Snapchat bulks up location-based ad targeting & launches in-store analytics tool -...

Advertisers can now target ads based on a radius around a specific geographic point, or a location type -- like a beach, movie theater, or university.

One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3 Billion of Snap's Market Value - Bloomberg

Snap Inc.’s flagship platform has lost some luster, at least according to one social-media influencer in the Kardashian-Jenner clan.

Snap’s second-generation Spectacles are more grown up — and more expensive - The V...

Snapchat Spectacles are water resistant and take photos. They go on sale Thursday for $150 at Spectacles.com

Why Snapchat Spectacles failed

TechCrunch, 2017: "How come only 0.08% of Snapchat's users bought its camera sunglasses? Hundreds of thousands of pairs of Spectacles sit rotting in wa...

Intuitive Design vs. Shareable Design – Greylock Perspectives

Snapchat’s interface baffles a lot of people. Not to pick on older folks, but people over a certain age tend to have a hard time figuring out how to do ...

Should cash-strapped Snapchat sell out? To Netflix? – TechCrunch

Snapchat needs a sugar daddy. Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses. Poor morale from a battered share price and cost-cutting measures...

Snapchat lets you take a photo of an object to buy it on Amazon – TechCrunch

See, snap, sale. In a rare partnership for Amazon, the commerce giant will help Snapchat challenge Instagram and Pinterest for social shopping supremacy...

Snapchat will power Stories & ads in other apps – TechCrunch

Snapchat has found an answer to the revenue problem stemming from its halted growth: it will show its ads in other apps with the launch of Snapchat Ad K...

Facebook’s Privacy Cake – 2019 - Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking is not some dramatic pivot: it is a growth opportunity for Facebook and...

Snap is channeling Asia’s messaging giants with its move into gaming – TechCrunch

Snap is taking a leaf out of the Asian messaging app playbook as its social messaging service enters a new era. The company unveiled a series of new str...