July 21, 2016
Now anyone can build features for Cola messenger
Cola, a messaging app that integrates apps into chats, is opening up its developer kit today to enable anyone to build new apps. The updated version available today comes…
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July 21, 2016
Facebook scraps another Snapchat clone: 24-hour “Quick Updates”
Poke failed. Slingshot failed. But Facebook is still trying to mimic Snapchat with a new Stories-style feature it’s been testing called “Quick Updates”. These 24-hour ephemeral updates are…
Read articleJuly 20, 2016
Warby Parker is offering Snapchat-exclusive sunglasses
Warby Parker is offering its very first Snapchat-exclusive product — limited sunglasses that are only available for purchase to its Snapchat followers. The eyeglass retailer said it just…
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The medium is the Messenger
If you’re not already thinking about what your product looks like in a messaging application, it may be too late. Facebook Messenger crossing the 1 billion user mark…
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How Facebook Messenger clawed its way to 1 billion users
Facebook’s gamble of forcing users to download Messenger has paid off. Despite the backlash, Messenger has doubled its user count in 20 months to reach the one billion user…
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Get lost in 10,000 square miles of multiplayer VR with MetaWorld later this year
Virtual reality as it exists is generally an isolating experience. Plenty of VR worlds are sparsely populated, inhabited by robots, or empty. There are social platforms for VR…
Read articleJuly 19, 2016
Facebook throws shade at Snapchat’s anti-creepy business
“They’re going to hit some challenges and marketers are gonna start to ask questions when they get out of the experimental budget phase,” Facebook’s head of adtech said…
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Will photo art phenom Prisma raise or get bought?
Prisma morphs your photos into fine art like Picasso or Mondrian, and it’s blowing up the iOS app charts. Today it came out in unofficial APK beta on…
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Snapchat now lets you use Bitmojis in chat or on snaps
Snapchat bought Bitstrips, the startup behind Bitmoji, back in March. The acquisition was worth a reported $100 million, but at the time, how the product would be integrated…
Read articleJuly 18, 2016
Snapchat “Suggest” is the new way to get famous
Finally there’s a better way to gain followers on Snapchat. The app refuses to tell you who to watch. There are no suggested user lists, no leaderboards, no little…
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