Snapchat Revenue Boss Mike Randall Departs After Seven.
Randall is out Just a few months after Snapchats first ads.
Still Mastering Facebook. Do I Really Need to Learn SNAPCHAT?
Small businesses experiencing social media overload must decide which platforms theyll embrace and which ones theyll avoid.. Youre the Boss blog; Andrew Royce Bauer of family-owned Royce Leather discusses his reasons for deciding against using social media for his luxury goods buyers.
SNAPCHAT Said to Have Had Talks With Alibaba on Potential Investment
. The potential deal with Alibaba, which has stepped up its venture capital investments as it prepares for its I.P.O., would represent a big bet on the future of messaging apps.
CNN and other media brands come to Snapchat
CNN and other major media companies are setting up shop inside Snapchat, the fast-growing messaging app that has big aspirations to showcase news stories and entertainment. On Tuesday, Snapchat announced a new Discover section of its app and .
Hands-On With SNAPCHAT Discover: Fun Content For Short Attention Spans
Snapchat today launched its media hub Discover. With bite-sized content blips that mix photos, videos, and text, it could become a millenial entertainment destination. And by mixing in pre-rolls and looping video interstitial advertising, Snapchat may.
SNAPCHAT Launches New Feature With News, Videos, Articles
SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) ��� Snapchat launched a new feature Tuesday which provides more depth to the social media site known for sharing photos that disappear after a short period of time. The Discover is now available��.
Snapchat to feature video from major media brands
Snapchats white ghost logo is looking more green these days ��� as in swimming in added revenue. The messaging app, once known primarily for saucy snaps ��� its messages disappear in seconds ��� is now being endorsed by a host of traditional media .
SNAPCHAT Now Shows You Video From Comedy Central, Vice and More
Snapchat is adding a new portal for editorial content from a range of media partners, the company said Tuesday. The new feature, called ���Discover,��� will offer Snapchat users video content from National Geographic, Vice, Comedy Central and others.
Test Yourself | Snapchat Stories
. Here are the first several paragraphs from a Jan. 14 article, “Be the Star of Your Own Snapchat Story.” Can you choose the best word or phrase for each blank?
Can You Trust Secure Messaging Apps?
. Messaging apps and security are two of the hottest topics in tech, though it’s not always easy to be sure you can trust the wave of supposedly secure messaging services out now.
SNAPCHAT Settlement With F.T.C.
The mobile messaging service Snapchat settled with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that the service inaccurately claimed that, once sent, messages disappeared.
Americans Use More Online Social Networks
. More than half of American Internet users log onto at least two social networks regularly, according a new research survey. While Facebook remains the dominant network, other networks like Instagram and Pinterest are growing in popularity.
Snapchat has a secret new way to add friends
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Snapchats Content Play Comes Into Focus: Discover Debuts Tuesday
Over that time, Snapchat executives have changed its name, prospective launch date and business terms, but the main thrust has remained the same: Snapchat users will be able to skim a selection of multimedia content from publishers including ESPN, CNN, .
Snapchat will reportedly begin publishing original videos.
Snapchat, known for self-deleting pictures that disappear after seconds, is planning to hold your attention for longer. Digiday says the company is planning to produce its own content in-house when.
SNAPCHAT Plans Music Feature, Acquired QR Scan.me For.
Leaked emails from the Sony Pictures hack have uncovered several acquisitions made by Snapchat, as well as plans for a music feature and meetings to discuss partnerships with Twitter. According to emails between��.
Snapchat acquires Vergence Labs - Business Insider
Snapchat secretly acquired a company working on a Google Glass type of product in March, according to documents that leaked as a part of the Sony hacking. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is also a Snapchat��.
SNAPCHAT Has Raised $485 Million More From 23 Investors.
Back in the day, we reported that messaging app Snapchat* was raising over $100 million in a round led by Kleiner Perkins. And then the WSJ reported that it was $20 million, which left us wondering why a growth round��.
