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Sept. 14, 2017
Snapchat’s Next Dancing Hot Dog Is Your Bitmoji in Augmented Reality
If you thought your mom loved Bitmoji when they were two-dimensional, wait till she sees them in AR.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Aug. 4, 2017
Google Reportedly Building Its Own Snapchat Competitor
It’s called Stamp.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Aug. 2, 2017
The ‘Story’ Format Is Here to Stay, on Snapchat or Off of It
Today is the one-year anniversary of Instagram totally ripping off Snapchat and introducing a Stories feature.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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July 24, 2017
No, Telling a Cop You Were Speeding ‘for Snapchat’ Won’t Get You Out of a Ticket
Perhaps try literally
anything
else …
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Paris Martineau
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July 19, 2017
Snapchat Goes All In on TV With Daily News Show From NBC
The show is called
Stay Tuned
and episodes will be less than four minutes long.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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July 18, 2017
Snapchat Has a New, Sneaky Way to Record Long Snap Videos
A game changer for taking snaps at just the right moment.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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July 7, 2017
Let’s Talk About the Break-Dancing Snapchat Hot Dog
Snapchat’s greatest innovation since the puppy filter.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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July 6, 2017
Instagram Gives Up, Goes Full-on Snapchat With Latest Update
Wow! Sending and receiving video and photo messages that disappear? How original!
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Paris Martineau
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July 5, 2017
Snapchat Introduces New Features Coming Soon to a Facebook Product Near You
Now you can use voice filters on everything.
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Brian Feldman
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June 28, 2017
You Can Now Make Snapchat Filters Using Just Your Phone
No more Photoshop. No more desktop.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 26, 2017
Racist Snapchats Highlight What It’s Like to Fly While ‘Appearing Muslim’
A teen passenger on the plane took pictures of an older man wearing a turban while he was sleeping on the flight.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 23, 2017
The Best Places to Travel on Snapchat’s New Map
Snapchat’s newest feature comes with a heat map that highlights popular snapping destinations.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 21, 2017
New Snapchat Map Feature Lets You See Where Your Friends Are
The map feature can tell what you’re doing, like driving in a car or wearing headphones.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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June 1, 2017
If Snapchat and Slack Had a Kid It Would Probably Look Like the New Skype Update
The “new generation of Skype” looks surprisingly similar to every other popular social-media app on the market.
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Paris Martineau
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May 24, 2017
Evan Spiegel’s Hatred of Growth Hacking Is Good
Juking the stats often backfires.
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Brian Feldman
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May 23, 2017
Snapchat’s New Custom-Stories Feature Seems … Good
Now you and your friends can all contribute to the same story.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 16, 2017
Instagram Completes Transformation Into Snapchat by Introducing ‘Face Filters’
A flower crown. How novel!
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 10, 2017
Snapchat Lost $2.2 Billion Last Quarter
User growth has also slowed down.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 9, 2017
Snapchat’s New Features Ruin What Was Good About Snapchat in the First Place
The more editing tools the app adds, the less it feels like Snapchat.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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May 9, 2017
Snapchat Is Killing Its Infamous Time Limit
Users can now send limitless snaps and looping videos.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 28, 2017
Snapchat Blurs the Line Between Past and Present
It’s getting more difficult to tell what is and isn’t prerecorded.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 21, 2017
Snapchat Spends $7.7 Million on Protection From Facebook
A lot of money to protect itself from Facebook.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 18, 2017
Facebook Thinks Augmented Reality Is Its Future. Sorry, Snapchat.
If Snapchat wants to be the Apple of augmented reality, Facebook is more than happy to be its Microsoft.
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Jake Swearingen
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Apr. 18, 2017
Snapchat Rolls Out Augmented-Reality ‘World Lenses’ for Rear Camera
We give it three months before Facebook rips off the idea.
