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Snapchat Turns Real World into AR Scavenger Hunt with Nearly Instant Object Recognition
3 min · · While Snapchat is no stranger to location-based AR scavenger hunts, the app's new world-facing game adds some environmental understanding to the mix. This week, Snapchat launched a new Snappables game… · Shared by 18, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸, Matt Navarra, Elena Neira
Product Habits
Facebook’s shameless copying of Snapchat and what it means for your product strategy
10 min · · I’ve been using Facebook and it’s growing family of products for years. Every. Single. Day. I first tried using Snapchat in 2012, back when it was an early but growing disappearing photo app. It never… · Shared by 62, including Twitty, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Thomas Power, Dominik Grolimund, hiten.eth, Josh Elman, OM, Nir Eyal
Bloomberg
Evan Spiegel Reveals Plan to Turn Snapchat Into a Real Business
14+ min · · CEO says he knows what millennials and teens want, and it's not on television or Facebook · Shared by 80, including Yannick Laclau, George M 🇪🇺, Nico Luchsinger, Clemens, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦋, julian 🚮✨, Sandro Strebel, ThomNagy, Honza Pav, Icefox, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Andrea Desiato
TechCrunch
Snapchat is stifled by its un-algorithmic feed
6 min · · Snapchat invented its best products by being the anti-Facebook. Its disappearing chats made visual communication quick and casual compared to Facebook’s email-esque text messages. Stories… · Shared by 76, including Kim Dik, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power, Matt Navarra, DON’T PANIC, Lord Travis Wright, Nir Eyal, Johannes Lenz, Mark Kaigwa, Ⓓarío Macchi
TechCrunch
To stop copycats, Snapchat shares itself
6 min · · Evan Spiegel has finally found a way to fight back against Mark Zuckerberg’s army of clones. For 2.5 years, Snapchat foolishly tried to take the high road versus Facebook, with Spiegel claiming “Our… · Shared by 72, including Mark Kaigwa, Bjorn Larsen, Gianluca Diegoli, Johannes Lenz, Mike Allton, Charles Baldwin, Matt Navarra, Oliver Reichenstein
The Wall Street Journal
Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles
2 min · · Shared by 86, including Ian M Calvert, Brent Summers, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, George M 🇪🇺, uri, Joe Filcik, M.G. Siegler, Scott Williams, Stephanie A Kowalski, Thomas Power, Niklaus Gerber, Kim Dik, Christian Müller, Richard MacManus, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Pleil, hiten.eth, Daniel Quiceno
medium.com
Lots of people are saying that Instagram just officially ‘killed Snapchat’ Here’s why they’re wrong…
7 min · · Last week, Facebook announced that Instagram Stories had reached 200 million daily active users (DAUs). · Shared by 81, including Weiting Chen, Ryan Hoover, Niklaus Gerber, Thomas Pleil, Kunal Bhatia, Johannes Lenz, Thomas Power, Gero Pflüger 🫡💙, Tris Hussey, Damien Van Achter, Nir Eyal, Stephanie A Kowalski
TechCrunch
Snapchat lets you take a photo of an object to buy it on Amazon
5 min · · See, snap, sale. In a rare partnership for Amazon, the commerce giant will help Snapchat challenge Instagram and Pinterest for social shopping supremacy. Today Snapchat announced it’s slowly rolling out a new visual product search feature, confirming TechCrunch’s July scoop about this project, codenamed “Eagle.” Users can use Snapchat’s camera to scan a physical object […] · Shared by 82, including Loubna Rais, Klaus Eck, Tom Connor, Christian P. Stobbe, Oliver Ewinger
The Verge
Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads
3 min · · The app promotes sharing your status, location, and more with your closest friends. · Shared by 96, including Gerrit Eicker, Builtvisible, Melonie Dodaro, Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, Mathew Ingram, Chris Messina, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, luis antónio santos, Matt Navarra, Jeremiah Owyang, Michael (मुकेश), Stephanie A Kowalski
medium.com
Why I’m leaving Snapchat and so are all your friends
6 min · · Snapchat is the darling of technology: for years, we’ve fawned over the company for being innovative, using daring interfaces and out of… · Shared by 214, including Richard MacManus, Claudia Sommer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Björn Koblow, Daniel Jörg, Oliver Fuchs, Mathew Ingram, Dirk Spannaus, Alex Barrera, Stefan Steiner, Mark Kaigwa, Matt Navarra, Helmi, Thomas Power, Brent Summers, Richard Gutjahr, Sara Usinger, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Ben Tossell, Johannes Lenz
The Daily Beast
This Is the Data Snapchat Doesn’t Want You to See
9 min · · Snapchat keeps its partners, investors—and even employees—in the dark about how core features are performing. Now, some of those figures are finally being dragged into the light. · Shared by 176, including Bjorn Larsen, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Chris Messina, Matti Heubner, luqven, Jean-Patrick, Dominik Ruisinger, hiten.eth, Mark Kaigwa, Nathan Baschez 📧, Markus Maurer, Simone Stickelberger, Claudia Sommer, Johannes Lenz, Simon Wüthrich, Chris Kloss, Richard Gutjahr, Tim Herbig, ⎝Stéphan Lam⎠💬, Thomas Knüwer
The New York Times
While We Weren’t Looking, Snapchat Revolutionized Social Networks
8 min · · Once known for its disappearing messages, Snap, the parent of Snapchat, has moved into news and, with Spectacles, consumer devices. · Shared by 314, including Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Nir Eyal, Christian Müller, Dominik Grolimund, Kim Dik, Lorenz König, Lukas Stickelberger, Matthias Sala, Jono Mallanyk, Carl Morris, Data Science Renee, Anthony Hamelle, Klaus Eck, Leslie D, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Alex Barrera, Mathew Ingram, Dez S. Papp, Stephanie A Kowalski