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Snapchat for iOS repeatedly crashing for many users, fix coming soon
San Francisco: Popular social media platform Snapchat’s users have been widely reporting app crashes since installing the latest version of the app released through the App Store. The company acknowledged the issue…
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Twitter introduces Stories-like ads in Fleets
New Delhi: In a bid to take on Facebook and Snapchat, Twitter has brought Stories-like vertical format, full-screen ads to its Fleets feature for the first time. Fleets are disappearing tweets that…
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Snapchat acquired Fit Analytics for $124M
San Francisco: Snap, the parent company of snapchat, has paid $124.4 million to acquire Berlin-based Fit Analytics, a startup in the field of apparel and footwear technology. Snap acquired Fit Analytics in March…
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Twitter, Facebook, Snap join White House Covid vax campaign
San Francisco: Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snap have joined the US government’s promotional campaign for vaccine eligibility, according to a media report. The White House through its Covid vaccination campaign…
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Twitter, Facebook, Snap join White House Covid vax campaign
San Francisco: Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Snap have joined the US government’s promotional campaign for vaccine eligibility, according to a media report. The White House through its Covid vaccination campaign…
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Slack working on building new video, audio experiences
San Francisco: Workplace collaboration app Slack wants to bring new video and audio features which could be on the lines of Instagram Stories and voice-based social media app Clubhouse. Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield…
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Snapchat to start reminding users to clean out their friends list
Washington: Multimedia messaging application Snapchat is introducing a new feature called ‘Friend Check Up’. According to The Verge, on Snapchat, adding someone to one’s friend list could give them access to the…
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Snapchat hits 265M daily active users, India growth market
New Delhi: Despite the cut-throat competition coming from the Facebook family of apps, Snapchat has added 16 million daily active users in the fourth quarter of 2020 to reach 265 million users —…
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Snapchat announces $3.5mn fund for creators, developers
New Delhi: Photo-messaging app Snapchat on Thursday announced an investment of $3.5 million to expand its support for Augmented Reality (AR) creators and developers on its platform. According to the company, this…
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Snapchat testing new feature to take on TikTok
San Francisco: Photo-messaging app Snapchat has started testing a new feature that lets users set their Snaps with music, similar to what Chinese short-video making app TikTok offers. Snap, the parent company…
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Gmail, Snapchat and Nest restored after brief outage
London: Gmail, Snapchat and the smart home device Nest were officially back up on Thursday after suffering a brief outage on Googles Cloud Platform. The outage led to emails failing to be…
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Instagram now working on disappearing text messages
San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram is also working on a Snapchat like ephemeral ‘Stories’ feature where users can let their posts disappear in some time. First spotted by reverse engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong,…
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LinkedIn is testing Snapchat-like Stories for professionals
California: LinkedIn may soon introduce Snapchat-like stories on its platform. Pete Davies, head of content products at LinkedIn, wrote in an official blog that Stories “offer a lightweight, fun way to share…
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1 in 6 young drivers use Snapchat while driving: Study
Sydney: While people do not pay heed not to use smartphones while behind the wheels, Snapchat has emerged as the biggest culprit, with researchers now reporting that one in six young people…
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Snapchat down again globally
San Francisco: Popular photo-messaging app Snapchat suffered a major outage on Monday, with users saying they were unable to send snaps to their friends and family members. At least 15,000 people reported the…
