Comedy Central is bringing a Snapchat show to prime time
Comedy Central is ordering a TV show starring, created by, and executive produced by comedian James Davis. This might be just like any other series announcement out there, except this show is based on...
View ArticleApple is reportedly developing a social video app
Deep in the bowels of Apple HQ, the company is reportedly developing a new video-editing and sharing application. According to Bloomberg, it's similar to Snapchat, allowing iPhone users to quickly...
View ArticleSnapchat brings live score filters to high school football
For its next geofilter trick, Snapchat is partnering with fellow Southern California startup ScoreStream to bring live scores from more than 5,000 weekly high school football games into your Snaps and...
View ArticleIt’s now easier to create and customize Snapchat Geofilters
If you're one to continually try out Snapchat's On-Demand Geofilters to spruce up your snaps, starting today you'll be able to edit and place themes and designs straight from within the On-Demand...
View ArticleSnapchat reportedly drops Local Stories for cities
For a while, Snapchat has run Local Stories, or daily summaries of what's happening in your city based on videos from users in the area. However, you may have to go without them before long. Bloomberg...
View ArticleSnapchat considers offering public stock
Snapchat is growing fast, which means that it will need more money… and it may be taking the steps it needs to bring in that extra cash. The Information's sources claim that Snapchat is talking to...
View Article‘Spectacles by Snapchat’ leak shows camera-equipped sunglasses
As if a report that Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel had been spotted wearing a pair of camera-packing sunglasses wasn't enough, now Business Insider says it has an ad or demo video showing the product....
View ArticleSnapchat to release $130 camera-equipped Spectacles this fall
Yes, the Snapchat Spectacles are real, and company chief Evan Spiegel presented them to a small group of people today. That's where he also revealed that the company has been rebranded and renamed to...
View ArticleSnapchat unveils $130 connected sunglasses and rebrands as Snap, Inc.
It also rebranded itself as Snap, Inc. — a reflection of a fact that the company now makes more than its flagship app, co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel told the Wall Street Journal. Spectacles have a...
View ArticleEvolution is partly to blame for our obsession with Brangelina
In fact, our brains adapted long ago to be deeply interested in the beautiful and famous among us, says Daniel Kruger, a psychologist at the University of Michigan. Just consider our close relative,...
View ArticleIt’s getting harder to use the iPhone without using TouchID
Ever since I upgraded to iOS 10, it’s become a lot harder to unlock my phone. Before the upgrade, it was a simple swipe and passcode — a gesture I’ve done so many times that it’s burned into my muscle...
View ArticleHere’s how Snapchat’s new Spectacles will work
The company formerly known as Snapchat surprised the world last night by unveiling Spectacles, its first hardware product. The sunglasses, which record videos in 10-second increments, are expected to...
View ArticlePolice have arrested the man alleged to have hacked Pippa Middleton’s iPhone
British Police have arrested the 35-year-old man alleged to have hacked into an iPhone belonging to Pippa Middleton, the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge. Some of the pictures reportedly included the...
View ArticleTokyo Thrift: The Rez Trance Vibrator is gaming’s most intense peripheral
If you read our coverage of Tokyo Game Show earlier this month, you'll know that Rez is my favorite game of all time, and that the new version for PlayStation VR is its most spectacular iteration yet....
View ArticleIMDB would be required to remove actors’ ages when asked under new California...
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill that will require commercial websites to remove information about an actor’s age upon request, in an attempt to combat agism in the state’s...
View ArticleTrump’s nationwide Snapchat filter snipes at ‘Crooked Hillary’
Social networks have become an extremely important medium for getting younger generations engaged in politics, but they are also proving to be the perfect forum for playground tactics. Snapchat's...
View ArticleCourt overturns New Hampshire ban on ballot selfies
In the state of New Hampshire, proud voters can legally snap a selfie after filling out their ballot paper. Hurray! As NBC News reports, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has upheld a lower...
View ArticleSnapchat’s Spectacles are a low-risk move into wearables
There's no question that Snapchat (now known as Snap Inc) is an experimental company. Some of those experiments fail wildly and insult its users at the same time, but the company has been extremely...
View ArticleFacebook tests feature similar to Snapchat Stories for Messenger
Facebook has been keen on borrowing features from Snapchat as of late and it's testing yet another one in Poland. The so-called “Messenger Day” tool allows Facebook Messenger users to share a...
View ArticleWhatsApp adds Snapchat-style drawing on images
The feature, which lets you perform Snapchat-style drawing on top of images and videos you send in WhatsApp, was first introduced in a testing phase back in early September. Facebook and has been...
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