[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 […]
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Instagram tests ‘Threads’ app with automatic updates for close friends
[ad_1] The social media giant has struggled for a while to create a new, standalone messaging app for Instagram. It abandoned its Instagram Direct app — still in beta — back in May. Threads appears to be Facebook’s attempt to merge the best of Instagram and Snapchat into one vessel. Much like Snapchat, Threads will […]
Taylor Swift and Spotify are… best friends?
[ad_1] Taylor Swift is getting friendly with Spotify ahead of her new album, ‘Lover.’ Times have changed.Tim Ingham,Music Business Worldwide Not too long ago, Taylor Swift shook off Spotify, pulling her entire catalog from the service and slamming music streaming as “a grand experiment.” Nearly five years later, amid a huge blow up with her […]
iHeartRadio shares tunes as Stories in Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat
[ad_1] Do you really, really want to be sure everyone knows what you’re listening to? iHeartRadio thinks it can help spread your musical message. The company has introduced sharing to Stories in Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat through its mobile app — iHeartRadio claimed to Engadget that it’s the first streaming service to tie into all […]
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.” […]
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 […]
Google cloud outage knocks out Gmail, Discord and Snapchat
[ad_1] Details are still forthcoming as of this writing, although Google said this was “related to a larger network issue” in its status update. A Google spokesperson told Engadget that the problem involved “high levels of network congestion” in the eastern US, and that the company believed it had nailed down the “root cause” of […]
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 […]
Snapchat employees reportedly snooped on users with ‘SnapLion’ tool
[ad_1] In total, Motherboard spoke to four former employees and a current employee that verified the existence of the SnapLion tool. Two former employees said that the abuse of the SnapLion tool occurred “several years” ago, but it’s unknown whether it’s still happening today. Emails obtained by Motherboard revealed an employee using the tool to […]
AR porn lenses live on in Snapchat despite ban
[ad_1] Naughty America created the lenses to peddle subscriptions to its family of sites. They brought some performers (with varying levels of clothing) to Snapchat’s camera and let people place virtual porn stars in their own environments. The company’s CEO Andreas Hronopoulos believed the lenses were permitted on the platform, as they weren’t publicly available. […]