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Google Resolves Global Service Outage Impacting Multiple Platforms
Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant messaging provider Discord. The outage disrupted services on platforms such as Spotify, Snapchat and Discord that rely on the tech giant's cloud managed services and infrastructure.
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Snapchat Launches Apple Watch App With Scribble, Dictation Support; Lens Studio Now on iOS
Snapchat on Thursday expanded its availability by launching a dedicated app for the Apple Watch. This new app allows users to preview an incoming message and reply to it using multiple options such as Dictation and Scribble. Alongside, the social media platform has also introduced its Lens Studio app on iOS and as a web tool which allows developers...
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How 'Messages From The Dead' Sealed Plan To Murder Meerut Man
Muskaan Rastogi, the prime accused in her husband Saurabh Rajput's murder, used three Snapchat accounts to convince her boyfriend Sahil Shukla to join the plot, the probe into the chilling case has revealed
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For Husband's Murder, She Sent Lover Snapchat Messages Posing As Dead Mother
The grisly murder of a Merchant Navy officer in Meerut, whose body was chopped up and dumped in a drum, was planned by his wife, who convinced her boyfriend that his mother was speaking to him - through Snapchat - from beyond the grave.
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‘Simple’ Snapchat App to Launch in Q1 2025, Says CEO; Announces Expansion of Spectacles to More Countries
Snap Inc. is planning to introduce a “Simple” Snapchat app next year, the company CEO announced at the quarterly investors call on Tuesday. The multimedia instant messaging app revealed that it added 37 million users daily active users globally in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, taking the total to 443 million.
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Snapchat Simplifies Location Sharing, Improves Blocking Feature to Protect Younger Users
Snapchat has expanded its safety features in an attempt to protect younger users on the video and photo messaging platform. The Snapchat block feature has been optimised to be more effective, while location sharing has been simplified, in-app warnings will be more useful, and strangers are now prevented from sending a friend request to teenagers.
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Snapchat Introduces Editable Chats, Emoji Reactions and More Features
Snapchat is introducing new features that will allow its users to interact with the platform in newer ways and improve existing experiences. There are a couple of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features as well, and all of these are gradually being rolled out. Some of these features will only be available to the Snapchat+ paid subscribers.
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Former UK Police Officer Sentenced For Abusing Over 200 Girls On Snapchat
A police officer had messaged 210 girls aged 10 to 16 from November 2020 until February 2023. Images of 2017 were found on his mobile phone.
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Snapchat Said to Be Under Scrutiny From UK Watchdog Over Underage Users
Britain's data regulator is gathering information on Snapchat to establish whether the US instant messaging app is doing enough to remove underage users from its platform, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Snapchat Under Scrutiny From UK Watchdog Over Underage Users: Report
Britain's data regulator is gathering information on Snapchat to establish whether the U.S. instant messaging app is doing enough to remove underage users from its platform, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Snapchat's Daily Active Users Rise 14 Percent YoY to 397 Million in Q2 2023, Snap Gives Weak Outlook for Q3
Photo messaging app owner Snap on Tuesday gave weaker third-quarter guidance than analysts had expected as it works to compete with tech giants for advertising dollars, sending its shares down 18 percent. The company's Snapchat app has attracted hundreds of millions of users thanks to its light-hearted photo filters and new AI-powered chatbot that ...
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Snapchat Reaches Over 200 Million Monthly Active Users in India; Launches My AI Chatbot
Visual messaging app Snapchat has crossed 200 million monthly active users mark in India and 120 million of them watch content on the platform, parent firm Snap said on Tuesday.
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Snap Launches ARES Division to Help Other Companies Build AR Features for Apps, Websites
Snap, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, launched a new division on Thursday that will help other companies build augmented reality features for their websites or apps. The division called AR Enterprise Services (ARES) marks the first time Snap will sell to business customers its AR technology, which can enhance photos and videos of the real w...
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How Snapchat's AR Creators Are Developing and Monetising AR Content in India: Interview With Snapchat's Joe Darko
Snapchat has been working on features centred around AR for years, and is now helping creators monetise content on the photo and video messaging service. We sat down with Joe Darko, Snap's Global Head of AR Developer Relations, to understand the firm's AR content plans, the creator economy in India, and the launch of AR-related hardware from Snap.
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Snapchat Launches Its Own ChatGPT-Powered Chatbot 'My AI'
Social media firm Snap said on Monday it is rolling out an experimental chatbot feature running on OpenAI's GPT technology for some users of its photo messaging app Snapchat. The feature dubbed as My AI will be running the latest version of OpenAI’s GPT technology which has been customised for Snapchat. The AI chatbot will be initially rolling ...
