In a crowded social media landscape, Snapchat needs to reinvent itself as the internet’s favorite camera app. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99ed03948df34b85e0ff12/master/pass/snapchatcamera.jpg
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Snapchat taps Giphy to let you add animated GIF stickers to your photos and videos
Snapchat is getting a massive dose of GIFs from today with the news that the app will be integrating with Giphy’s gargantuan library of GIFs. Now when you take a photo or video, you’ll be able to add a funky GIF sticker to your creation, which you can scale to size according to your preferences. […]
Snapchat is selling more than just crappy merch
Weeks ago, Snap opened up an in-app Snapchat store to sell merch, which appeared to be an attempt to open up a new revenue stream. But it looks like it will offer more than just dancing hot dogs. During yesterday’s NBA All-Star game in Los Angeles, Snap held a concert that doubled as a sneaker […]
Copycat: How Facebook Tried to Squash Snapchat
In an excerpt from a new book on Snapchat, Billy Gallagher explains how Facebook fought back against a tiny rival’s challenge. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a86261ea8e48854db1759ec/master/pass/snapchat_money_book-FINAL.jpg
Snapchat courts influencers with analytics tool (SNAP)
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Digital Media Briefing” subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. Snapchat released an in-app tool that provides popular creators with detailed viewership analytics on their Stories, Marketing Land reports.See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: […]
Snapchat and NBC are going all-in on the Winter Olympics
Snapchat is teaming up with NBC to put the 2018 Winter Olympics in your pocket. Starting February 10th you’ll be able to watch the Games live in the Discover tab. More than that, it sounds like there will be daily highlights as well. “Snapchatters can expect one pivotal moment from NBC’s primetime broadcast to be […]
Pixel Visual Core Now Adds HDR+ To Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat Images
After months of lurking unused in Google’s flagship Pixel 2 smartphone, the company’s first homegrown, consumer-focused processor springs to life. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a786d987727381295d0917f/master/pass/GettyImages-857598816.jpg
Snapchat drops white frames around Snaps from Camera Roll
Snapchat has (finally!) completely killed off the white frame around snaps not captured with its own camera. The app’s latest version drops the border when you add Snaps from the Camera Roll to your Story — an extension of its update last year, which gets rid of that white space around photos and videos shared […]
Twitter may copy Snapchat to make video sharing easier
Poor Snapchat. Everything it does gets copied by everyone from Facebook to Skype to Google and now Twitter seems to be on the Snapchat-aping bandwagon. Bloomberg reports that the company is working on a feature that will make it easier for users to post videos than its current multi-step setup allows. Rather than tapping the […]
Snapchat Stories Can Now Live Outside the App
While Instagram and Facebook fine-tune their Stories features, Snapchat is moving some of its content beyond the app. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a6685ca7e41b8365d26de23/master/pass/insta_snap_story-02-FINAL.jpg
