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Evan Spiegel’s Week from Hell Ends with a $638 Million Jackpot

Evan Spiegel, Snapchat's 27-year-old C.E.O., received several dark omens this week, with each new development casting the next in a more ominous light. On Tuesday, amid an ongoing battle with Instagram for millennial hearts and minds, Citigroup downgraded Snap from neutral to sell, causing the … Read More

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Kylie Jenner calls Snapchat ‘sad’, company loses $1.3 bn

Reality TV star Kylie Jenner, who is active on all social media platforms, called photo-sharing app Snapchat "sad", which caused a loss of $1.3 billion in … Inc. down more than six per cent after she tweeted disapproval of the redesign of the company's video messaging app Snapchat, reports latimes.com. …

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‘We’re watching a company explode’: is Snapchat becoming irrelevant?

“We're watching a company explode into bits,” said Eric Schiffer, CEO of private equity firm Patriarch Organization, arguing that the redesign scandal was the “greatest app debacle” he had ever seen in Silicon Valley: “This is a kiss of death to a brand like Snapchat with their base that has …

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‘The Snapchat Story’ Has All The Salacious Details Legal and Tech Nerds Will Love

As an aging Millennial, I haven't really used Snapchat [N/K/A Snap Inc.] much. But many of my friends use the app and they insist that “you would love it!” Although I haven't “Snapped” much, I've been quite intrigued by its business model and extraordinary run to an IPO, as well …

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Why Is Everyone From Kylie Jenner to Maybelline Tweeting About Leaving Snapchat?

This fleeting tweet provides a mirror into the strange times we find ourselves living in. Why is Maybelline asking its followers to strategize on its behalf? Why are the followers willingly participating? Does anyone genuinely care whether Maybelline stays on Snapchat? Isn't Maybelline's Snapchat basically … Read More

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Plastic surgeon: Patients are asking to look like their Snapchat-filtered selfies

Photoshopped magazine faces of celebrities have long been the inspiration for patients seeking out plastic surgery, but now one New York surgeon says patients are now asking to look like the Snapchat-filtered version of themselves. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Dr. Matthew Shulman said … Read More

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How to Snapchat without hands on iPhone and Android

Want to get around Snapchat's main restriction that makes you hold down your finger on your phone screen to take a snap? We've got you covered. … Note that gestures can only be set to last 8 seconds, so you won't get Snapchat's full 10 second video length with this …

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Why the Backlash Over Snapchat’s Latest Update May Not Be the Usual Tech Outrage Cycle

In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg saw Snapchat, a one-year-old company with no revenue stream most famous for revolutionizing the dick pic, and decided to act. He arranged for a meeting with Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, and outlined his imminent plan to release an app called Poke, which would copy … Read More

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Snapchat’s redesign was meant for your friends, and celebrities aren’t your friends, says CEO Evan …

Kylie Jenner isn't happy with Snapchat's redesign. That probably means it's working. Jenner, a member of the insanely popular Kardashian family, tweeted to her 24.5 million followers on Wednesday afternoon that she was no longer opening Snapchat. Bloomberg says Jenner's tweet, which was “Liked” … Read More

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The Kylie Jenner curse? Snapchat faces its defining moment

He shocked many industry watchers by turning down Facebook's widely reported offer to buy Snapchat for $3 billion in 2013, only to see his personal stake in the company top that amount when it went public last year. Now, Spiegel faces what could be his most high-stakes decision yet. He …