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Google Resolves Global Service Outage Impacting Multiple Platforms
Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant messaging provider Discord. The outage disrupted services on platforms such as Spotify, Snapchat and Discord that rely on the tech giant's cloud managed services and infrastructure.
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Snapchat Launches Apple Watch App With Scribble, Dictation Support; Lens Studio Now on iOS
Snapchat on Thursday expanded its availability by launching a dedicated app for the Apple Watch. This new app allows users to preview an incoming message and reply to it using multiple options such as Dictation and Scribble. Alongside, the social media platform has also introduced its Lens Studio app on iOS and as a web tool which allows developers...
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How 'Messages From The Dead' Sealed Plan To Murder Meerut Man
Muskaan Rastogi, the prime accused in her husband Saurabh Rajput's murder, used three Snapchat accounts to convince her boyfriend Sahil Shukla to join the plot, the probe into the chilling case has revealed
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For Husband's Murder, She Sent Lover Snapchat Messages Posing As Dead Mother
The grisly murder of a Merchant Navy officer in Meerut, whose body was chopped up and dumped in a drum, was planned by his wife, who convinced her boyfriend that his mother was speaking to him - through Snapchat - from beyond the grave.
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‘Simple’ Snapchat App to Launch in Q1 2025, Says CEO; Announces Expansion of Spectacles to More Countries
Snap Inc. is planning to introduce a “Simple” Snapchat app next year, the company CEO announced at the quarterly investors call on Tuesday. The multimedia instant messaging app revealed that it added 37 million users daily active users globally in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, taking the total to 443 million.
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Snapchat Simplifies Location Sharing, Improves Blocking Feature to Protect Younger Users
Snapchat has expanded its safety features in an attempt to protect younger users on the video and photo messaging platform. The Snapchat block feature has been optimised to be more effective, while location sharing has been simplified, in-app warnings will be more useful, and strangers are now prevented from sending a friend request to teenagers.
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Snapchat Introduces Editable Chats, Emoji Reactions and More Features
Snapchat is introducing new features that will allow its users to interact with the platform in newer ways and improve existing experiences. There are a couple of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features as well, and all of these are gradually being rolled out. Some of these features will only be available to the Snapchat+ paid subscribers.
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Former UK Police Officer Sentenced For Abusing Over 200 Girls On Snapchat
A police officer had messaged 210 girls aged 10 to 16 from November 2020 until February 2023. Images of 2017 were found on his mobile phone.
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Snapchat Said to Be Under Scrutiny From UK Watchdog Over Underage Users
Britain's data regulator is gathering information on Snapchat to establish whether the US instant messaging app is doing enough to remove underage users from its platform, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Snapchat Under Scrutiny From UK Watchdog Over Underage Users: Report
Britain's data regulator is gathering information on Snapchat to establish whether the U.S. instant messaging app is doing enough to remove underage users from its platform, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Snapchat's Daily Active Users Rise 14 Percent YoY to 397 Million in Q2 2023, Snap Gives Weak Outlook for Q3
Photo messaging app owner Snap on Tuesday gave weaker third-quarter guidance than analysts had expected as it works to compete with tech giants for advertising dollars, sending its shares down 18 percent. The company's Snapchat app has attracted hundreds of millions of users thanks to its light-hearted photo filters and new AI-powered chatbot that ...
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Snapchat Reaches Over 200 Million Monthly Active Users in India; Launches My AI Chatbot
Visual messaging app Snapchat has crossed 200 million monthly active users mark in India and 120 million of them watch content on the platform, parent firm Snap said on Tuesday.
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Snap Launches ARES Division to Help Other Companies Build AR Features for Apps, Websites
Snap, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, launched a new division on Thursday that will help other companies build augmented reality features for their websites or apps. The division called AR Enterprise Services (ARES) marks the first time Snap will sell to business customers its AR technology, which can enhance photos and videos of the real w...
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How Snapchat's AR Creators Are Developing and Monetising AR Content in India: Interview With Snapchat's Joe Darko
Snapchat has been working on features centred around AR for years, and is now helping creators monetise content on the photo and video messaging service. We sat down with Joe Darko, Snap's Global Head of AR Developer Relations, to understand the firm's AR content plans, the creator economy in India, and the launch of AR-related hardware from Snap.
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Snapchat Launches Its Own ChatGPT-Powered Chatbot 'My AI'
Social media firm Snap said on Monday it is rolling out an experimental chatbot feature running on OpenAI's GPT technology for some users of its photo messaging app Snapchat. The feature dubbed as My AI will be running the latest version of OpenAI’s GPT technology which has been customised for Snapchat. The AI chatbot will be initially rolling ...
