All the stories we have on Snapchat. Starting life as a student project by founders Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown named "Picaboo", the image-based social media app has evolved to host a variety of image and video-based media, including TV shows exclusively produced for the platform.
All stories in Snapchat
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Get yourself off social media: A guide to deleting your accounts
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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Snapchat removed a Juneteenth filter that made users smile to break chains
Earlier today, Snapchat launched a filter that was supposed to honor Juneteenth. It was then promptly removed, because, ...
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Snapchat refuses to promote Trump's account over his controversial tweets
Snapchat has joined the debate between social media platforms over the words of President Donald Trump. It's now refusing ...
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Icon Rewind is a time machine for your phone’s app icons
Do you miss the old logos of Tinder, PayPal, Netflix, Instagram, and many other popular apps? Then Icon Rewind might just ...
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Psychologist explains why people TikTok themselves licking food in supermarkets
There have been numerous reports of people deliberately licking products and surfaces in supermarkets and filming it. These ...
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Social media interest is spiking worldwide — except for LinkedIn
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world, more and more governments are imposing lockdowns on their citizens. As a result, ...
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Snap founder says TikTok could dethrone Instagram
Evan Spiegel knows a thing or two about the social space. For eight years, his startup, Snapchat, has been chasing giants ...
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[Best of 2019] The most popular social media networks each year, gloriously animated
It's hard to remember a world without social media, but it existed – as did a lot of other networks. We tracked their evolution. ...
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Unlike Facebook, Snapchat will fact-check political ads
In an interview with CNBC, Evan Spiegel, Snapchat's CEO, said his company will fact-check and review all ads on the platform, ...
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Instagram tests Threads app for 'intimate sharing' with close friends
Facebook is internally testing a new chat app for Instagram called Threads in what appears to be the company's "latest assault ...
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These are the countries that keep the most photos on their phones
It turns out South Korea, Malaysia, and Switzerland are the countries where people store the most photos on their phones, ...
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TikTok is flooded by scammers promoting adult sites
TikTok has been inundated by a slew of scammers seeking to take advantage of its quickly growing userbase – and get them ...
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How to build Reddit custom feeds (also known as ‘multis’) like a pro
Here is how to build up custom feeds (otherwise known as multis) on Reddit, and avoid mixing business with pleasure like ...
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TikTok is testing a WhatsApp shortcut to let you share videos with your best friends
TikTok is testing a bunch of new features, including a new Discover tab, account linking with Facebook and Google, and a ...
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Over 3.5 billion people are on social media; Facebook still biggest with teens; Esports on the rise
The new Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social is packed with all the latest data you need to understand ...
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Here’s how to delete or deactivate your Snapchat account
If you’re still on the fence about deleting your Snapchat for good, you have the option to simply deactivate your account, ...
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Why Snapchat’s new gender swap feature is problematic for many trans people
You’ve probably seen it all over your social media timelines and stories this week — friends using Snapchat’s new gender-bending ...
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Q2 Digital Statshot 2019: TikTok peaks, Snapchat grows, and we can’t stop talking
It’s only been three months since I published our first round of Digital 2019 reports here on TNW, but our new Q2 Global ...
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Snapchat's reinventing itself to fight Instagram
Snapchat announceda a bunch of things at their partner summit last week including games, shows, AR lenses, and SnapKit for ...
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Snapchat is getting into games -- here's what we'd like to see
Rumor has it Snapchat's going to reveal a new in-app game platform next month. Here are a few things the company could do ...
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Q4 2018 internet report: Almost 4.2 billion humans are online
The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast ...
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Facebook's secretly working on LOL -- a meme hub meant to lure teens from Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok
Facebook hasn’t given up on attracting teens. After numerous failed products aimed at teens — including LOL, Facebook ...
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We stopped using these apps in 2018 — here’s why
To stop using an app is easier said than done. Still, TNW's incredible staff writers mustered the strength to do so -- you ...
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Snapchat is testing new features (that Instagram has had for months)
Snapchat has clearly fallen behind Instagram when it comes to user growth. In order to catch up, the app is testing a bunch ...
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Why poor teens haven't abandoned Facebook
Facebook use remains high among teens from low-income families, unlike their more affluent peers. So why do they stick around? ...
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‘Free tech’ economy creates harmful monopolies and alters our self-expression
Many of the world’s biggest companies would be giving away their services for free in today’s digital economy and costs ...
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Snap's new Spectacles actually look... wearable?
Snapchat recently introduced two new shapes to its line of Spectacle wearables. They look surprisingly fashionable compared ...
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Anti-semitic vandals rename Manhattan ‘Jewtropolis’ on Snapchat
New Yorkers using apps including Snapchat, Citi Bike, or The Weather Channel will have noticed that this morning New York ...
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Internal Facebook note reveals clever 'psychological trick' to attract teenage users
Always on the lookout for novel ways to attract teens, Facebook purchased viral polling app TBH last October. The app fell ...
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Teens are seeking cosmetic surgery to look like their favorite Snapchat filters
Cosmetic surgeons have always fielded seemingly odd requests to recreate body parts from celebrities: Angelina Jolie's lips,David ...
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Facebook is developing a singing contest feature to rival musical.ly
Facebook is reportedly developing a new feature called 'Talent Show' which will allow users to record themselves singing ...
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We tried to force our intern to exercise with this app — it half-worked
Goya-Move is an app that stops children using their phones until they've hit a specific step count. We reviewed it by testing ...
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Human interaction keeps crumbling as Bitmoji become your Tinder wingman
Tinder is testing a feature that allows user's to send Bitmoji within the dating app. It's a way to break the ice but it ...
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Snapchat’s new feature shines the spotlight on community-made Lenses
Snapchat today announced it was rolling out Lens Explorer, a new feature that makes it easier for users to tap into the growing ...
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Here's how to see your Snapchat posts after they've disappeared
Snapchat is known for its ephemerality and sure, you can save your posts if you remember, but how about getting a monthly ...
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Snapchat has a secret new way to quickly add friends
Snapchat launched a big update today that added a new feature called "Discover" that shows you the latest news, but what ...
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You've probably broken the law on Snapchat without knowing
You should probably stop taking screenshots on Snapchat.
