Snap Map makes me feel old
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Snap Map is a new feature in SnapChat designed to connect friends by encouraging users to share their current locations on a map.
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Shiny new look, same old problems
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A clean new redesign for Twitter is coming to soon to a phone near you. It’s pretty enough- clean and consistent with other apps we’re all using.
Read MoreStories Spread and Twitter Ends the Egg
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First it was Snapchat. Then it was Instagram. Then they infiltrated Messenger and WhatsApp. And now, inevitably, stories have made it to Facebook, whether we want them or not.
Read MoreThe Transfer or Twitter Power
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There’s been a lot of talk about Twitter’s troubles over the past year, what with the trolls, the declining users and the questions about a viable business model.
Read MoreTwitter drops the ban hammer, and Facebook ‘fesses up
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A crisis of conscience seems to be sweeping through Silicon Valley since the Presidential Election this month. Its reaction that can best be described as “Wait? Our actions may have real world consequences? And what people read on our sites will impact their opinions? Who knew?”*
Read MoreEnd of the line for Vine
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Say goodbye to Vine. This week, the company announced that it would be looping no more. While the main website will still be available for users to download their content, the mobile app will soon be discontinued.
Read MoreTwitter is ready for some football
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More specifically, a Jets/Bills game it streamed live on Thursday night. According to the NFL, the livestream averaged some 243,000 viewers. (The NFL also touted 2.3 people watching at least 3 seconds of the pre-game or game, but that sounds more like a load-testing statistic than actual viewership.)
Read MoreTwitter needs a moment
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In official coverage, Twitter announced that it’s expanding its Moments feature to “influencers, partners, brands… and in the coming months, everyone.”
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