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Popular social media app Snapchat experienced a massive outage globally early on Friday as users in the US, Mexico, Europe and Australia reported login issues. Snapchat said in a tweet that it had resolved the issue, suggesting that users should update the app from iOS store. "The issue has been resolved. If you're still having trouble, please manually update your app in the App Store," the company posted. The issue has been resolved. If you're still having trouble, please manually update your app in the App Store!— Snapchat Support (@snapchatsupport) 1627617817000 The platform experiencing a massive issue as of Thursday evening, with more than 125,000 users reported problems on website outage tracking platform Downdetector. "We're aware of an issue preventing some Snapchatters from logging in. Hang tight, we are looking into it and working on a fix!" The company said in an earlier tweet. Discover the stories of your interest We’re aware of a technical issue impacting some Snapchatters. Please hang tight as we are looking into it and working on a fix!— Snapchat (@Snapchat) 1627612667000 The frustrated users took to Twitter to react to the Snapchat issues, with an outpouring of memes. "When it's been over an hour and…

Drug dealer Jamie Cooper was caught supplying cocaine in a police sting. The 22-year-old was arrested after police discovered he was offering the drug for sale on Snapchat. Undercover officers contacted the defendant and bought cocaine from him on four separate occasions. After the fourth transaction, at Wolstanton Retail Park, officers arrested the defendant. His home was searched and police recovered snapbags. Now Cooper has been jailed for two years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. READ: Racist resident batters care home worker in terrifying attack Prosecutor Hunter Gray said the defendant was arrested following a police operation between Staffordshire anti corruption unit and West Midlands Police. Mr Gray said: "They were aware drugs were being offered for supply via Snapchat. "Undercover officers contacted the defendant by his Snapchat account. The first contact took place on March 3 and arrangements were made to buy drugs from him the following day. The meeting was at Etruria Road and he supplied an undercover officer with 884 milligrams of cocaine. Cocaine dealer Jamie Cooper was jailed at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court (Image: Staffordshire Police) "Further contact was made in the next two months. He supplied just under a gram of cocaine to an undercover officer on…

The famous photo and video sharing app Snapchat was recently acquired by Facebook. Inside the app, you can have a conversation with other users. There are currently more than 319 million active users of Snapchat every day. The United States leads with 108 million users, but India is second with approximately 74 million users. While these figures still lag well behind those of competitors like Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok. Snapchat’s many features—including “snaps,” “stories,” “custom stories,” “snap streak,” “filters,” “lenses,” “geo finder,” “disappearing messages,” and “Snapchat geofences”— If you’ve used a smartphone for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that many apps these days have switched to a “dark mode” or “dark theme.” For the same reason, Snapchatters frequently request a night mode. But Snapchat was slow to release this much-requested function. The dark mode option for iOS users was not released until May 2021. Users of Android, however, have yet to see the official release (But, there are a couple of ways to enable it on Android). If your phone has an AMOLED display, switching to dark mode will reduce power usage and reduce the risk of eye strain. This tutorial will cover the steps necessary to…

“Don’t Worry” is the intended meaning of the Snapchat filter DW. This slang phrase is typically used to tell someone to quit worrying since everything will be OK. Use Dw to reassure someone that it’s not a big deal. This is how Dw is typically used. You might use Dw to soften your wording and make it obvious that they don’t need to worry if someone apologizes to you or has to cancel plans.Them: “I apologize for forgetting about our meeting. “Dw! It’s alright. Now we can meet.” Throw in a Dw to soothe someone’s nerves. You may use Dw to assure someone who is panicking over a minor issue that everything will be fine. They are likely to understand the casual, reassuring tone you are trying to convey because it is such a laid-back manner of saying “don’t worry.”Them: “I failed. I really blew that test, and my mother will kill me.”You: “You usually act this way! You probably performed better than you realize. Rest easy and think about it.” Also Read: How To Reverse Videos On Snapchat? What Does IRL mean on Snapchat? IRL stands for “In Real Life” in Snapchat text slang. This slang phrase is typically…

Scott Nunn, Hearst MidwestAug. 5, 2022 A Macon County, Missouri man was sentenced Aug. 3 to serve 16 years, eight months in prison for using Snapchat to trick a minor into sending him child pornography.Zolnierek/Getty Images/iStockphoto A Macon County, Missouri man was sentenced Aug. 3 to serve 16 years, and eight months in prison for using Snapchat to trick a minor into sending him child pornography. According to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Martin Dwayne Isaia Mitchell, set up a fake Snapchat account in which he pretended to be female and then reached out to a 15-year-old boy that he knew. "Mitchell, who was 20 at the time, convinced the boy to record a video of him (doing lewd acts) and send it to Mitchell," the release reads. "Using a different fake female profile, Mitchell contacted the boy again in 2020 and sent him explicit videos to entice the boy to send pictures in return. Once Mitchell received the teen’s explicit pictures, he threatened to send them to others unless the teen paid $500." Mitchell then created a third profile and contacted an adult male that he knew to obtain more explicit photos. However, the male was able…

