Snap's stock price is soaring
Wall Street thinks Snap Inc. is back in the game.
After a much-vaunted public offering in 2017, when the social media app was a hit with teens and young adults who flocked to its photo filters, disappearing text messages and “ streaking” marathons, the stock began...
Snapchat partners with Amazon to offer image-based shopping
Snapchat is teaming up with Amazon.com Inc. to let users of its social-media app buy products based on what they see through their smartphone’s camera lenses.
Snapchat’s mobile app opens up to a camera, which people can use to send...
Snap revenue tops estimates due to mobile ad demand
Snap Inc.’s second-quarter revenue topped analyst projections, signaling a pickup in demand for mobile advertising even as a controversial redesign of the Snapchat mobile app continued to hinder user growth.
Separately, Saudi billionaire...
Facebook is all about competing for attention - Snap CEO
Snap Inc. chief Evan Spiegel launched a stinging critique of Facebook Inc., dismissing both its appeal and its successful attempts to copy Snapchat’s most popular features.
Spiegel aimed a series of barbs against his larger adversary...
Snapchat CEO earned $638 million from Snap IPO
Snap Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel is poised to become one of the highest-paid U.S. executives for 2017.
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Snapchat will soon have its own original scripted shows
Snapchat aims to have original scripted shows on the platform before the end of the year, Variety reported.
Snapchat testing new Crowd Surf video feature
Snapchat is testing a new feature called Crowd Surf, which takes individual video clips from users and combines them.
Why Snapchat is flawed
Snapchat photos hitting the Internet has driven home a simple fact: the mobile app’s core feature – delivering photos and videos that vanish seconds after viewing – is flawed
Facebook developing Snapchat video-chat rival: report
Facebook is developing its own video-chat app, known internally as Slingshot, after its failed attempt to acquire mobile messaging startup Snapchat