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Posted on May 08, 2022 | Author Dr. Abdul Majid / Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Selfie is very popular across ages especially among youth in the modern world of social media. Selfie is a “photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and with an intent mostly of sharing it via Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and other social media sites”. Almost everyone does post their selfies on social media and it is very hard to find someone who never posted his or her Selfie on social media.  It is well known fact that people who are isolated from society or family express themselves through social media and taking a Selfie and posting it results in pleasure/ relieving anxiety. As per the psychological perspective, the taking of selfies gives a person his own perception of individuality and self-importance. Selfies are a form of self-expression which gives a person a sense of self-importance.  It is absolutely fine to take pictures and post them on social media and it is not harmful but you may wonder why taking selfies and posting them became harmful. The reason for this is when it endangers someone’s life. There are many unfortunate instances when Selfie took lives of teenagers. Out of 127 selfie-deaths around the world from March 2014 to September 2016, a whopping 76 deaths while taking selfies were reported in India, according to ‘Me, Myself and my Killfie: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Deaths’ a collaborative study…

International Experience applications for the fall are open now. TEXAS, USA — Thousands of foreign exchange students are looking to make Texas home for the 2022-2023 school year. Non-profit student exchange organization, International Experience, has it’s eyes on East Texas. Different paths lead different people to host a foreign exchange student. The Holts saw hosting as a test drive for parenthood. “We went to see a movie on Valentine's Day when it opened. And while we were there, we saw an advertisement for hosting a foreign exchange student and we thought, 'hey, what a great way to see if we would be good parents,'” Jonathan Holt said. Over the years, Jonathan and his wife, Patrice hosted four students from Europe. Their Fifth student touches down from Germany in July. Patrice said they’ve already gotten acquainted "I'm like, 'let's get on Snapchat,' and we do a streak. Every day we go back and forth so they can get to know us and we can get to know them. It's just because I know these teenagers really like Snapchat,” Patrice said. They've held their snap chat streak for the past 46 days. Susan Krneta- South Central Regional Director with International Experience- said…

Snapchat, the social media app that first rose to fame with self-deleting photos, is taking on big tech giants by letting users see an altered, semi-digital version of the real world using their smartphones – and perhaps soon also their TVs. In the battle to develop the next major online platform for commerce and communication, the creators of Snapchat now say they want to establish their technology far beyond the boundaries of their own photo app. Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel told dpa he could see partners using their software on television sets to let people do things like virtually try out a new set of clothes before buying them, for example. Since the buzz around Snapchat’s disappearing photos has receded, the platform has pivoted towards augmented reality (AR), which lets you project digital objects such as furniture, characters or other objects into the room with you on your device's display. In addition to being a fun toy, this technology, called Camera Kit, is used by companies to let people try out fashion or cosmetics on their smartphones. At the same time, Camera Kit is now also being used in video conferences. Meanwhile the Snapchat operator Snap last year also launched…

A 'predator' from Tameside abused a girl he had groomed on SnapChat then tried to blame her for his own actions. Thomas Cooper added the girl on the app in December of last year, then later arranged to meet her and engaged in sexual activity with her on two separate occasions. Cooper, of Tame Street in Denton, was arrested in Ashton after the two incidents were discovered by the girl's family. He tried to blame his victim and told officers he had been forced to engage in sexual activity. But police were able to obtain enough evidence to force the 24-year-old to admit two counts of meeting with a child following grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child. At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Wednesday (May 4), Cooper was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison. He was also handed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life. Detective Constable Mike Allen, of GMP Tameside, said: "Cooper is clearly a predator preying on children for his own sexual pleasure. "Sexual offences often have a long-lasting impact on victims and GMP is committed to preventing this…

Depending on how many privileges you give to the applications on your smartphone, you could really be foregoing a lot of your personal privacy in the process. Some would argue that the very act of carrying a cell phone in and of itself is tantamount to giving an "assigned FBI agent" the keys to your personal life and all of your secrets.If you're worried about security, there are ways to ensure that your applications aren't accessing your phone's location services without your permission. A lot of Snapchat users want to know if the app turns off the user's location after a specific period of inactivity. Let's discuss.Article continues below advertisementDoes Snapchat turn off your location after prolonged inactivity?A popular feature on Snapchat is the ability to share your location with specific friends or everyone in your group of friends (if you like), which could potentially lead to some gnarly situations.We've all heard horror stories of burglars monitoring people's social media feeds to see if they're on vacation so they can pull a Sticky Bandits scenario a la Home Alone and try and crash your joint when you aren't home. But features like Snapchat's location tracking make that prospect even more…

