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Snap Map is launching My Places, a new way to find personalized recommendations from friends and the global Snapchat community.In an effort to make it easier for Snapchatters to explore venues and amenities in a world that’s opening up again, Snapchat is introducing a new feature to Snap Map called My Places.With My Places, users of the platform can discover more than 30 million businesses, log their favorite local spots, and even find personalized recommendations informed by their friends as well as by the wider global Snapchat community.Related | Snapchat Powers Up Snap Maps With StreetCredThe new feature includes three main tabs: visited (which lists the latest places the user has checked into), favorites (which saves your places of choice), and popular (which uses an algorithm to provide personalized recommendations on where to go based on the users’ actual location). The latter also combines with the user’s and their friends’ favorite saves, as well as the favorites that other Snapchatters have visited and saved.This marks the difference between Snap Maps and all other more established online, interactive maps. Users on Google or Apple Maps, for example, are not offered the possibility to check out places visited and favorited by their friends,…

Server queues are between 30 and 90 minutes As we learned a week ago, portaling FPS Splitgate was so popular during its open beta phase that 1047 Games had to extend the beta and delay launch. They're currently attempting to expand their servers and fit over 100,000 players. At the moment, interest in Splitgate is still outpacing their ability to expand, with queue times hitting 90 minutes yesterday. 1047 are now tracking server and queue status on Twitter while they work to keep up and say they are "working our tails off." Splitgate's developers reported pulling in an unanticipated 50,000 players across all platforms as of July 20th. It currently has nearly 60,000 players on Steam alone. "The rate of growth of our playerbase is faster than the rate we can increase server capacity," 1047 explain. "We are working on a long term solution to greatly increase server capacity to well over 100k concurrent but this takes time." They also shared an explanation of the situation from their server engineer, who likens the sudden popularity to being a five-top restaurant suddenly facing a queue of thousands of diners. They want to expand, sure, but setting up the infrastructure and hiring…

Fewer things will make you feel more out of touch than coming across some newfangled lingo that you just can't comprehend. It's something I experienced as early as elementary school when other kids would randomly walk up to me and ask me if I "got beef." I had no idea what in the world they were referring to. What did meat have to do with school? And why were they being so aggressive when they asked me if I had any?Article continues below advertisementThanks to MTV's extensive coverage of East-Coast-West-Coast hip hop rivalries, I quickly came to understand what having "beef" means. And thankfully, the answers to new acronyms are now easily found on the internet. So if you've been browsing Snapchat and have seen the term "MBN" going around, we've got you covered on what it means.Source: TwitterArticle continues below advertisementWhat does "MBN" mean on Snapchat?It's short for "must be nice." And if you're wondering if that's a genuine commentary or a passive-aggressive one, it's definitely the latter. So, how would one go about even using this acronym when reacting or commenting on a post?It's probably best embodied by the song "Tulum," posted by musician, TikToker, and YouTuber Emoney.…

WhatsApp introduced its extension for desktop computers, which does not work with iPhones. (CNNMexico) – If you are an iPhone user, you will still be left with the desire, but if you use Android, Windows Phone, Nokia or BlackBerry you will like to know that from this Monday the WhatsApp Web platform is available for the Mozilla Firefox and Opera browsers. The service through which you can use this messenger from your PC or Mac until now was only supported by Google’s Chrome browser, but this Monday WhatsApp announced through its Twitter account the extension to two more browsers. Since last January 21, WhatsApp users can send and receive messages from the browser, which facilitates conversations for those in front of the PC. As in Chrome, users must scan the QR code that appears on the screen to access the service, a fingerprint that authenticates the user. WhatsApp Web does not replace the mobile phone application, but rather extends its platform through the browser, so you must have your phone active and with a data or WiFi signal to continue exchanging messages. So far the messaging service has not indicated when WhatsApp Web will be available for iPhone phones, which…

Maxwell & CrystalBy @LaCrystalRosasAug 2, 2021These two teen girls from Texas posted a Snapchat about how they found a dead man's body and stole his chain! Yep that will land you right in jail. Check out the video with all the details below. Photo Credit: Bexar County Jail

Contrary to belief, social media still has a limited role in Indian elections, but its impact will only increase By Author Telangana Today Arnab Sen Sarma   |   Published: 3rd Aug 2021   12:05 am 2014 was a landmark year in Indian politics. It redefined the way political parties approach elections. The grandeur of the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s extravagant electoral campaign in the run-up to the 16th general elections was fairly unprecedented. One of the many compelling aspects of that trailblazing campaign was the BJP’s emphatic use of social media (WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc) as an effective tool for political messaging. Since then, social media has come to dominate Indian politics and the myriad narratives around it. Over the past seven years, social media has become increasingly popular among political parties. Today, every major political outfit has its own “cyber army” and is spending lakhs towards expanding its online base. Social media now forms an inevitable part of electoral strategy. According to Google Ad Transparency Report and the Facebook Ad Library data, in about two years, between February 2019 and May 2021, a handful of national and State level parties cumulatively spent upwards of Rs 150 crore towards their…

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Former Centennial superintendent sentenced to prison for attempted child abuse Tim DeWaard By Melanie Wilkinson Managing Editor SEWARD – Monday morning, in Seward County District Court, former Centennial superintendent Tim DeWaard, 57, was sentenced to one year in prison for attempted felony child abuse.The charge initially began as felony child abuse and was later amended as part of a plea agreement.DeWaard was accused of abusing a student. He was arrested last July and shortly thereafter resigned from his position as school superintendent at Centennial, a position he had held since 2007. Prior to serving at Centennial, he was a school administrator in Eustis-Farnam, Valentine and Tri County schools.The victim told investigators DeWaard asked for shirtless photos over Snapchat. The teenager said DeWaard would have him sit on his lap and touched his inner thigh while in his locked office.During sentencing proceedings, Seward County Attorney Wendy Elston told the court she believed incarceration was necessary.“The state will advise that probation is not appropriate,” Elston said. “This is a severe violation of trust which makes it most egregious in society. The defendant was in a position to know the impact of his selfish decision on this child. He was educated about abuse. He…

Blogs are a great way to express yourself and keep your thoughts tidy and organized. Not only are most blogs are highly customizable, allowing the appearance to be altered and graphics added, blog posts can also be easily shared with others. If you have something important to say, a blog post is the perfect way to express that idea. Read on for our list of the six best blogging platforms you can use for free. 1. Blogger Blogger is one of the oldest and most popular blogging platforms on the web. Since Google owns Blogger, you can be assured that your blog will be hosted on one of the most secure and reliable places on the web. Being a part of the Blogger family means you will receive your own blogspot subdomain. You can also connect your own custom domain free of charge, which not many other free blogging platforms offer. Blogger gives you a generous 15 GB of space to upload high-quality photos and videos, as well as unlimited bandwidth. There are pre-designed template themes and layouts available. But if you have HTML and CSS knowledge, you can tweak the templates to suit your preferences. The Blogger content management…