Toddler abused with ‘cigarette smoking and kicked down stairs’ in Snapchat video
A little girl was forced to smoke cigarettes before getting pushed to the floor and kicked down the stairs, in a shocking video. The footage was first posted on social media site Snapchat, but it later circulated on Instagram by users trying to raise awareness of the horrific abuse. Weather's …
HPD: Man seen on Snapchat firing semi-automatic weapon from moving car in northwest Houston
HOUSTON — Houston police released Snapchat video Monday of a man firing a semi-automatic weapon from the backseat of a vehicle in northwest Houston. No arrest have been made and the suspect has yet to be identified, according to investigators. "Who need weed, dabs, bars, dabpens or … Read More
‘U can hear its skull crack’: Teenage girl, 14, kills a mouse by crushing its skull with a pair of pliers …
A teenager who crushed a mouse to death with a pair of pliers and uploaded it to Snapchat is facing an RSPCA investigation. A picture from the video shows the 14-year-old girl from Perth ominously pointing a pair of pliers towards the mouse before crushing its skull. Thousands of high …
Khloe Kardashian shows cleavage in sports bra as she posts on Snapchat while waiting to give birth
Khloe Kardashian is getting ready to give birth to her first child any time now. But that hasn't stopped the reality star from continuing to post on social media. On Monday night, the 33-year-old took to Snapchat to share video of herself busting out of a gray sports bra and …
Instagram tests its counterpart to Snapchat’s friend codes
Instagram's tendency to shadow Snapchat features now extends to the way you find new people to follow. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it's testing Nametags, a not-too-subtle riff on Snapcodes. As reader Genady Okrain discovered, the feature lets you create a custom tag using emoji … Read More
Tegna is bringing Snapchat content to its local news broadcasts
Local broadcaster Tegna has partnered with Snap to bring public Snapchat stories to its local news programs. Tegna, which owns TV broadcast stations in 39 markets around the U.S., is working with Snap and display tech platform Tagboard to include relevant public Snapchat videos and images in its … Read More
First look at Instagram Nametags, its clone of Snapchat QR codes
Instagram is preparing to launch a feature called Nametags that lets you create a special image that people can scan with the Instagram Stories camera to follow you. TechCrunch broke the news of Nametags code in Instagram's Android APK last month. But now thanks to reader Genady Okrain we have … …
Cortland police: Snapchat post targeting ‘CHS’ is not Cortland High School
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Cortland police posted a message on Facebook page Monday to let the community know that a threat targeting "CHS" was not Cortland High School. Instead, the Snapchat post with a photo of a male in bed with a military-style rifle and the caption, "(Expletive) CHS I'm going …
Snapchat Brings Back Its Chronological Feed — But There’s a Catch
Snapchat's much-talked-about interface overhaul has been met with mixed reviews since launching earlier this year. The redesign's algorithm-heavy feed, in the style of Facebook and Twitter, caused frustrations for many of Snap's most loyal users — so much so, the company even attempted to “undo” … Read More
Snapchat is resurrecting the chronological Stories feed for some users
Even if you're like me and don't use Snapchat, you probably heard its user-base crying out in disgust and anger earlier this year when the app was met with a major redesign. Snapchat made both user-facing and under-the-hood changes with this update, but it appears to be pulling back on …