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich) Love it or hate it, Snapchat is an incredibly popular social media app, mainly due to disappearing messages that allow users to send text, images, and videos that expire after a period of time. However, Snapchat isn't perfect, and at one time had quite a bad reputation on Android phones. Fortunately, both the app and Google have been working to fix that, and one way is to bring the Pixel's impressive Night Sight feature to the app.In March, Google announced that Night Sight was coming to Snapchat on the Pixel 6 series. This means users can brighten up their low-light images so they're clearer and less grainy. The feature has been available for some time now, but we've got you covered if you're unsure how to use it.How to activate Night Sight on Snapchat1. Open Snapchat. 2. In the top right corner, click the moon icon.3. The icon will toggle on, and you'll notice the image coming from the viewfinder getting brighter. Tap the circle at the bottom to capture your image. You'll have to hold the phone still for a few seconds as the phone gathers light and saves the image.4. Once the image is captured,…

Open-Redirect vulnerabilities in American Express and Snapchat are being exploited to carry out phishing scams, researchers have revealed. Scammers are exploiting open-redirect vulnerabilities in a new phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace users. These vulnerabilities are mainly impacting American Express and Snapchat domains. Open redirect is a security vulnerability. It occurs when a website cannot validate user input, due to which threat actors can manipulate the URLs of reputed domains and redirect victims to malicious pages. Phishing Emails Using Open-Redirect Vulnerabilities According to a report from INKY, automated URL redirects used by Snapchat and American Express to attract users to their websites have been hijacked to steal credentials. Attackers are sending phishing emails and include PII (personally identifiable information) in the URL to customize the malicious landing pages quickly and disguise them PII by converting it into Base 64. Hence, the information turns into a sequence of random characters. INKY’s report further revealed that they observed threat actors hijacking unpatched redirect vulnerabilities on Snapchat and American Express domains between May and July. What Makes the Attack Effective? A trusted domain such as Snapchat serves as a temporary landing page, after which the visitor is redirected to a malicious…

TikTok has filed patents for “TikTok music”, suggesting that the video sharing platform has a music streaming app in the works. READ MORE: TikTok is nostalgic for the noughties school experience. Believe me, it wasn’t that great As uncovered by Insider , ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, filed a trademark application in May with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It follows a “TikTok Music” trademark that was filed in Australia last November. According to the filing the service would let users purchase, play, share and download music. It would also allow users to create, share and recommend playlists, comment on music as well as livestream audio and video. The purported plans for a music app follows ByteDance launching the music streaming app Resso in India, Brazil and Indonesia in 2020. Resso has some of the features described in the “TikTok Music” patent filings. TikTok. CREDIT: Drew Angerer/Getty Images It’s unclear if ByteDance plans on developing a music streaming app based on the Resso framework or if it will produce an entirely new service. The news comes as video sharing app competitor Snapchat announces a new monthly grant of up to $100,000 (£82,014) to help pay independent…

Snapchat fans have never been able to officially use the hugely successful app on their computer - until now.The social media company, which has 332 million users, has announced that Snapchat for Web allows you to log on and continue conversations online, make and receive video and voice calls, plus send text-based Snaps all via a web-browser.Ryan Thomas, head of synchronous experiences at Snap Inc, says the move to a PC screen for Snapchat fans seemed an obvious step for the platform.Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >>“With over 100 million Snapchatters making calls to their friends on Snapchat every month, we knew this was a critical element to get right,” he told Mumbrella.While users in the US, UK and Canada have to pay a monthly fee to access Snapchat on their laptops, it’s a different story for people in Australia and New Zealand.All Australians can use the web-based function free of charge - at no additional cost.Australians can now use Snapchat on their computers. Credit: APWant to use Snapchat on your computer? Here’s how.How to use Snapchat for Web on your computerTo use Snapchat for Web on your computer, follow these simple…

Nuseir Yassin quit his job in 2016 to start posting one-minute videos on Facebook.  Better known as Nas Daily, Yassin has millions of followers across Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and more. Here's how much Nas Daily earns from platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat in a month. Nuseir Yassin, the Israeli-Palestinian creator behind the viral "Nas Daily" social media accounts, took a bet on Facebook in 2016."The bet, six years ago, was, 'Hey, I think Facebook video is going to be the future,'" Yassin told Insider. The wager was a big one. That year, Yassin quit his engineering job at Venmo and began posting one-minute-long travel videos on Facebook every day. "The first 500 videos, money was not really there," Yassin said. "Then around day 600 or so, Facebook introduced some monetization."At first, that monetization was a minimum revenue guarantee for four videos a month, Yassin said. In 2017, Facebook also added video-monetization tools for publishers like Yassin, such as the option to include mid-roll ads to Facebook Watch. Nas Daily's primary page has 21 million followers on Facebook. Screenshot/NasDaily/Facebook Today, the original Nas Daily Facebook page — where Yassin still posts educational and lighthearted videos — has more than 21 million followers.…