Snapchat developing new @ mention feature
After you shoot a photo or video with the Snapchat camera, you can add text to it. While there's no type-ahead drop-down menu like on some social networks, you can “@[someone's username]” to mention them. When someone views your Snap, they'll see a “More” option beckoning them to swipe up. …
Snapchat Recruits Domestic Violence Expert After Insensitive Rihanna Ad: Report
Things hasn't been too great for Snapchat over the past few months. The most recent f-up from the company happened a few days a go after they made light of Rihanna domestic abuse incident with Chris Brown in a silly game of "Would You Rather." The company has since apologized …
Snapchat patent suggests humans need technology in order to read other humans’ emotions
Snapchat might be planning a surprise move into customer services. The company has patented a system that would make it easier for customer service staff to work out when people they're chatting to are annoyed. The emotion-reading technology would work by mapping people's faces and analysing … Read More
Snapchat Loses Nearly $800 Million After Rihanna Responds to Violent Ad
A recent Snapchat advertisement that made light of domestic violence using images of exes Rihanna and Chris Brown cost the social media app a ton of money. CNN reports that Snapchat lost nearly $800 million from its stock market value after dropping 4 percent on Thursday, March 15, in the …
Snapchat Fucked With Rihanna, Is Now $800 Million in the Shitter
Snapchat lost $800 million in market value Thursday after Rihanna ethered the app's mockery of domestic violence victims. The app apologized on Wednesday for publishing an ad asking users if they'd rather “slap Rihanna” or “punch Chris Brown.” Snapchat claims the ad was approved “in error,” and … Read More
Rihanna’s dismissal of Snapchat’s apology knocked $600 million off the company’s value
IT'S DIFFICULT TO underestimate the power of celebrity when it comes to the popularity (or lack thereof) of certain social media platforms. In February, Snapchat stocks fell a staggering seven per cent when Kylie Jenner admitted she no longer used the app, which she had previously relied on to cultivate … …
Snapchat plates Food Network’s “Chopped U”
Discovery, Inc.-owned Food Network has partnered with multimedia messaging app Snapchat to launch the network's first Snapchat culinary spin-off. Chopped U will pit two young aspiring chefs in direct culinary competition to battle it out in the kitchen. Each contestant is given 30 minutes and four … Read More
Snapchat lost half a billion after Rihanna snapped back on domestic violence ad
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, lost more than half a billion dollars by the time the market opened on Friday, a four percent drop that began after an advertisement that appeared to make light of domestic violence began circulating on the platform. The since-deleted advertisement allowed users … Read More
How the ‘Slap Rihanna’ Ad Slipped Through the Cracks on Snapchat
A Snapchat ad promoting the game Would You Rather?! asked players if they would rather “slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown.” Rihanna was not amused by this reference to the 2009 violent assault by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. How did this disturbing ad make it onto the app in the first …
Rihanna’s Criticism Sinks Snapchat Value by $800M
Shares of Snap are down for a second straight day after the social media giant received pointed criticism from Rihanna over a third-party ad that appeared to make light of domestic violence. On Thursday, Snap shares plunged nearly 4 percent, wiping out roughly $800 million from its market value, … Read …