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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Police are reporting there is a criminal pattern happening in both Colorado Springs and the Falcon targeting more than a dozen people.According to Colorado Springs Police, cases of “Card Cracking” have been occurring particularly through Snapchat. This is a type of identity theft and check fraud that involves the recruitment of people using social media sites. Police add more than 17 people have been scammed and they are concerned that the victims are mostly teenagers.The scam starts with a post on social media that claims the victim can make quick cash in a legal way.“The victims are recruited to meet with a suspect in a hotel parking lot,” Lt. James Sokolik with CSPD wrote in a release sent out on Friday. “The suspect then either takes the victim to an ATM and has the victim deposit a forged check into their bank account; or in some instances, the suspect has the victim open their mobile banking app to make a mobile deposit of the forged check. Once the check is deposited, the victim then withdrawals half of the check’s value to keep for themselves, giving the other half to the suspect. The suspect then drops…

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Snap, Inc. (SNAP) is a leading camera applications and social media company, widely known for its technological tools and services like Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji. In addition, the company offers Snap Map, which provides live maps of individual locations, showing nearby friends and popular Stories. Every user of Snapchat has a “Story” to which they can post image and video Snaps. Anyone on their “Friends” list can see their Story, The idea of social media evolving into entertainment platforms is nothing new. But the COVID-19 outbreak has shifted the focus away from users passively consuming content to their actively creating it. Creating and uploading videos on platforms like SNAP is another example of online behavior that has been accelerated by the pandemic. We think SNAP should continue to see increased engagement in the coming months because the total daily time spent by Snapchatters on its distinct platforms is on the rise. SNAP’s strengthened ad platform and its growing user-base have helped the stock gain 216.3% year-to-date. This impressive performance, combined with several other factors, has helped SNAP earn a “Strong Buy” rating in our proprietary rating system. Here is how our proprietary POWR Ratings system evaluates SNAP: Trade Grade: A SNAP is…

A CONVICTED sex offender who fought for 18 months to keep his name out of the media has reoffended. Blackburn magistrates heard Rocky Dino Knight was named and shamed after a protracted battle with the Lancashire Telegraph’s sister paper Bolton News. He claimed that as a member of the travelling community he would be at risk if it became known he had been downloading and distributing child pornography. But in 2019 a judge ruled he could be named and also made Knight subject to a sexual harm prevention order. Knight, 39, of Colne Road, Burnley, pleaded guilty to breaching a sexual harm prevention order by accessing Snapchat on two different devices and breaching requirements of the sex offenders register by using names he had not notified to the police on snapchat. On Tuesday, he was sent in custody to Burnley Crown Court to be sentenced on February 12. Adam Boney, prosecuting, said the Crown viewed the defendant as a high risk sex offender. On Monday December 14, 2020, police carried out a compliance visit at his home and he produced a Nokia phone, an iPhone and a Samsung all of which had access to the internet and snapchat accounts. “These…

Appeals Civil Rights Criminal  December 16, 2020December 17, 2020 BRIEF California, Guns, schools, Social Media, teens, threats LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court upheld a finding a high school student made criminal threats by posting a photo of a replica gun on his Snapchat account and threatening to bring a gun to school. The student claimed he was joking, but “it can be inferred” from the way the app works that the juvenile “intended many people to see it, and he must have been aware that anyone who saw it might feel threatened.”

This week Snap Inc. has introduced a new multiplayer Snap Game called Bitmoji Paint to all of its users who would be interested to create a massive collage together. The process to join the fun of Bitmoji is simple as all Snapchatters are required to do is enter the chat through the ticket icon or even search as well. Once done, they will be shown multiple islands that are floating around in space. Every island is a representation of a server where players can join the game along with others. Then comes the game as they are placed on an editable canvas live. In the game mode, players will have to paint, explore, and hang out with the help of three modes; map, move, and paint. There are chances that you might get to face other Snapchatters while playing the game but still you can only communicate through the menu of emotes. However, with that being said, you cannot see the Snap ID of other users. The best part about Bitmoji Paint is that there is easy access to reporting tools for when any player is not following the rules and on top of that, the reports will be reviewed…

Perfect Corp, the creator of YouCam solutions, is collaborating with Snapchat to integrate augmented reality (AR) beauty try-on experiences into the Snapchat platform. The partnership enables brands and retailers that have already created AR experiences with Perfect Corp to turn them into Snapchat Lenses that will live on their Brand Profiles. Recent Posts

Snapchat is a relatively unique platform for advertisers because, unlike others, it continuously captures the attention of younger generations.  Since its inception in 2011, Snapchat has not only grasped the millennial audience in their younger years but also, more recently, attracted Generation Z (Gen Z). As the millennials began to cycle out of utilizing the platform, Gen Z claimed it for themselves. According to Snapchat, the platform currently reaches 90% of 13- to 24-year-olds in the United States. If you are in the market to capture Gen Z eyeballs, Snapchat should definitely be part of your media plan.  3 Do’s for Snapchat Advertising As you develop your campaigns, though, make sure to do these three things. 1. Do Design Creative Based on Objective When designing creative for the Snapchat interface make sure to design it with your specific goal in mind. Your ad assets should pull a user in and make them want to see more.  For example, adding additional imagery that guides the user to the swipe up feature at the bottom of your snap encourages snapchatters to head to your web page, app download, or lead generation form to take the next step.  Snapchat even has unique features…

Super League Gaming continues to develop and offer premium programs and content to connect gamers through their love of play. Today, the company announced the launch of two new weekly shows on Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP), which adds to four existing shows on the platform. Collectively, Super League’s Snapchat shows reached over 8.5 million unique viewers in November 2020, with the company’s top performing show, “Emergency Meeting,” featuring popular user-generated highlights from 2020’s breakaway hit game, Among Us. Super League’s newest shows include: “Cyberpunk 24/7,” featuring top user-generated gameplay highlights from the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077, just released on December 10th, the same day as the debut of the series; and Queue Dodgers, featuring League of Legends user-generated gameplay highlights, set to launch on December 20th. These shows add to Super League’s existing weekly series, which include: “Taking Shape,” a twice-weekly show featuring Minecraft user-generated highlights; “Sticks N Stones;” and “Spike Rush.” “We are honored to have become a go-to provider of gaming content for Snap and are having a ton of fun creating entertaining shows for millions of gamers and fans on their platform,” says Matt Edelman, Chief Commercial Officer of Super League Gaming. “Super League is all about celebrating…

Lightspeed's Rytis Vitkauskas. Lightspeed Ventures This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Silicon Valley's venture capitalists have made concerted efforts to establish offices in Europe over the last year, in another indication of the continent's tech maturation. Snapchat backer Lightspeed Venture Partners has set up an office in London, headed by partner Rytis Vitkauskas with support from Nicole Quinn and Bradley Twohig, who are based in the US. Major European tech firms include Takeaway.com, Criteo, Spotify, Adyen, UiPath, and Farfetch. "It's only in the past few years that Europe as a continent has begun to have big tech companies," Vitkauskas told Business Insider. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. There's another data point to add to the evidence that Europe is maturing as a tech ecosystem: Silicon Valley is moving in.Early Snapchat backer Lightspeed Venture Partners has been beefing up its European operations in 2020 as it looks to snap up the continent's best talent. Lightspeed is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and with around $4 billion under management. Its 400-strong portfolio includes "Fortnite" creator Epic Games, Calm, and Snapchat.The venture capital firm set up an…