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The Election Day is almost upon us, right? So, Snapchat brought back one of its beloved characters the dancing hotdog, to encourage the users to vote. Users first noticed the hotdog in the filter reels on Saturday for the Vote Early Day. However, after the holiday was finished, it vanished. Nevertheless, the hotdog is all set to be back on November 3rd, i.e. the Election day. Apparently, it shall dress in an Uncle-Sam style twirling a sign board on users to find out their voting location. Just click on the sign. That’s it, you will be linked to the Before You Vote tool by Snapchat. This will aid the users to find their voting locations and also know about the issues and candidates on the ballots. Additionally, Snapchat shall also roll out a new “I Voted” sticker which also links to the app’s voting plan tool. Back in September, the company rolled out many features related to voting. For example, a feature is available where the user can register to vote directly in the app. According to Snapchat, it has helped around 1.24 million users with voter registration. Compared to this, Facebook achieved a number of 2.5 million. Snapchat is more popular among Gen-Z than Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram put together However, Snapchat is very popular among Gen-Z and millennial voters. So, it has more reach to 13-24 year old users than Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram combined. According to an analysis, out of the 100 % Snapchat users, 80 % are eligible to cast their vote. Apart from the voting tools, Snapchat also plans to introduce voting news in its Discover page. The “Happening Now” news section of Snapchat will contain constant news updates from famous partners like Bloomberg, Reuters, and BuzzFeed News.

Squad screen sharing video app. Squad Earlier this month, Snap and social screen-sharing app Squad announced a partnership for Snap’s Camera Kit, a new way for developers to bring the Snap camera into their apps. This is one of the first times a third-party developer has used Snap’s Kit, which enables the integration of Snap’s Lens carousel user experience and augmented reality creation and tech into the Squad camera. “Camera Kit is the culmination of nine years of innovation and investment in the Snap camera, and Squad is among the first of our partners to integrate this technology into their platform,” said Alston Cheek, director of platform partnerships at Snap, Inc. “We're excited to see how augmented reality empowers the Squad community to have fun and express themselves with friends." Squad lenses powered by Snapchat's Camera Kit Squad The partnership with Squad is a natural fit for a first attempt at releasing the Camera Kit onto the digital scene. Squad has become incredibly popular in the socially distanced hellscape of 2020, with 3.2 million registered users logging in on phones, tablets or desktops to watch TikToks or swipe through dating apps together. It’s a casual upgrade from your typical Zoom happy hour, a place where you pair your evening White Claw with a filter that you ‘throw’ on a friend’s face while video chatting. “We're incredibly excited to bring lenses to Squad's audio and video rooms,” said Esther Crawford, Squad CEO and co-founder. “Snap's Camera Kit platform gives our team and community a suite of tools for bringing AR experiences to life. This partnership unlocks a new mode for creating, sharing, and expressing individuality while hanging out and watching videos together.” The Lenses that Squad will create using the Kit will appear on Snapchat, as well, serving as a bridge…

Content Partnership With Nirvana Digital Generates Over 350 Million Views and 26 Million Minutes Spent Viewing  MUMBAI and TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2020 /CNW/ - Global media company QYOU Media (TSXV: QYOU) (OTCQB: QYOUF) has announced that The Q India has delivered the 100th episode of the hit series, "Bolly2Box" produced by Nirvana Digital,  via Snapchat India. "Bolly2Box" has become a "go to" show on the Snap platform generating massive viewership numbers during its run including receiving over 350 Million unique views, 26 Million minutes viewed and average daily viewership of over 150,000 unique viewers.  This growth has happened in conjunction with ad revenue for the series continuing to increase month over month during its run. The Q India receives a share of all ad revenues generated by the series. Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP) Chief Strategy Officer Jared Grusd recently reported that the messaging app's users rose 150% in India versus a year ago.  Research firm Apptopia has projected that there are at least 20 Million Snapchat users in India and the market has become a key focus for growth.  This comes on the heels of Snap competitor Facebook investing $5.7 Billion into leading mobile and digital platform group Reliance Jio.   India has risen to become a key market for digital growth in part due to estimates that it has a larger population of people under the age of 25 than any country in the world. "Bolly2Box" is a mixture of the latest Bollywood news and gossip and is powered by Nirvana Digital and The Q India. It launched on the Snap Platform on September 27, 2019.   Nirvana Digital produces and distributes content across multiple content categories and has been a leader in empowering digital content creators in India to monetize content globally.   Manu Kaushish and Pinakin Thakkar of Nirvana Digital commented, "We are thrilled...

Snapchat declared about upcoming additions for its snap camera as its annual partner summit in June. That also includes the ability to identify dog and plant breeds. Along with that users will get additional product information such as nutrition data. All one needs to do is ‘scan’ a plant, dog, or product with its camera function. Now, Snapchat jumps to the next step and bring some more doors of opportunity for the users. Users will be able to scan even wine and food labels to gather more information. It works as; you have to hold your finger on the screen while viewing a product’s barcode. Then you will receive a new listing by the app carrying all the nutrition information of the product. However, when it comes to wine, you will even get review data. This additional product data gets benefits via third-party apps like Vivino and Yuka. The name of the app branding would be visible at the top of each listing. This connection enables Snapchat with a range of scan options. And that is also on established databases. It means that the users can scan a wide range of products to get additional data and insight. After the dog breed scanner got added in June, the new inclusion takes this capacity further. Earlier users could identify products via Amazon and music via Shazam. Now, Snap has partnered with both Coca Cola and McDonald’s on scannable promotions as per their logos. Snapchat in a 2015 field patent expanded a summary of the possibilities of its visual recognition tools. That followed, “For example, a photograph including an object recognized as a restaurant may result in the user being presented with photo filters that overlay a menu of the restaurant on the photograph.” This additional contextual info will also enable businesses...