In a World of Phones, Gadgets Must Adapt
With apps able to act as cameras, media players and so much more, the world of consumer electronics is in turmoil as smartphones supersede all other devices.. Farhad Manjoo State of the Art column theorizes declining draw of annual International Consumer Electronics Show, where companies debut new gadgets, is due in part to how smartphones have supplanted need for multiple electronics; suggests to electronics companies that future lies in smarter software, not necessarily in new hardware; cites as example Sonos, which pioneered idea of embedding software in its home speakers that could adapt to unexpected shifts in technology.
UPDATE 1-SNAPCHAT adds news, entertainment content to messaging service
(Adds comment from source on financial terms). By Alexei Oreskovic. SAN FRANCISCO Jan 27 (Reuters) - Snapchat has partnered with CNN, ESPN and nine other media companies to feature videos and articles on its mobile messaging service, a move that .
Save the Fav, Twitters Digital Body Language
. Twitter is changing what happens when you press “favorite” in response to a tweet. The move could put an end to one of the most useful nonverbal cues on the Internet.
SNAPCHAT Launches Discover | Highsnobiety
Snapchat rolls out their latest feature in partnership with some of the worlds leading media agencies. Billed as ���a new way to explore Stories from different editorial teams,��� Discover allows Snapchat users to consume news��.
Daily Report: SNAPCHAT, Settling F.T.C. Case, Agrees to Increased Privacy Controls
. The popular mobile service agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that messages sent through its app did not disappear as easily as promised.
Report: SNAPCHAT Discovery Will Launch Tuesday
Snapchats move beyond messaging will shift into another gear Tuesday with the launch of Snapchat Discovery, the New York Post and Re/code reported this evening. With Discovery, in the works for much of 2014, Snapchat aims to turn itself into a.
SNAPCHAT Asks Brands for $750,000 to Advertise and Wont.
Snapchat bets advertisers will pay its asking price, which recently went up. Photo: Alfred Maskeroni. Snapchat is asking brands for $750,000 a day for its new ads, according to multiple industry sources who have heard the��.
With Update, SNAPCHATs Get a Little Less Private
. SnapChat built a brand and a passionate following on disappearing messages. With its latest update, messages are easier to save and some never disappear at all.
Snapchat Spent $51 Million On The Company Behind Its Cool New QR Codes
The 2014 Sony Pictures hack revealed emails sent between Snapchat cofounder and Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton. It shed light onto Spiegels business acumen, as well as his ambitions for the company. It also revealed several secretive acquisitions .
The Messaging App Wars Are Just Getting Started
. Dozens of messaging platforms are competing to become the YouTube of smartphone messaging. But which ones will win?
Snapchat Is Launching A New Feature That Will Make It A Bigger Threat To.
Snapchat just announced its new Discover feature, a collaboration with media companies such as Vice, CNN, Yahoo News, Comedy Central, and National Geographic to bring news to users in the form of Snapchat Stories. News stories released through .
Daily Report: Navigating Silicon Valleys Slippery Moral Slope
. Although (most) tech start-ups have been on better behavior in 2014, there have been dozens of instances when they acted poorly, even unethically.
Snapchat Has a Secret New Way to Add Your Friends
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The Right and Misogyny
. Why the cultural right shouldn’t reflexively disagree with the feminist left.
The Slippery Slope of Silicon Valley
Are tech companies like Uber, Google and Facebook ethically challenged?. Nick Bilton Disruptions column holds that fierce competition, big money and lack of government oversight has contributed to ethical lapses in tech industry; says ethical shortcomings, like playing fast and loose with customer data, can eventually catch up with successful companies, who would do well to keep consumer in mind while chasing business success.
Facebook Releases Slingshot for Self-Destructing Selfies
. On Tuesday, Facebook rolled out Slingshot, a stand-alone app that lets users share photo and video messages that are then meant to disappear.
