On Wall Street’s leniency toward unprofitable tech companies and outsized exits.
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Snap is under NDA with UK Home Office discussing how to centralize age checks online
Snap is under NDA with the UK’s Home Office as part of a working group tasked with coming up with more robust age verification technology that’s able to robustly identify children online. The detail emerged during a parliamentary committee hearing as MPs in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) questioned Stephen Collins, […]
View More Snap is under NDA with UK Home Office discussing how to centralize age checks onlineSnapchat, no longer bleeding users, tests Android app redesign
Snap is finally starting to turn things around.
Snapchat’s growth has finally stabilized after two straight quarters of losing users, following an unpopular redesign. What’s more, the company is making substantially more money off the users it …
Snapchat shares soar as it stops losing users, shrinks losses in Q4
Snapchat isn’t growing again, but at least it didn’t hemorrhage any more users in its Q4 earnings report. The company stayed flat at 186 million daily users after falling from 191 million in Q1 to 188 million in Q2 to 186 million in Q3. It exceeded an expected quarterly count of 184.2 million user, though 186 […]
View More Snapchat shares soar as it stops losing users, shrinks losses in Q4Snapchat’s Android usage keeps falling but rebuild tests well
Snap has finally begun publicly testing the engineering overhaul of its slow and buggy Android app that for years has cost Snapchat users. Promising early results and reduction in app startup time could help Snapchat fix its growth problem after daily active users sank in Q2 and Q3 before staying put at 186 million in […]
View More Snapchat’s Android usage keeps falling but rebuild tests wellSnapchat might change its most iconic feature
Forget everything you thought you knew about Snapchat.
The disappearing messaging app might soon be home to snaps that don’t actually disappear. That’s according to Reuters, which today reports the company is considering a plan that would make public…
More Snap execs are out amid reports of an ‘inappropriate relationship’
Snap is facing a fresh round of executive drama after reports have surfaced that two more executives are leaving the company under less than desirable circumstances.
The company’s head of security, Francis Racioppi, and head of human resources,…
BowWOW: Snapchat just released dog-friendly lenses
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That most modern of dilemmas — not being able to employ the full algorithmic might of Snapchat lenses on your canine companion — has finally been resolved.
That’s right, as of Monday, the feature that you historically used to make yourself look like your dog can now be used to make your dog look like … well, lots of weird stuff. Like, for example, that it has a butterfly on its nose.
Importantly, these are not human filters that just so happen to work on your pup. Rather, the new lenses are specifically intended to be dropped on dogs, and can do exciting and groundbreaking things like digitally add glasses to you pooch. Or a pizza. Read more…
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View More BowWOW: Snapchat just released dog-friendly lensesSnapchat takes on TikTok with lip sync ‘Lens Challenge’
The copied has become the copier.
Snapchat, whose features Facebook and others have spent years duplicating, is changing things up a bit by borrowing a new from a competitor. The app introduced a new “Lens Challenge” feature that lets users sha…
Snap launches a certification program for AR shops to craft branded lenses
Snap has announced a partner program intended to make it easer for brands to get on board with — and pay for — its augmented reality ‘lenses’ by helping advertisers find certified AR shops to craft the digital product placements on their behalf. The move follows the visual messaging platform opening up lenses, almost a […]
View More Snap launches a certification program for AR shops to craft branded lensesSnap is being probed over its IPO because some investors are salty about losing money
Here’s something I didn’t expect to read today. The U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed Snap for details on its IPO apparently in connection with a lawsuit from disgruntled shareholders who claim the company played down its rivalry with Instagram. Reuters first reported on the subpoenas which Snap has confirmed. Precise details […]
View More Snap is being probed over its IPO because some investors are salty about losing moneySnapchat launches Bitmoji merch and comic strips starring your avatar
Snapchat is doubling down on its biggest differentiator by turning its personalized avatar Bitmoji into a revenue stream and a new source of content. Snapchat is launching a Bitmoji merchandise store you can customize with you and your friends’ cartoonified faces, Bitmoji Stories comic strips featuring you and friends’ avatars in fun scenes, and a […]
View More Snapchat launches Bitmoji merch and comic strips starring your avatar