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Jake Swearingen
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Apr. 14, 2017
Is Facebook a Monopoly? Just Ask Snapchat
Instagram’s Stories are now more popular than the app it ripped off.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 7, 2017
The Best Consultants in Silicon Valley Are Teenagers
Thirty-something developers looking to build the next big thing are consulting high-school and college students to learn what works.
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Yiren Lu
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Apr. 5, 2017
What Else Besides Facebook Will Have Stories in 2017?
A new meme has sprung up, mocking Facebook for copying Snapchat’s Stories feature.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Apr. 5, 2017
How to Change the Brush Size on Snapchat
Just pinch.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 4, 2017
Every App Is the Same
They’re all just copying each other.
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Brian Feldman
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Apr. 3, 2017
Social-Media Scientists Uncover Creative Sexting Use for Snapchat’s Scissor Tool
A very serious investigation.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 31, 2017
Snapchat Takes Another Stab at Fixing Its Search Problem
Now, you can search for stories by topic, like puppies and sports teams.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Mar. 28, 2017
Facebook Is Trying to Turn Itself Into Snapchat. Why?
The social-networking giant is introducing three major new features.
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Brian Feldman
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Mar. 8, 2017
Snapchat Releases 3 Special Filters for International Women’s Day
Turn yourself into Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, or Marie Curie through the power of selfie filters.
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Jake Swearingen
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Mar. 2, 2017
Why Spectacles Are So Important to Snapchat
It’s hard to think outside the box when you don’t own the box.
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Yiren Lu
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Mar. 2, 2017
The Selfie-Addict’s Guide to Snapchat’s IPO
Snapchat is going public today.
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Brian Feldman
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Mar. 1, 2017
Snapchat Asked Anti-Gun Organization to Pay to Keep NRA Ads Off Its Videos
The debacle happened while trying to create content for National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 20, 2017
You Can Finally Buy Snapchat Spectacles Online
No more tracking down a mysterious vending machine.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 10, 2017
Is Instagram Killing Snapchat? We Asked the Only People Who Matter: Teenagers
Instagram Stories may have slowed Snapchat’s growth, but it also seems to have galvanized teenage fans of its competitor.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Feb. 2, 2017
Snapchat’s IPO Shows How Expensive It Is to Compete in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is supposed to be the land of disruptors. But it’s not easy to compete with established giants.
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Brian Feldman
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Jan. 25, 2017
Facebook Is About to Get a Lot More Like Snapchat
If it walks like Snapchat and quacks like Snapchat … yeah, this is just Snapchat.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Jan. 23, 2017
Snapchat Revises Rules on Clickbait and Fact-checking
No more scantily clad women unless the story is actually about scantily clad women.
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Brian Feldman
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Jan. 12, 2017
Snapchat Is Finally Making It Easier to Search the App
The app is gradually rolling out a universal search feature.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Dec. 13, 2016
Snapchat Finally Has Group Chat
Just in time for the holidays.
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Brian Feldman
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Dec. 2, 2016
Use These Secret Hacks to Find Every Celebrity on Snapchat
Some simple ways to find Official Stories on the app.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Dec. 1, 2016
University Sends Snapchat Messages to Tell Kids They’ve Been Accepted
Accepted students will also still receive the traditional snail-mail letter.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Nov. 10, 2016
Snapchat Is Selling Spectacles From One Vending Machine in a Mystery Location
Good news for Californians.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Oct. 28, 2016
Facebook Has Decided It Also Wants to Be Snapchat
Another day. Another company blatantly copying Snapchat.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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Oct. 26, 2016
Snapchat Could Be Worth As Much As $35 Billion in IPO
The company is gearing up to go public in 2017.
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Brian Feldman
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Oct. 19, 2016
Snapchat’s New Ad System Seems Awfully Familiar
Good news for Snapchat. Possibly not so good news for publishers.
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Madison Malone Kircher
Oct. 18, 2016
Donald Trump Declines Snapchat Interview Because Who Needs Millennial Voters?
The five-minute segment airs today on Snapchat Discover and predominantly features Hillary Clinton.
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Madison Malone Kircher
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