Kylie Jenner: Snapchat is “so sad”
Kylie Jenner just used Twitter (TWTR) to wipe $1.3 billion off the market value of Snapchat-parent Snap (SNAP). The social media company's shares fell as much as 7,2 percent Thursday after the reality TV star posted a tweet to her 24.5 million followers effectively declaring Snapchat over. "[S]ooo does … Read …
Kylie Jenner Is So Over Snapchat’s Redesign
Kylie—a.k.a Kylizzlenynizzl on Snapchat—went on a bit of a social media hiatus before giving birth to her daughter Stormi. While she's returned to Instagram and Twitter—where she has a combined follower count of about 128.5 million—she still doesn't post on Snapchat as often as she used to. Read More
Snap stock sinks as Kylie Jenner says she doesn’t use Snapchat anymore
At this point, if you haven't accepted the celebrity influence of the Kardashian/Jenner machine, you probably haven't been paying attention to pop culture at large. Nevertheless, when a reality star can seemingly affect the value of your publicly-traded tech company, you're in a bit of trouble. Yesterday … Read More
Snapchat creator Evan Spiegel’s pay hits $638m
Evan Spiegel, the billionaire creator of Snapchat, is likely to be crowned the highest-paid US chief executive of 2017, after his total remuneration hit $638m. When the photo-messaging app's parent company Snap went public last March, Mr Spiegel received a huge one-time stock award, valued at … Read More
Snapchat responds to Change.org petition, says design overhaul will adapt to users
Showing no intention of rolling back the design overhaul that attracted the ire of more than six lakh users, Snapchat has asked them to keep using the updated app till they get used to new features. “We completely understand the new Snapchat has felt uncomfortable for many. By putting everything …
Snapchat visualizes the United States of school walkouts
"In a wave of demonstrations reaching from Arizona to Maine, students at dozens of U.S. high schools walked out of class [yesterday] to protest gun violence and honor the victims of last week's deadly shooting in Florida," AP reports. Why it matters: "The protests spread from school to school as …
Snapchat’s Ecommerce Strategy Hit a New High When It Sold Out the New Air Jordans in Minutes
Snapchat's latest viral filter didn't include a puppy face or a dancing hot dog. Instead, it focused on a life-size Michael Jordan augmented-reality filter promoting the new, unreleased Air Jordan III Tinker sneakers, which went on sale exclusively via a special QR code within the app. The stunt, which … Read …
Kylie Jenner kills off Snapchat with the power of one tweet
The social media starlet recently made her return to all of her platforms following the birth of her daughter, but there's one that has not been graced with her face. Despite being the queen of Snapchat, for her the app has died a death as she admitted she no longer …
After facing backlash for design overhaul, Snapchat makers ask users to give app some time
"We completely understand the new Snapchat has felt uncomfortable for many. By putting everything from your friends in one place, our goal was to make it easier to connect with the people you care about most," Snapchat responded to Australian user Nic Rumsey, who authored "Remove the new … Read More
The New Snapchat Design Is a Colossal Mess. And It Won’t Go Away. Here’s Why.
When Snap, the makers of Snapchat, debuted on Wall Street at $24 per share with a valuation of $33 billion in March 2017, investors were hyped about the “camera” company. Soon after, Snap experienced slow user growth, combined with declining share prices, and increased competition from … Read More