figure out what they're actually interested in and determine the career they want to pursue.We researched the degrees and schools attended by well-known tech CEOs, many of whom...
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Snap surges 10% after analyst says Wall Street is underestimating the...
Snap shares jumped as much as 10% on Tuesday after an analyst at BTIG increased his price target for the company to $20 from $15. Author Richard Greenfield said Wall Street is underestimating Snap's...
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Snap jumps after Goldman upgrades it to 'buy' on better-than-expected user...
Shares of Snap Inc., the creator of popular social media platform Snapchat, rose as much as 3.8% pre-market on Friday after Goldman Sachs upgraded the company from a "neutral" to a "buy" rating.The...
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Facebook and Instagram are suffering from far more downtime than rival social...
Facebook and Instagram have been going down far more over the last year than they used to.The two social networks are also less reliable that Snapchat and Twitter, data shared with Business Insider by...
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This 40-second video perfectly captures why people shouldn't use their phones...
People using their phones while driving, either to text or use video-recording apps like Snapchat, is becoming increasingly popular.A 40-second video does a good job showing why people shouldn't use...
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We're measuring the US economy all wrong — Goldman Sachs blames Google and...
Goldman Sachs says we may be measuring the economy all wrong, and that up to $233 billion has gone "missing." "The most likely explanation is measurement error, which can be particularly high in...
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The viral app that makes you look old with shocking precision may be quietly...
FaceApp has exploded in popularity in the last week, largely due to its ability to make users look old with eerie precision. Celebrities, influencers, and tens of millions of other people are suddenly...
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Facebook's Stories feature is becoming a quiet hit, and could help reverse a...
The number of people using Facebook's Stories feature is steadily increasing, according to new data from Cowen.This trend could will likely help boost the average time users spend on Facebook — a...
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Snapchat still has one key advantage over Instagram, but that could soon...
Snapchat still has a key advantage over Instagram: Person-to-person messaging.A new study from investment bank Cowen shows a far greater proportion of users utilize Snapchat for direct communications...
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LIVE: Snap's stock jumps almost 12% after beating Wall Street's expectations...
Snapchat parent company Snap beat analysts' expectations for Q2 2019, and its stock is up 12%.It posted greater-than-expected revenues and users numbers, and its losses were smaller than Wall Street...
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'It's become table stakes': Some media buyers say Snapchat is becoming a...
Media buyers interviewed by Business Insider say clients are spending more on the app.The increase in ad spend on Snapchat differs from client to client, but some clients are spending as much as 40%...
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Snaps soars 11% after user growth smashes Wall Street forecasts (SNAP)
Shares of Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, jumped 11% in early trading on Wednesday after the company posted second-quarter earnings that smashed Wall Street expectations. Snap reported revenue...
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Snap saw monstrous growth in the second quarter, and the reason has a lot to...
Snap saw its stock soar Tuesday after the company reported a greater-than-expected increase in the number of daily Snapchat users in the past three months.Snap can credit its user growth to its popular...
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