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Snap Inc. shares have jumped more than 20% in the past week as the company attempts to move Snapchat beyond messaging. Shares of Snap SNAP, +5.89% gained 5.9% Wednesday trading after a report from The Information detailed the company’s plans for new e-commerce tie-ins on the Snapchat app. The stock is now up 21% over the past five trading sessions, as the company continues its efforts in recent months to find new uses for its popular mobile app. Snap reportedly acquired the startup behind Screenshop, an app that lets people identify and purchase items they see in photos, in a deal last year, according to a Wednesday report. Screenshop’s technology could help Snap with it plans to deliver shopping recommendations to users based on their saved photos, an initiative the company intends to discuss at its May developer conference, per the report. A spokesperson from Snap declined to comment on the company’s e-commerce ambitions or whether it had purchased Screenshop. Snap has been looking to differentiate its app and also drive users toward features beyond messaging, a staple of Snapchat but a function that has somewhat limited revenue potential. The company has been looking to acquisitions as it expands it…

The Canadian PressIn Canada, U.S., vaccine 'passports' could be new point of cross-border contentionWASHINGTON — As if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn't produced enough ways to complicate life at the border between Canada and the United States, here comes another: whether or not to require proof of vaccination. Debate is heating up in the freedom-focused U.S. about whether retailers, businesses and employers can and should require customers, workers and visitors to prove they've had a vaccine. The discussion is also happening in Canada, a country some observers say is more attuned to the collective good than many of those in the land of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Where the two meet up, potential snafus abound. "Some of these discussions could be very challenging," said Jack Jedwab, president of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration. "I don't think that Canadians are going to look kindly on the idea that, you know, you could have significant numbers of people crossing the border that are unvaccinated." That could be part of the reason for the apparent difference of opinion that emerged Tuesday between Ottawa and the White House on the issue of requiring vaccine…

Wolfgang Filser / Getty Images It's a given that your résumé should present your basic credentials, such as specific skills and work experience. However, you also can make your résumé stand out and potentially speed up your job search by adding any appropriate “micro-credentials” that show how you've augmented your skills over time, especially if you are an older worker. What are micro-credentials? Micro-credentials can include online or in-person educational courses, training programs, licenses and certifications that sometimes can even be added together toward earning an advanced degree. The following list of free micro-credential and certification courses might spur some thoughts of what would be appropriate in your current or desired career field. Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel Marketing or Social Media Certification Supervision or Leadership Accreditation Advanced Google Analytics Course Google Ads Search Certification A quick search of the internet may help you find something that's right for your interests and experience. In addition, see if your company offers its own training and certification courses or if it will help pay for any you take from an outside source. If you currently are hunting for a new job, pay attention to which credentials or certifications employers…

If you get this message from a friend, it is probably a trick to hack your WhatsApp. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! April 7, 2021 3 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Hackers waste no time and every time their hacking tactics are exposed, they invent new ones. This time, a user alerted about a new system to hack WhatsApp that masquerades as a message from any of your friends. Here we tell you how it works and how you can protect yourself from a possible attack in this app.This new form of fraud begins when the user receives a text message with a six-digit number on their phone. This supposedly comes from the WhatsApp platform itself. Shortly after, another message arrives, this time in the app and from the chat of one of his contacts.“Hi, sorry, I mistakenly sent you a 6-digit code by SMS. Can you transfer it to me, please? It is urgent," said British presenter Alexis Conran , who exposed the hack on his Twitter account.Scam warningThis is a WhatsApp scam that continues…

Just when I thought Final Fantasy XIV‘s director and producer Naoki Yoshida couldn’t get any cooler, he goes and pours himself a glass of wine and starts hosting a cooking show on Twitch. Yes, Yoshi-P went full suburban mom this week, and he is clearly living his best life. If you want in on this incredible lifestyle, he’s even shared his coffee cookie recipe with the world. These are based on FFXIV’s coffee biscuits, but the stream title has a cookie pun (and maybe a reference to the oft-forgotten NES puzzler Yoshi’s Cookie?) so I’m going with the Americanism here. The stream itself is fully in Japanese, but the FFXIV Discord has gone and translated the whole thing, so you can make your own version of Yoshida’s cookies. While I understand about as much Japanese as any casual anime viewer, the stream is still delightful, especially with its occasional breaks into an in-game kitchen to really sell the whole cooking show vibe. Check out the recipe for yourself below, courtesy of both Yoshi-P and Miuna on the FFXIV Discord. (I did the NA measurement conversions, so yes, there was some work for me involved.) FFXIV coffee cookie recipe ingredients: 300g…

