Nobody Bought Snapchat’s Goofy Spectacles. So of Course It’s Reportedly Making New Ones.
He made messages disappear when the conventional wisdom was that social media companies had to collect and preserve as much data as possible on their users. He held Snapchat when everyone in their right mind was advising him to sell to Facebook. He built Spectacles despite the prevailing view … Read …
Balmain Leaned All the Way Into the Social Media Aesthetic for Fall 2018
To go along with the collection, Rousteing even designed his own Snapchat filter — something he refers to as "the world's first digital accessory" — that makes user's faces sparkle with flawless skin, bright doe eyes, glossy lips and camera-ready lighting, all under a subtle neon glow. It results in …
New Snapchat Spectacles May Release In 2019
While Snap, Inc. is largely known for their incredibly popular app, Snapchat, they're also developing a new version of their Spectacles hardware that can bring two cameras to a pair of sunglasses. A recent report from the live news show Cheddar has caused quite the buzz online as it was …
YouTube’s Snapchat-Like Format Is Renamed From Reels To Stories, Adds New Backgrounds
YouTube's three-month-old Snapchat-esque feature has received a new name and added a new feature. The disappearing video format, once titled YouTube Reels, is now called Stories, and its latest update gives users the ability to change the backgrounds behind them as they shoot selfie-style … Read More
Snapchat Lost Millions on Spectacles, So Now It’s Gonna Make More
There's also talk of a built-in GPS. Sources told Cheddar these Spectacles could retail for as much as $300 in 2019. For reference, Spectacles 1.0 — the ones that Snapchat couldn't really get anybody to buy — cost $130. Though, the company did lose a billion dollars after Kylie Jenner …
Snapchat is quietly testing a hands-free mode and new, full-body camera lenses
Snapchat users formerly had to hold down a button on their smartphone screens to view snaps and Stories, until an app update in July 2015. But Snapchat users have begged for a hands-free functionality for years, and it's also something that Snapchat's competitor Instagram Stories currently offers. Read More
Future Teases Unreleased Drake Collaboration on Snapchat
Drake and Future set the hip-hop world on fire in 2015 with their collaborative project What a Time to Be Alive, and on Friday (March 2), the Atlanta native previewed snippets of an unreleased track featuring the 6 God on his Snapchat while boasting some icy jewelry on his wrist. …
Parsippany teen charged with Snapchat threat
A 15-year-old Parsippany boy was served a juvenile complaint for terroristic threats Thursday after police learned of comments he allegedly made on Snapchat. The threats appeared directed towards certain fellow students at Parsippany Hills High School, police said. Police learned of the threats after a … Read More
Snapchat’s redesign is baffling publishers
But unlike Facebook, where publishers have been learning for years how the algorithm works (i.e. it boosts live video and downgrades click-bait headlines), Discover publishers are trying to learn what Snapchat's algorithm is looking for. The company hasn't told them how it works, according to sources, … Read More
Evan Spiegel Is Doubling Down on Snapchat’s Biggest Failure
I woke from a dead sleep in the early hours of November 21, 2016, and scrolled, bleary-eyed, through my Twitter feed. I landed on a tweet from Snapchat: a picture of a storefront with a bright yellow facade, a stone's throw from Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue store. Snapchat had announced …