Skype has followed Instagram by following Snapchat. Vibrant colours, stickers, animations and emojis: it’s the opposite of growing up. SnapSkype Skype’s total redesign hones its focus on texting with a slick interface, and an ability to react to individual messages with emojis. Then, there’s ‘Highlights’—Skype’s answer to Stories. Take a pic or video, decorate it […]
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It seems tales of Instagram’s victory over Snapchat have been greatly exaggerated. And that millennials aren’t quite as fickle as pop-culture would have us believe. To whit: a new study shows millennials are sticking by Snapchat, despite Instagram’s best efforts. Snap to it Instagram Stories, a clone of Snapchat Stories, has torn a big chunk
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Well that didn’t take long. Snapchat is making hay while the sun shines and partnering with TV networks to create snappy shows for its army of millennials. Modern Family Snapchat is partnering heavy hitters including NBCUniversal, ESPN, and ABC to create snackable TV episodes, each around three – five minutes long. These “microsodes” will appear
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In a welcome piece of UX redesign, Snapchat is halting its habit of automatically adding a white border to old photos that users share from Memories. Old snap memories Until now, sharing a photo that was more than 24 hours old would incur a compulsory white border. The border was presumably meant to signify the
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As Snapchat struggles to keep up with the Joneses (or in this case, every platform owned by Facebook), it’s not wasting any time rolling out new features helping advertisers cash in. The latest development in Snapchatland: a self-serve ad platform. Step right up There are shouts and murmurs around the web predicting that Snapchat will launch
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While Instagram Stories might have leapfrogged Snapchat in popularity, a new report shows Snapchat's top of the pops with the kids. Teen dream The biannual Taking Stock with Teens survey by Piper Jaffray asked 5500 teens their opinions about digital trends. It revealed 39% of teens use Snapchat daily, compared to 23% for Instagram. Some
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Snapchat is taking another step towards Augmented Reality (AR) with World Lenses, and the result is everything you would hope it to be. Augmenting fun to your surroundings The idea of AR is nothing new and we’ve seen it used to a great extent, from popular Pokemon franchises to Snapchat’s real-time face swapping. The new
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Snapchat has unveiled Snap to Store, new ad unit covering online to offline conversions. As part of the release Snapchat has opened up its vaults, giving marketers a glimpse into the location-based activities of Snapchatters around the globe. Here's what we know. Food first It turns out Snapchatters love a good feed, and sharing the
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Acting more hare than tortoise, Instagram Stories has leapfrogged the platform that inspired its inception: Snapchat Stories. Suck it up Instagram Stories now has 200 million daily users, giving it a healthy lead over Snapchat Stories' 161 million daily users. The rise of Instagram Stories has been startling. After launching in August last year, the
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Snapchat has launched Search for Stories, which opens up the world of Snapchat content far beyond users you follow. Super Snaps Now Snaps submitted to Our Stories can be searched by anyone. There are currently over 1 million to choose from, ranging from the Super Bowl to the summit of Mount Everest. Snapchat says you
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