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TikTok and other social media apps are influencing teen spending following a year of record lows, a new survey suggests.While online shopping surged during the coronavirus pandemic, teens, in particular, are taking cues from social media apps to influence where they spend their money, according to the investment bank, Piper Sandler’s 41st semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” survey released Wednesday. TikTok and other social media apps are influencing teen spending online. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)The survey polled 7,000 teens across 47 states, aged 16-on-average and found teens are on target to spend around $2,165 each this year, down 5% from a year earlier when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, but up 1% from last fall. Teens have been buying from brands seen on Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat, such as affordable women’s apparel brands SHEIN, Revolve and Princess Polly. Amazon is still the No. 1 website frequented for purchases with 56% saying it's their go-to site, analysts suggested in the survey.YOUTUBE'S TIKTOK RIVAL LAUNCHING U.S. BETA “In the wake of COVID-19 and given these consumers are digitally-native, we are not surprised to see online adoption at its highest ever this Spring. Snapchat & TikTok are the top-two social media platforms Erinn Murphy, Piper Sandler senior research analyst, said in the…

Thanks to Instagram, you don’t even need to leave your apartment anymore to see what trendy looks are outside on the streets. Case in point: No matter where you live, if you’re inspired by New York, you can probably rely on a handful of the city’s influencers for a daily dose of outfit inspiration. And, if you revere everything about Parisian fashion, your friends have likely sent you a post by @parisiensinparis — a street style account that has garnered a cool 300K followers in just a little over two years. Lucky for you: TZR spoke with the anonymous founder of the account and got the low-down on what defines Parisian style and French fashion as a whole. During past Paris Fashion Weeks, the anonymous figure found herself mesmerized by all the show-goers dressed perfectly from head to toe. And every day on the streets of the city, in the metro, and in the parks, she met strangers that inspired her. “I wanted to pay tribute to people for whom fashion is not necessarily their profession, to show that the Parisian style really exists naturally,” she tells TZR about why she created the Instagram account. The photos she decides to…

BenzingaClubhouse Pilots Payments Feature For Creators As Rivals Close-in, And It Will Take No CutAudio-based social media app Clubhouse said on Monday it is testing out Payments, a monetization feature that will enable content creators on the platform to accept payments from other listeners even as bigger social rivals such as Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Microsoft Inc-owned (NASDAQ: MSFT) LinkedIn eye similar audio-based features to gain market share. What Happened: The invite-only social-podcast startup, which is currently available only for iOS users, said Payments is currently being tested in a small group of users, feedback from whom will be used to further fine-tune the feature before it’s made available to everyone. Clubhouse said the feature will ensure 100% of the payments go to the content creator while the payer will be charged a small processing fee that will be diverted to its processing partner, Stripe - a fintech startup with headquarters in Ireland and North America, which boasts of a valuation of $95 billion. The company is projecting Payments as one of the first features that allow creators to get paid directly on the app. Why It Matters: The San Francisco- based Clubhouse is currently a free-to-use app and…

by: Johan Sheridan Posted: Apr 7, 2021 / 12:23 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 7, 2021 / 12:51 PM EDT This Monday, July 30, 2019 photo shows an update information of Facebook application on a mobile phone displayed at a store in Chicago. The FBI is looking for outside contractors to monitor social media for potential threats, setting up a possible conflict with Facebook and other companies over privacy. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky) ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Patris Derville, 22, of Cohoes was sentenced last week for threatening to shoot someone on social media. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he’ll serve 13 months in prison. The case against Derville accused him of transmitting threats of violence across state lines. He pleaded guilty to sending a Facebook Live video to a victim where he threatened to shoot them. He posted the video target the victim. Authorities say no firearm was displayed in the video. They said they will not release any information about which state lines were crossed.  » Read More