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On a long enough timeline, every social media app trends to adding stories, and now it’s apparently TikTok’s turn: the popular video app is experimenting with a new stories feature. The feature was highlighted by Matt Navarra on Twitter, and a TikTok spokesperson confirmed the test in an email to The Verge. The new feature, simply called “TikTok Stories,” appears to work similarly to other stories functions on apps like Instagram or Snapchat. Stories live in a newly added slide-over sidebar, where you’ll be able to see stories posted by accounts that you follow on TikTok for 24 hours before they’re automatically deleted. Other users will be able to react and comment on your story, too. And just like on Instagram and other platforms, you’ll also be able to tap on a user’s profile picture to load a story. TikTok describes the feature in the app as “a new way to interact with your fans.” Users can create a new story by tapping a “create” button that’s been added to the sidebar, and they can add the usual captions, music, and text. True to TikTok’s video-first nature, it seems stories have to be videos, not still images. “We’re always thinking…

(Reuters) - Users of Facebook Inc's WhatsApp can now send disappearing photos and videos on its platform starting this week, as it looks to better compete with Snap Inc's photo messaging app Snapchat.The feature, called View Once, will let photos and videos disappear from the chat after they have been seen, Facebook said in a blog post https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/view-once-photos-and-videos-on-whatsapp on Tuesday, adding that once the media content has been viewed, the message will be shown as "opened."Snapchat, known for its Stories feature that lets users post updates that disappear after 24 hours, has grown in popularity last year as pandemic-induced curbs kept users at home. The company has also been adding new features on its messaging app to attract more users.(Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

Despite how things may seem, Snapchat hasn’t learned your birthday or birthplace on its own — you likely told it yourself. The app’s exact knowledge of the exact time, date, and location of a user’s birth has been an issue of some concern for users on Twitter and TikTok over the last few days, but it’s due to Snapchat’s Astrological Profile feature and not some nefarious new skill the app has gained as it’s soared in popularity over the last year. You can view your “Astrological Birthday” in the settings section of Snapchat, and if you weren’t aware you had already given the app all of that information, it would be a fairly alarming discovery. Checking baby photos will not reveal that the Snapchat Hot Dog has been with you since birth, however. Snapchat’s Birthday menu has a surprising amount of information about your birth — if you forget you told Snapchat yourself. Image: hegotbanks Snapchat tells The Verge that its Astrological Profile feature is the cause: The birth date and time information shown above was actually inputted by the users themselves in order to obtain more specific information, stemming from our latest astrological profiles feature. The feature requires exact…

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,…

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.…

CANTON, New York (WWNY) - The day finally arrived. Graduation day for St. Lawrence University’s class of 2020. Last year’s commencement was cancelled because of COVID-19.“I still kind of can’t believe it’s happening,” said 2020 graduate Nicholle Gotham.Many students never thought they would have the opportunity to walk across the stage, especially after how last year ended for them- by being sent home prematurely.Thinking back to that time when the world started shutting down, 2020 graduate Ryan Young said, “It was one of the craziest weeks of my life. It was just really overwhelming. There were a lot of emotions running high.”Now, more than 400 days later, students were finally able to celebrate. About 350 students from last year’s class returned to campus for commencement, but some weren’t able to make it back. One student went out of his way to share the day with his friends who couldn’t make it.“I tried to make sure I shared this moment with them,” said 2020 graduate Michael Paulino. “Lots of Snapchat videos, lots of facetime calls, lots of crying on the phone.”For some grads, the celebration will be a quick one.“I’m starting my new job tomorrow,” Gotham said.The graduates were joined by…

Officially on the Rhode to parenthood! Erin Lim Rhodes appear today, July 30, during E!'s Snapchat appearance The Rundown that she and bedmate Joshua Rhodes are assured their aboriginal adolescent together. The brace tells E! News, "No account could absolutely sum up our animosity of action and joy! B-Rho's accepted accession in December will be the absolute bookend for the agrarian year we've had so far." By administration her babyish account with the world, Erin hopes "the absoluteness will absorb in." "Hiding it for 20 weeks has been adamantine now that I'm this far," she explains. "Honestly if I wasn't on cam all the time, I'd cull a Kylie Jenner on y'all! But I'm additionally so blessed to be a mom-in-the-making that I can't accommodate it anymore." "We absitively about the anniversary that because of COVID we capital to accept a small, affectionate bells with aloof our family," The Rundown host alone told E! in March 2021 afterwards adage "I do" on Jan. 21 for a memorable 1/21/21 bells date. "We absitively to get affiliated in my parent's backyard. Joshua's dad absolutely affiliated us, so it was really, absolutely special." Clothing artist Joshua ahead went absolute to pop the catechism…

Users of Apple Music, iTunes, and the App Store are reporting problems using the service, according to both DownDetector and Twitter. As you can see from DownDetector users there is a large spike in users reporting outages on iTunes, the App Store, and Apple Music as of Saturday afternoon, at around 1 pm ET: Searches of all three services on Twitter also indicate that users are experiencing issues. Apple has confirmed on its system status page that the iTunes store and App Store are down, noting both services may be slow or unavailable to some users. Interestingly Apple has only just resolved outages on the App Store and iTunes, as well as Apple Pay, on Friday. On Thursday a large outage on Snapchat occured, and some Apple services were impacted too, from that report: If you are having issues with Snapchat right now, you can relax. You definitely are not alone. According to Down Detector, over 70,000 Snapchat users have already reported an outage with the app in the evening of Thursday, July 29 (as of the writing of this article). It's currently unclear if all users are experiencing the same or potentially different issues accessing or using the app.…

The global apparel market is said to be worth $1.5 trillion as of 2020. The future of fashion is no different to the future of many businesses; it lies online in the digital world. Over the coming months and years, those within the fashion industry are expected to take further strides into this digital fashion landscape, or else risk being left behind says Vince Tint, Founder and CEO of 12SM digital marketing agency. In August 2020, DRESSX was launched online, a new company designed around the concept of digital clothing. While the idea was not grasped by many within the industry at first, a redesign has since allowed DRESSX to get their message across. The best way to describe this company would be the equivalent of buying skins in a video game to make your character look cool. DRESSX is looking to replace physical clothing with digital equivalents for social media content. In short, the influencer or fashion celebrity would purchase a digital outfit designed by a fashion designer, both emerging and well-known, which could then be digitally ‘worn’ in a social media post. What DRESSX does is it opens up a new market for these one-time-use clothes to be…

Snapchat is the latest app to introduce a Dark Mode option for its iPhone and Android app. The new all-black look makes it easier to use the app in the dark and, as an added bonus, can help save on battery life. We reckon it’s easier on the eyes too. Switching to a Dark Mode (sometimes called Night Mode) has become a popular trend among apps. We’ve seen it adopted by the likes of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp as well as browsers like Google Chrome. If you want to do it on Snapchat it’s really easy if you’re using an iPhone and a little trickier if you’ve opted for an Android device. How to turn on Dark Mode on Snapchat on an iPhone If you’re using Snapchat on an iPhone, the first thing you need to do is open up the app and go into your profile. Then, follow these steps: Click the icon in the top-left of the screen. Tap on the Settings menu, shown as a small cogwheel. From there, scroll right down to the My Account section. You’ll be presented with an option that says App Appearance. Tap that and you’ll be given three different options: Always…