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Snapchat’s iPhone App Gets Augmented Reality ‘World Lenses’

Snapchat is bringing its users a fresh taste of augmented reality with an update to its free iPhone app. Now, the image messaging app can, through use of the devices’…

Markets Will Like Snapchat if it Goes Public, Says Investor

The image messaging app Snapchat differs from Facebook and Twitter with its early focus on monetization, an investor has pointed out – adding their opinion that, were the app’s parent…

Snapchat More Enjoyable Than Facebook, Says New Study

A new study has found that interactions on the social media app Snapchat are associated with more positive emotions than those on Facebook and other social networking sites. Snapchat has…

Snapchatters Concerned After Leaked Images Surface Online

Snapchat users are expressing their concerns after hackers threatened to publish more explicit photographs sent through the service. Images already posted online during the past week have already been removed,…

Snapchat Blames Third-Party Apps for Any Leaked Photos

Mobile messaging company Snapchat blamed third-party software apps for possible security lapses that may have led to its users’ private photos being at risk of online publication by hackers. A file containing…

Let the Conversation Flow: Reactions to Reactions in Facebook’s Slingshot

Facebook’s Slingshot has been competing with popular ephemeral app Snapchat for almost two months now.  The concept behind the apps is pretty much the same: share a short-lived video or photo with one or…

Snapchat CEO’s Misogynistic Emails to Fraternity Brothers Revealed

Emails have come to light from Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel during his time at Stanford University revealing misogynistic, crude words from him and his fraternity brothers. During his undergraduate years…

Facebook Removes Poke and Camera Apps from AppStore

The removal of Facebook’s widely used Poke and Camera came without warning and little enjoyment.  Sources from AppleInsider say Facebook confirmed the apps’ removal, but declined to comment on the matter. Facebook’s…

FTC Says Snapchat Deceived Customers

Snapchat has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it deceived customers about the disappearing nature of messages sent through its service and that it collected…