[ad_1] Mathias Gredal Nørvig, the CEO of SYBO Games, which developed the franchise, said: “We’re thrilled to expand the Subway Surfers franchise and partner with Snap Games on this exclusive release. It’s a win-win to work with a like-minded company that is committed to fun and offer our fans on Snapchat an opportunity to extend […]
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Snap reveals new Originals and renews ‘Bringing Up Bhabie’
[ad_1] Nikita Unfiltered will follow transgender beauty guru Nikita Dragun as she dates as a woman for the first time and will stream in winter 2020. Another Original streaming in the winter of 2020 is The Honeybeez — a docuseries that’ll follow Alabama State’s titular plus-size dance squad, which is out to prove that dance […]
Snap’s ‘Project Voldemort’ dossier detailed Facebook’s copycat moves
[ad_1] Reportedly, Snap execs said that Instagram was blocking searches for Snapchat-related content, including the #snapchat hashtag and filters. You also wouldn’t find this material on Instagram’s Explore section, according to Snap. WSJ contacts also asserted that Facebook used pressure tactics. When Mark Zuckerberg met with Snap’s Evan Spiegel, he allegedly told the CEO to […]
Snapchat may add a dedicated news tab
[ad_1] Snap has declined to comment. The company hasn’t been shy about wanting to revamp Discover. Even chief exec Evan Spiegel told investors in a recent earnings call that the current approach is like going into a “supermarket without the aisles labeled.” You may see serious news from outlets like the Washington Post sitting next […]
Snap makes Lens Studio easier to use for novice creators
[ad_1] Portrait Particles is a template that allows creators to decorate the area behind a user’s head with customized particles. Face in Video can track faces onto a video, while Countdown creates Lenses that count down to a specific date and add celebratory 3D accessories onto a user’s face like glasses when it arrives. Skeletal […]
Snapchat had more than 200 million daily users last quarter
[ad_1] Not coincidentally, the redesigned Snapchat app that rolled out to all Android users last quarter has made an impact as well. Snap says that users are sending seven percent more Snaps with the new app, though it comes with the confusing caveat that this represents “the majority of Android devices used by new users.” […]
All Walmart pickup locations now accept SNAP for online grocery orders
[ad_1] Walmart began accepting SNAP for online grocery purchases in a very limited run back in 2017. The company has since expanded the service and plans to continue. It will soon accept SNAP payments at more than 3,100 store locations before the end of the year. Walmart is also participating in a New York-based pilot […]
Fox Sports created a USWNT Snapchat AR lens for the World Cup
[ad_1] Fox Sports created an AR Snapchat lens for Snap, which currently features a virtual version of Morgan along with a reminder of the team’s next group-stage game against Chile on Sunday. Fox Sports plans to update the lens for each USWNT game throughout the tournament. The broadcaster created 3D scans of each US player […]
Snap could let users add songs to their disappearing messages
[ad_1] WSJ says Snap was compelled to start discussions with the music companies, because its rivals’ music features have been gaining popularity. Facebook, for instance, has been putting its licensing deals to good use by rolling out features for Stories — for its main platform and for Instagram — that encourage the use of background […]
An AR film explores the worst tech companies could do with your face
[ad_1] In the festival’s Arcade section, which is full of eye-catching installations and people wearing headsets, Stealing ur feelings is easy to miss. It consists simply of a 46-inch display mounted onto a pillar in the middle of the aisle separating the exhibits in the long rectangular room. There’s a camera above the screen and […]