SNAPCHAT Hacked: The Snappening - Business Insider
A giant database of intercepted Snapchat photos and videos has been released by hackers who have been collecting the files for years. Shocked users of the notorious chat forum 4chan are referring to the hack as The��.
Yahoo in Talks to Sink Some of Its Alibaba Cash Into SNAPCHAT
. The investment could give help Yahoo become more relevant to young consumer audiences and provide a more strategic stake in mobile technology.
SNAPCHAT Introduces Discover, A Platform For News And.
As someone who doesnt use Snapchat regularly, maybe Im not the right person to see the appeal of the new Discover program. Im not hip and cool like, uh, all those people who are a few years younger than me, who are��.
Snapchat launches Discover feature, with news stories and ads
The launch marks an uptick in Snapchats efforts to generate revenues through ads. In October, the company started showing some ads to users in their list of recent messages. The first such ad, a link to a 20-second trailer for the Universal Pictures.
SNAPCHAT Brings You Curated News Content with Discover
Instead of being dictated by clicks and shares like most news features on social media, Discovers editions are curated by a variety of editorial teams, including National Geographic, Vice, Daily Mail, ESPN and others.
A Look Behind the Snapchat Photo Leak Claims
. Three men who built a tool called Snapaved to store images from the messaging service have come forward to offer details of how a recent theft of thousands of private photos occurred.
Snapchat Launches Discover
Snapchat now has a Discover feature, which will let you see content from brands like ESPN, CNN, Vice and Warner Music. According to the blog post and video (embedded below), users will be able to watch daily stories compiled by artists, publishers, and .
Snapchat to Let You Send Money to Friends, Thanks to.
Snapcash allows users to send each other money via private messages on Snapchat.
Snapchat to Show Content From Big Media Brands
Popular disappearing-message app Snapchat is introducing content from media companies such as Vice, CNN and People to its service as it works to broaden its audience.
Snapchat breaks into media with Discover
The messaging app rolled out the new feature Tuesday, which will allow media companies to publish content to the app for users to consume. In addition to having outside companies put content on the app, Snapchat is also reportedly introducing its own .
Snapchat Gets Into the News Business With the Launch of Discover
The company announced the news on Tuesday with a blog post, though rumors of a Snapchat news tool began circulating last year. Through Discover, users tap to open a new edition, swipe left to browse through different stories, or swipe up to see more.
SNAPCHAT delivers news (and ads) with Discover - Engadget
Its been a long time in the making, but Snapchats new Discover feature is ready to go. and so is the apps transformation from a pure messaging service into a full-blown media destination. Once the app update is in place,��.
SNAPCHATs Discover Feature Makes It The Place To Go For Daily News Updates
First came Stories, then came ads, and now comes a Snapchat feature long rumored but never confirmed���until today. Its called Discover, and its. well, you be the judge. The self-destructing video messenger announced Discover in a blog post early.
SNAPCHAT Goes After Mobile Messaging With a New Design
. Snapchat’s founders are hoping to transform the company’s product into something more sophisticated and sleek, as they introduce features like video chat to its mobile app.
Snapchat hiring journalists to become its own publisher.
Not content to rely on major brands for its new media exploration section, Snapchat is also planning on making its own according to a new report by Digiday. The company will produce high quality video, images, and text for��.
The Future of News: Snapchat? | New York Observer
Snapchat today introduced Discover, a platform for news organizations to share easily-digestible stories.
SNAPCHAT launches Discover, a new media channel for brand advertising
Self-destructing messenger Snapchat is launching Discover today, a new tab within its mobile app that will give users access to long-form articles and video cultivated by Snapchats new editorial team. Todays launch was expected. The new section will .
Apps to Compete With Snapchat in Temporary Messaging
A review of some temporary messaging apps, for when you would prefer that your musings dont live forever.. Kit Eaton App Smart column compares messaging service apps; recommends Flic photo management application.