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox mobile software for iOS and Android will be updated to allow you to share your game moments in the form of Snapchat-style Stories. Gameplay clips, images, and achievements are all compatible with the new sharing format, which can be found on the Xbox app’s home screen by hitting the “+” button next to your gamertag. After that, the content will be visible on your profile for 72 hours. Xbox is also getting new network management options.A couple of years ago, stories were all the rage, with everyone from Instagram to LinkedIn to Spotify copying the style in their individual apps. Although the trend seems to have abated recently with the focus shifting to TikTok-style scrolling feeds, I can see how the Stories format makes sense here — Video games are a visual medium and Stories are a nice way of showing full-screen imagery. That said, it’s a little awkward seeing a landscape video taking up such a small sliver of a portrait phone screen in Microsoft’s imagery above.Alongside the new Xbox app feature, Microsoft has also announced a new Quality of Service (QoS) tagging feature on Xbox consoles. It’s designed to prioritize traffic that’s…

by Colin Kirkland , 10 hours ago Celebrity endorsements may now become much more attainable on Snapchat.In its NewFronts presentation on Tuesday, Snap announced that it will form a partnership this week with celebrity video creation platform Cameo. The Snap x Cameo Advertiser Program will allow Snap advertisers to pay Cameo members to create short video ads on Snapchat.With Cameo’s 45,000 global personalities -- which include actors, professional and college athletes, musicians, reality stars, influencers, and more -- marketers will have expanded access to a new and influential pool of Snapchat creators.In a beta launch with Mattress Firm’s new campaign “Junk Sleep,” Snap reports that by leveraging 10 Cameo talent members, the campaign drove an 8-point lift in ad awareness, which is 2 times the usual rate for the category. The Snap Ads portion of the campaign also had a video view rate that was  3 times the retail category average.advertisementadvertisementBoth companies have continued to grow in popularity. Last year, Cameo generated $125 million in revenue and Snapchat now has 332 million daily active users, surpassing other major social platforms like Twitter, Reddit, and Pinterest.Snap also announced that it will be launching a new “Snap Promote” ad format, which will…

Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc has announced on their NewFronts presentation that they have partnered with video messaging app Cameo to release more Snap Originals Series and a new ad format to boost the viewership of content partners. (Photo : Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 03: In this photo illustration, the Snapchat logo is displayed on a computer screen on February 03, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. The Snap-Cameo advertisement partnership, which is built by Cameo for Business, enables video advertisers on Snapchat the chance to collaborate with more than 45,000 personalities on Cameo, such as their actors, influencers, athletes, musicians, and reality stars. Through this collaboration, users will be able to create custom short-form video ads. It also has the potential to offer top creators to generate money by connecting with new advertiser partnerships through Snapchat, after it released its Creator Marketplace last year. Snap's Vice President of Sales told AdWeek that when Cameo released the Cameo for Business, it became a good opportunity for them to test and learn together. "The creative that comes out of our partnership looks like Snaps-that's the win here, it stops the scroll. Celebs and talent talk to our audience in a…

WAPAKONETA — Jurors deliberated into the night Tuesday after the second and final day of testimony in the trial of former Nex Knoxville basketball coach Cole Fischbach, 26, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student before he resigned last summer.Jurors heard Tuesday from New Knoxville administrators, a soccer coach who described Fischbach and the alleged victim as so close she thought they were related and investigators who searched Fischbach’s phone, which did not return any sexually explicit photos described in Monday’s testimony.Still, the BCI search of Fischbach’s phone data showed evidence of missing photos, which had reportedly been taken around the time he was accused of sending nude photos to the 14-year-old girl.And call records from the girl’s phone show her and Fischbach Facetiming regularly last June, while those calls were missing from Fischbach’s phone during the BCI search.Assistant prosecuting attorney Laia Zink argued that the missing records and Fischbach’s search history, which showed him Googling how to log out of Snapchat the same day New Knoxville administrators warned him against working one-on-one with the alleged victim, suggested he tampered with evidence because he knew an investigation was likely.He was interviewed by detectives from the Auglaize County…

Lakshya Malu, the company’s manager for marketing development, will take over as the interim head.As per Economic Times report, Durgesh Kaushik, managing director, India and South Asia market development, Snapchat has moved on. Lakshya Malu, the company’s manager for marketing development, will take over as the interim head.Kaushik joined Snap Inc (parent company of Snapchat) in April 2019 as head, India market development. Prior to this Kaushik has worked with companies like Dunzo, Edureka, Facebook, to name a few.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERGet daily news and analysis on advertising, marketing and media.