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NORRISTOWN — A former substitute teacher at North Montco Technical Career Center in Towamencin was sentenced to some time behind bars and a lengthy probationary period for sexting with female students through the social media application Snapchat.Stephen Andrew Catania, 30, of the first block of North School Lane in Souderton, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county jail, to be followed by five years’ probation in connection with incidents that occurred in 2019. The sentence means Catania will be under court supervision for about seven years.The sentence was imposed by Judge Thomas C. Branca, who during a nonjury trial earlier this year convicted Catania of charges of criminal solicitation for child pornography and corruption of minors. The judge acquitted Catania of charges of unlawful contact with a minor and harassment.Assistant District Attorney Caroline Goldstein sought jail time against Catania.“He was a teacher and these students looked up to him. He was a mentor. They trusted him and instead, he abused their trust and victimized them,” Goldstein said. “He took advantage of his role as a mentor and a teacher so jail time was appropriate and certainly warranted. Thanks to this conviction he won’t…

Snap is making a big bet on AR shopping. The parent company of Snapchat has bought Vertebrae, a company that lets brands create and manage 3D versions of their goods. Vertebrae’s 50-person team will keep developing the platform for existing and new clients, according to a Snap spokesperson. The idea is that a company can easily upload visuals and other information about an item into Vertebrae and have a 3D version made for shoppers to access, and potentially buy directly, within Snapchat. While Snap first used its augmented reality tech for silly effects like puking rainbows and dancing hotdogs, the company increasingly sees AR as a way to shop. Early tests of AR shopping experiences, such as a recent collaboration with Gucci to let people virtually try on a pair of limited-edition sneakers, have shown Snap that people are more likely to buy something after they interact with it in 3D. “We’re thrilled to join Snap, where we will strengthen and scale our world class 3D asset platform for retailers and brands,” Vertebrae CEO Vince Cacace said in an exclusive statement to The Verge. “The future of AR commerce is bright, and we’ll continue to make it easy for our…

Snap is introducing the ability to pose your Bitmoji avatar on your Snapchat profile in 3D, the company announced on Monday. For your 3D Bitmoji, you’ll be able to pick from more than 1,200 combinations of body poses, facial expressions, gestures, and backgrounds, according to Snap. You can get a look at some of the options available in the image at the top of this post and in the one below. It looks like there will be a lot of fun ways to pose your Bitmoji to represent you. Snap says the feature is rolling out on Monday, but I haven’t been able to access it on Snapchat myself just yet. Bitmoji avatars are very popular — Snap says that more than 200 million people use them daily — and this isn’t actually the first time they have gone 3D: Snap offers Snapchat lenses that project an animated and 3D version of your Bitmoji onto the world in augmented reality.

Dive Insight: TikTok is teaming with Vimeo to integrate the software solutions provider’s video-creation tools into its app, according to a news release. The Vimeo Create feature, now available in the TikTok Ad Manager, is targeted at small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to help them trim production times and costs. Vimeo is the first TikTok partner to land in a new Creative Tools subcategory under the ByteDance-owned platform’s larger Creative Partners program. Leading up to the rollout, the companies asked marketers new to TikTok to test the product, with soy-based candle brand NaturalAnnie Essentials reporting conversion rates more than five times higher than those on other online channels. Courting more SMBs offers another sign that TikTok is quickly maturing into a digital advertising heavyweight that can rival competitors like Snapchat and Instagram.Through integrating Vimeo’s tools, TikTok is promoting ease of use for marketers that may not have the resources or know-how to regularly churn out high-quality videos. Vimeo Create applies artificial intelligence to help brands produce and publish content directly to TikTok, with a focus on volume. TikTok’s endlessly scrolling For You Page — a main feed that algorithmically surfaces videos from around the app — requires frequent posting and…

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Twitch Rivals is back and hosting another series of Call of Duty: Warzone tournaments with some big $75,000 prize pools. The tournament, one for EU and one for NA, will feature a private lobby where 49 teams of three will be facing off and fighting to be the final squad standing in the ever-shrinking circle. Teams will play five matches and the trio with the most points at the end of it all will take home the $15,000 grand prize. Image via Twitch Rivals The 49 teams are set to include some of the biggest and best Warzone players and streamers on Twitch. You can be sure that the lobby will be sweaty and the comms will be on high alert as the players team up to try to win some cash. Here’s how and when to watch the tournament. How to watch Twitch Rivals’ $75,000 Warzone Showdown The EU event begins on July 20 at 9am CT. The NA event will take place on the same day at 4pm CT. All of the action can be found on the Twitch Rivals channel, where the show will be hosted and commentated. With all of the competitors included being big Twitch…

Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. EID AL ADHA is the second most significant Muslim festival of the year and begins today, lasting through to Friday. Here are the best WhatsApp messages, poems, pictures to celebrate Eid al Adha. Eid al-Fitr 2019: US Ambassador sends his ‘warmest greetings’ Sign up for FREE health tips to live a long and happy life Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More infoEid al Adha begins today, July 19, and spans four days, ending on Friday, July 23. Also known as the Festival of the Sacrifice, Eid Al Adha is the second of two Eid festivals celebrated in Islam. The first is Eid al Fitr, which follows Ramadan and celebrates breaking the fast.Eid al Adha is a far more sombre festival, honouring Ibrahim's willingness to follow God's command and sacrifice his son Ishmael.God commanded Ibrahim to take his son and sacrifice him, as a show of faith and obedience.As written in the Quran Ibrahim said: "Oh son, I keep…

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