A 15-year-old girl was raped by a youth she had befriended on social media. The victim is a student of a private school in Gandhi Nagar and lives in Idgah Hills with her mother and two younger brothers.The incident occurred on June 21, said Shahjahanabad police. The accused tried to rape her again but she denied. He even threatened that he will leak all the chats to her mother, said police. Investigation officer sub-inspector Kalpana Gujjar said the girl’s mother is a businesswoman. She had gone out for some work on the day of incident. Her father works in Oman in a private firm. She said the accused, she had identified as Aditya Thakur, came in contact with her through Snapchat.He raped her on the day as there was no one in the house. He then pressurised her to enter her house frequently, which she denied. On Saturday, he again tried to press her but she told her mother about it. Her mother took her to Shahjahanabad police station where a case was registered. SI Gujjar said accused has told her that he lives in Lalghati. The victim has not other information about the accused, she said. Gujjar said a case has been registered against accused under Sections of POCSO.(To download our E-paper please click here. The publishers permit sharing of the paper's PDF on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.) Read More

Whats up hiya, and welcome again to Week in Overview. Final week, I wrote about the potential of a pending social media detente, this week I’m speaking a couple of rising menace to Facebook’s biz. Should you’re studying this on the TechCrunch web site, you may get this in your inbox right here, and comply with my tweets here. And whereas I’ve you, my colleague Megan Rose Dickey formally launched her new TechCrunch e-newsletter, Human Capital! It covers labor and variety and inclusion in tech, go subscribe! Picture: TechCrunch First off, let me let you know how laborious it was to withstand writing about Quibi this week, however these takes got here in highly regarded the second that information dropped, and I wrote a bit of bit about it right here already. All I’ll say, is that whereas Quibi had its personal distinctive cell issues, except Apple modifications course or dumps a ton of cash shopping for up content material to fill its again library, I believe TV+ is subsequent on the chopping block. Where_Quibi_Went_Wrong-version4__FINAL.docx — Lucas Matney (@lucasmtny) October 21, 2020 This week, I’m digging into one other once-maligned startup, although this one has activated fairly the turnaround within the final two years. Snap, maker of Snapchat, delivered a killer earnings report this week and because of this, traders deemed to ship the inventory value hovering. Its market cap has almost doubled for the reason that begin of September and it’s clear that Wall Road really believes that Snap might meaningfully improve its footprint and problem Fb. The corporate ended the week with a market cap simply wanting $65 billion, nonetheless a far cry from Fb $811 billion, however wanting fairly a bit higher than it was in early 2019 when it was price about one-tenth of what it’s at present....

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are now spending three hours and 40 minutes per day using apps, rivaling TV. Apps aren’t just a way to pass idle hours — they’re a big business. In 2019, mobile-first companies had a combined $544 billion valuation, 6.5x higher than those without a mobile focus. Quibi dies…and no one was surprised There was so much wrong with Quibi’s premise that it’s sometimes hard to even know where to start. But at the core, its problem was that it fundamentally misunderstood how, when and why users would watch video on their phones. The company’s thinking was that you could fund high-production value content ($100K/minute, yikes) then chop it up into smaller “bites,” add a technology layer, then call this a reinvention of cinema. The reality is there was little demand for this sort of content, and it didn’t fit with how people want to be entertained on their phones. When people want to appreciate high-quality filmmaking (or even TV production), they tend to want a bigger screen — they’ve spent money for their fancy high-def or 4K TV, after all. Pre-COVID, they might even pay to go a movie theater. On mobile, the production value of content is far less of a concern, if it even registers. Quibi also misunderstood what users want to watch in terms of video on their phones when they have a few minutes to kill. By positioning its app in this space, it had to compete with numerous and powerful sources for “short-form” content — existing apps like YouTube, TikTok, Facebook (e.g....

When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid EmailA radio volunteer has been jailed after repeatedly breaching an order designed to protect the public. Teesside Crown Court heard how David Walls was made subject to a 10 year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) in 2017. Ian West, prosecuting, told the court how he was convicted of attempting to incite a girl under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity and attempting to meet a girl under 16 following grooming. He said Walls, 41, also received a sentence of 16 months in prison, suspended for two years. A SHPO governs a sex offender's internet use in an attempt to protect the public. The court in Middlesbrough heard how police attended outside the defendant's workplace on January 22 for a review of the order. Officers examined his iPhone, as well as an iPad, and discovered he had created accounts on three apps. Walls was found to have been using Tinder, Kik and Snapchat without notifying officers. He also admitted deleting his history, which is banned under the order. Mr West told the court how Walls initially told police that the iPad belonged to his brother. He said he later admitted that the device was his and he had lied. Mr West said police made enquiries and, although he had had conversations, there was no evidence to suggest he was contacting anyone under 16. Walls, of Colwyn Road, Hartlepool, pleaded guilty to six breaches of a sexual harm prevention order. He also admitted three breaches a notification requirement. Michele Turner, defending, told the court...

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