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Two teen girls in Texas were arrested for allegedly ambushing a peer and filming it on Snapchat — and the young victim’s mom is now speaking out, saying her daughter is “very traumatized” over the attack. Police in Clifton, Tx., charged Ahliah Vestal and Savannah Walker, both 17, for the alleged attack on Maya Tremillo, also 17. Both girls were charged as adults for aggravated assault in the fight that was apparently over a boy. The victim was allegedly lured to a park on April 18 by Vestal, who claimed she needed to get back a borrowed pair of shoes, according to police and Tremillo’s mom, Julie Kross. When Tremillo arrived, she was immediately attacked, her mom said. “ jumped out of the car and the other girl that was filming her also jumped out of the car with her phone, and then started yelling at Maya,” Kross told The Sun. When Tremillo turned away to go back to her car, Walker allegedly “hit her in the back of the head and just jumped on her and started beating her,” Kross said in the article published Saturday. A 16-year old girl whose name has not been released will also…

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Snapchat A social media giant has created a selfie camera—and it can fly around your head and follow you around. Snapchat, which has millions more active daily users than Twitter, has unveiled Pixy, a miniature drone they’ve dubbed “your friendly flying camera.” The $230 device can take-off from your hand and follow any of four preset flight paths, including floating, orbiting, and following wherever you lead. During the launch on Thursday April 28 the American company said they first created Snapchat as a new way to use your camera for self-expression and communication. “Today, we’re bringing it to new heights with a flying camera called Pixy.” Described as “a pocket-sized, free-flying sidekick”, the firm says Pixy can find its way back to your hand, landing gently at the end of the flight. LOOK: Real Harry Potter’s Cloak, a Real-Life Invisibility Shield is Now Taking Orders Though they designed Pixy to be a companion to Snapchat, it can be used with “any other platform”, although videos from flights are wirelessly transferred and saved into Snapchat Memories. From there, you can use Snapchat’s editing tools, ‘Lenses, and Sounds’ to customize what you capture. Pixy by Snapchat The knob on top of the…

Social media giant Snap launched its second hardware product this week with the release of the Pixy drone. The $230 device comes with a camera for still photos and video, and can be set to hover in place or automatically follow the user around. Like Spectacles, the company’s camera-equipped smart glasses, the recorded footage (which doesn’t include audio) on the Pixy isn’t limited to the Snapchat app, and can be downloaded to a smartphone to be edited and shared anywhere. The design and marketing for the Pixy is just as slick as Spectacles, and seems primed for mainstream adoption. But similar to Spectacles, this may be a product without a readily apparent built-in market. Most drone photographers and videographers today are either dedicated hobbyists or professionals. The Pixy’s 2.7 k video resolution is below the 4 k resolution many in the drone community have become accustomed to when shooting broad cityscapes and aerial footage. For just about $200 more, DJI’s Mini 2 delivers 4 k video and far more control via remote control, while the Pixy only uses limited preset controls. So who, exactly, is the Pixy for? No one, and everyone, sort of Due to the Pixy’s simplistic preset controls, and relatively low-resolution…

In Maynard v. Snapchat Inc., No. S21G0555, 2022 Ga. LEXIS 68, the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed and remanded an appellate court decision that dismissed the popular mobile app Snapchat from suit. Plaintiffs Wentworth and Karen Miller (collectively, Plaintiffs) were struck by a driver who was allegedly using the popular social media app at the time of the accident. More specifically, the Plaintiffs alleged the driver was using the Snapchat “Speed Filter” feature, which displays and records your speed on camera. Users can then send video messages to friends that display the speed you were traveling at the time the video was taken. The Plaintiffs alleged that the app was negligently designed and Snapchat was at fault for promoting unsafe driving through use of the Speed Filter. Snapchat successfully argued that they had no duty to prevent people from driving recklessly or negligently. Further, they argued that the act of speeding was a superseding and intervening act that broke the causal connection between its alleged negligence and the Plaintiffs’ injuries. The trial court dismissed Snapchat at the pleadings stage, and the appellate court affirmed. However, the Supreme Court of Georgia held that the Plaintiffs alleged enough facts at the pleadings…

The $230 Pixy drone hovers in the air, follows you around and takes 360-degree videos. And here you were taking selfies with your hands.

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(Pocket-lint) - Instagram is testing a new feature that would allow users to pin specific posts to their profiles.According to a Meta spokesperson, the new addition is currently in the testing phase and set to appear for a select number of users in the app.When it does, it will allow them to pin any post above the rest of the grid on their Instagram profile, and will be available to select from the three-dot menu next to each individual post. Seemingly, this new feature would work in a similar way to Story Highlights, which lets users pin stories to their profiles and have them sit in bubbles at the top of their grid.And even though this feature allows you to include posts as part of the highlight reel, allowing regular posts to be featured on their own would be a neat improvement for users, in our view.After all, if you are a frequent poster, things can easily get buried in the grid. And, with this change, users would be able to style their profiles more easily.It's a similar principle to Twitter's pinned tweet feature, which allows users to select one of their tweets to appear at the top of their stream.…

Tesco Mobile is down for many customers in Ireland this evening. The mobile phone provider has seen a huge spike in people reporting issues to Down Detector from 4.41pm this evening. Users of the hugely popular service took to Twitter to vent their frustration at the outage. One person said: "Tesco Mobile down for anyone else this evening?" Another added: "Seems Tesco Mobile is down, not working at all on my phone. Meanwhile, several Irish Snapchat users also reported issues logging into the social media platform from 11pm. We'll have updates on the outage in our live blog below. 23:56Kim oLearySnapchat users report outageIrish Snapchat users have reported being unable to access the social media platform this evening.From 11pm Down Detector indicated that Snapchat users were having trouble logging into the social media sharing platform.18:51Kim oLearyTesco Mobile Ireland responds to network issuesTaking to social media, Tesco Mobile Ireland said that issue customers have been experiencing connecting calls and receiving calls has now been resolved.Those who are still experiencing issues are recommended to restart their phones.They tweeted: "The issue has now been resolved, I would advise restarting the phone and if there are any further issues, please send us a DM…

Skip to main contentWeymouth, MABraintree, MAQuincy, MAMilton, MABrockton, MASouth End, MACanton, MARoslindale, MABoston, MANorth End, MAMassachusettsTop National NewsSee All CommunitiesHANSON, MA — A man from Rhode Island is facing a child rape charge after police said he was seen in a Snapchat video with an underage victim.Jared A. Soltys, 23, of Providence, was arraigned on charges of statutory rape of a child and procuring liquor for a person under 21 in a Massachusetts court Monday. He was held on a $20,000 bail and ordered to stay away from the victims and out of the towns of Hanson and Bridgewater.In court Monday, prosecutors said that Soltys claims to have met a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old through Snapchat. Soltys is a grad student at Brown University, his defense attorney claims.Find out what's happening in Hinghamwith free, real-time updates from Patch.According to the Hanson Police Department, officers were alerted to the situation by another teenager who had seen the inappropriate post with the girls and the older man. Officers say that within a half-hour of the video getting posted, police were able to find Soltys and the girls near an intersection that officers had recognized from the Snapchat video around 1:30 a.m.Hanson Police…