Snapchat discontinues Snapcash feature on August 30
As of August 30, 2018, Snapchat will shut down the Snapcash feature. Users will be notified within the app, but the company didn’t publicly explain its decision in a recent statement it made.
The $150 pair of sunglasses purportedly does more than just protect your eyes. It helps users tell their story. For Snapchat, its story needed this move.
On this week’s show, Apple continues to ruffle feathers for the way it conducts business and gets away with it. Meanwhile, another dirty secret about Android slips loose.
Believe it or not, Snap’s ‘002’ Spectacles could be right around the corner
Despite the spectacular failure of the initially well-received Spectacles, Snap Inc. looks keen to release a second version soon, possibly followed by a third next year.
After Facebook, BlackBerry also wants Snap to pay for messaging patent infringement
Canada-based BlackBerry Limited may be out of the mobile phone-making business, but it’s certainly not out of the tech company-suing business, setting its sights on Snap Inc shortly after Facebook.
In one way, this should help ‘Grammers reach their fans and friends with posts that might otherwise get lost in the feed that Instagram has so lovingly curated.
Google says Pixel Visual Core is not used for Pixel 2’s native camera app
The company said so in an interview published in November. Why is it the case that Facebook can use this machine-learning co-processor, but not Google Camera?
Apple unveils long list of 2017 App Store and iTunes bestsellers and editorial selections
The App Store’s most popular 2017 titles are not very surprising, but the editorial choices for the year’s top apps and games could catch you off guard.
Snapchat Context Cards will let users Uber or Lyft to places their friends are at
If the place on the Snap is on the Snap Map, just swipe up and look into when it’s open, how good people think it is and how much it’ll cost to ride over.
Microsoft is reformatting Skype and is clearing away older apps
How is Skype being shaped? Why, like Snapchat, of course! Stickers, shortform video loops and a whole lot more is coming your way on the big platforms.
Facebook tries to beat Snapchat at its own game with Stories for all, new camera effects and more
Usually, it’s the underdogs that take inspiration from market leaders, but Facebook isn’t afraid to go the other way around and follow Snapchat’s suit.
Snapchat Spectacles, because we all loved Google Glass
The privacy debates that it brought up were damaging. In terms of Snapchat, instant communication to a selective audience really might work people over.
