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Snap permanently closes Donald Trump's account
Add Snapchat to the list of services that no longer allow Donald Trump as a poster.
Snapchat locks Donald Trump's account, as well
Facebook and Twitter aren’t the only social networks that blocked Donald Trump on their platform. Snap has revealed that it has also placed a restriction on the outgoing president’s account, preventing him from sharing anything on its app. Rachel Racusen, the company’s spokesperson, told The Information: “We can confirm that earlier today we locked President Trump’s Snapchat account.”
Twitter will let users share tweets directly to Snapchat and Instagram
Twitter is introducing new sharing tools that allow users to natively share tweets to Snapchat and Instagram Stories.
Snapchat launches TikTok rival ‘Spotlight’
TikTok now has another competitor to contend with: Snapchat. The app's new Spotlight feature will pay users for popular videos.
Snapchat’s astrological profiles might be the pandemic escapism we need
Snapchat is introducing a new feature that adds detailed horoscopes to users’ profiles.
Snapchat can now scan food and wine labels
Snap wants you to use its camera for more than just selfies.
Snap is adding new users and growing its ad business during the pandemic
While the coronavirus pandemic has hit the ad industry hard, Snap seems to be navigating it just fine.
Snapchat finally lets users add music to their snaps
The feature makes Snapchat a little more like Instagram and TikTok.
Snapchat will let creators make LiDAR lenses for iPhone 12 Pro
The latest version of Lens Studio could help them forge more immersive AR effects.
Snapchat helped register a million voters ahead of 2020 election
Snap says its get-out-the-vote campaign has helped register a million voters.
The first music video shot on Snap Spectacles 3 is a rumination on love
Over the years, we've seen music videos and movies shot on iPhones, GoPros, and even in a few disappointing cases, Google Glass. Long story short, if a gadget has a camera, people will use it to make art, and that streak continues today with a new music video from R&B artist Bosco that was shot entirely on Snap’s Spectacles 3. As you might expect, the video -- made to accompany Bosco's single "4th of July" -- is packed to the gills with Snapchat's augmented reality lenses.
Snapchat will test making content viewable outside of its app
The experiment will affect the app’s publicly-viewable content, like shows and publisher content.
Snapchat's latest custom Lenses are designed for dancing videos
Snap has updated its Lens Studio platform so artists and developers can create custom Lenses — the company’s term for AR experiences — that leverage full body tracking. Snapchat’s maker has created two templates, Full Body Triggers and Full Body Attachments, that can conjure up various effects based on what the user is doing inside the frame.
Trump executive order seeks to ban TikTok, WeChat 'transactions' in 45 days
Donald Trump issued two executive orders stating a ban on transactions with Tencent and ByteDance, the Chinese parent companies of WeChat and TikTok.
Snapchat introduces voting resources to boost youth turnout
Snapchat wants to use its influence with young people to help drive higher turnout in the upcoming elections. To do that, the company is introducing a new set of educational tools meant to help users prepare to vote. The new features include voter registration tools and informational guides about the upcoming elections.
Snapchat now lets you turn your face into an animated sticker
Think of it as a more realistic (and slightly more terrifying) Bitmoji.
Snapchat targets TikTok by adding music to snaps
Snapchat will soon get a little more like Instagram and TikTok.
Congress grills Facebook over its acquisitions and feature cloning
Facebook is “a case study in monopoly power,” one lawmaker said.
Snap makes Spectacles easier to use with new edit tool
Better late than never: Snap Spectacles transition from Vine to TikTok.
Snap's coronavirus bump was short lived
Snapchat continues to grow even as the coronavirus pandemic batters the ad industry.