Facebook’s ephemeral group messaging should give Snapchat the spooks
Facebook is once again borrowing from Snapchat for its experimental new group messaging feature on its main app, which is being tested on select users.
Keeping it (un)real: Snapchat now lets you animate yourself thanks to Bitmoji
Months after Snapchat's acquisition of Bitmoji, you can finally send a comic version of yourself in either your snaps or your chats.
Snapchat wants to show you ads based on the objects in your Snaps
A newly published Snaphat patent shows technology that uses image recognition technology to serve ads based on objects that we within the snap.
Snapchat quietly rolled out a feature to share your fave accounts
Snapchat has quietly rolled out a “suggest” function that lets you recommend accounts to friends, sharing their details with your followers in the process.
Snapchat is being sued for allegedly exposing minors to sexually explicit content
Snapchat is facing a lawsuit that claims the messaging app is presenting minors with “sexually offensive" content without the consent of their parents.
'Ghostbusters' lens for Snapchat lets you use front, rear lenses of phone's camera
Thanks to a new sponsored lens tied to Sony Pictures' "Ghostbusters," you can use both the front- and rear-facing lenses on your smartphone to take a photo.
Goodbye, camera roll! Snapchat launches Memories, a way to search your past snaps
Snapchat may be known for its disappearing messages, however the social media app now wants you to save pictures, thanks to Memories, its latest feature.
Snapchat teens, beware: Your parents are flocking to your favorite app
Snapchat is no longer just used by teens and young millennials. The app is seeing more older users join up than ever before, according to a new report.
This Snapchat clone has racked up 30 million users in Asia in a matter of months
A Snapchat clone from the makers of the Line Messaging app is sitting atop the iOS App Store chart in China, thanks to its extensive range of selfie tools.
Snapchat under fire for allegedly copying work of popular makeup artists
Snapchat is once again taking heat over its popular selfie filters, this time for allegedly copying ideas from popular makeup artists.
First Lady Michelle Obama joins Snapchat in an effort to engage young people
Have you ever wondered what things are actually like behind the scenes at the nation’s most well-known residence? Well, you can now find out.
Your Snapchat stories will soon come with ad breaks
Snapchat will introduce video ads to its users' stories in conjunction with the launch of its long-awaited advertising API.
Snapchat’s live music deal promises to deliver the best festival footage
Snapchat has partnered with AEG Live to provide coverage from some of its biggest music festivals in the form of Live Stories.
Snapchat’s new-look Discover section boasts preview tiles, channel subscriptions
Snapchat's new Discover section redesign uses tiles and cover pages to completely overhaul the aesthetic of the tab dedicated to news publishers and brands
Your Snapchat selfies could soon get the full-blown 3D treatment
Snapchat has quietly acquired augmented reality startup Seene, with plans to absorb its 3D imaging tech into its app, and related virtual reality projects.
Trending up: Snapchat passes Twitter in daily users with more than 150 million
Snapchat has increased its daily users to more than 150 million, moving the mobile visual messaging app ahead of Twitter's estimated 140 million daily users.
Snapchat secures $1.8 billion as its valuation climbs to $18 billion
What does an estimated 10 billion daily video views get you? The answer for Snapchat is a $2 billion spike in its valuation from just two months prior.
Two bad-ass climbers scale Everest without extra oxygen, share it all on social media
Mountaineers Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards climbed Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen and shared their experience on Snapchat and Strava.
You can now add Snapchat's giant-emoji stickers to your snaps
Snapchat's latest update includes a new customization option that let you add stickers, previously limited to its Chat 2.0 feature, to your snaps.
Snapchat accused of whitewashing its users through ‘beautify’ filter
Snapchat, it seems, is having a bit of trouble when it comes to racial sensitivity. Its Bob Marley blackface feature and alleged skin-lightening filter have drawn criticism.
World's biggest startup incubator launches Shark Tank-style Snapchat contest
A Snapchat pitch could land one lucky startup the funding it needs to get its project up and running, thanks to a new contest from Y Combinator.
DT Premiere: World’s first FaceSwap music video is equal parts creepy, impressive
New York songwriter Anthony D'Amato has paired his new single with Snapchat, creating the world's first selfie FaceSwap music video using his iPhone 6.
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel dropped $12.5M on this star’s former Brentwood home
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel is making a home for himself and girlfriend Miranda Kerr in a Brentwood mansion formerly owned by a Hollywood A-lister.
Face-swap with your favorite Netflix characters on the streets of Paris
Netflix posters that let you take Snapchat face-swap selfies with iconic characters from House of Cards, Narcos, and more, are popping up around Paris.
Snapchat’s custom geofilters prove huge success with users snapping special events
Snapchat's custom geofilters are being purchased by the thousands every week by the app's users, alongside brands and local businesses.
Real-life Snapchat romance has entire university campus smitten
Snapchat helped two UW–Madison students find each other with their very own geofilters, after the two professed to liking one another on the app.
99check wants to keep your kids safe with nothing more than a selfie
Meet 99check, described as "a simple utility for on-demand, selfie-based location-sharing between parents and kids."
For the first time ever, NBC is sharing Olympic footage
Comcast's NBC will be distributing footage from the Olympics. Snapchat users will be able to see the events and athletes up close through the app.
Snapchat users are watching 10 billion videos a day
On Thursday, sources familiar with Snapchat told Bloomberg that users are now logging a staggering 10 billion videos a day on the app.
Snapchat is fighting for your right to take a voting day ballot selfie
Snapchat has filed an amicus brief against a ballot box selfie ban in New Hampshire, arguing that the images provide a major source of content for its app.
MTV Cribs is making a comeback … on Snapchat
MTV is bringing back Cribs for the Snapchat set. The celeb-oriented TV show will be reduced to a short-form series exclusively for the messaging app.
Plastic surgeons are using Snapchat to broadcast patients going under the knife
These Snapchat videos aren't for the squeamish. A number of qualified plastic surgeons are using the messaging app to broadcast from the operating table.
Snapchat update lets you swap faces with any photo on your phone
Snapchat has released a new update that let's you apply face-swap with any image in your phone's photo library, meaning you can now switch mugs with anyone.
Is Snapchat high? New Bob Marley ‘blackface’ filter spurs negative buzz on 4/20
On Wednesday, Snapchat gives users this on a day of cannabis celebration -- a Bob Marley filter that gives users instant blackface. No, seriously.