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/THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ Founded in LA, Gamelancer has built the largest and fastest growing gaming platform on Tiktok & Snapchat, with 22 owned & operated channels, 26.5 million+ followers, and 1 billion+ monthly video views predominantly geolocated in North America, the UK & Australia. , /CNW/ - Wondr Gaming Corp. (CSE: WDR) (CSE: WDR.WT) (OTC: WDRGF) (the "Company" or "Wondr") is pleased to announce that, further to its press releases of December 10, 2021 and March 21, 2022, it has completed the previously announced acquisition (the "Transaction") of 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Gamelancer, Inc. ("Gamelancer"). As initial consideration for the Transaction, the Company issued 212,338,900 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") and paid USD$7,000,000 to the shareholders of Gamelancer on a pro rata basis. All Common Shares issued in connection with the Transaction are subject to voluntary lock-ups of up to 36 months and a statutory four month hold, with 10% of the Common Shares released on closing of the Transaction ("Closing") and 15% released every 6 months thereafter over the next 36…

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 27-year-old Las Vegas man was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly providing the fentanyl pills that led to another man’s overdose death last year, police said. Jacob Mathis, 27, was discovered deceased inside an apartment near Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Bermuda Road on April 3, 2021, police said. A maintenance worker had entered the apartment regarding a water leak. The unit was flooded from water coming from a bathroom, police said. The maintenance worker found Mathis’ body on the floor. Officers immediately suspected he had overdosed due to evidence at the scene. During the examination of Mathis’ body, the coroner located four suspected fentanyl pills inside Mathis’ wallet. As the 8 News Now I-Team has reported, the pills circulating in the Las Vegas valley, which contain fentanyl, are marked with the letter “M” and the number “30.” Drug cartels are manufacturing illicit fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that is 50-to-100 times more potent than morphine, and combining it with other street drugs, the 8 News Now I-Team has reported. As part of their investigation, officers searched Mathis’ phone, finding text messages between Mathis and a person named “Tim,” they said. “Tim” was later identified as…

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesChristopher Dawley's family alleges in a suit Facebook and Snap are liable for his suicide at 17.The family says he grew addicted to the platforms and they affected his mental health and body image.The suit says they know about "the addictive nature of their products and failed to protect minors."The mother of a teenager who died by suicide says she believes Facebook and Snapchat are responsible.In a federal lawsuit filed in Wisconsin on Monday, Donna Dawley accuses the social-media platforms of aiding in the deterioration of her son Christopher's mental health and alleges that eventually led to his suicide in 2015, when he was 17 years old.Dawley is represented by the Social Media Victims Law Center, which says in the lawsuit that both platforms are and have been "aware of the addictive nature of their products and failed to protect minors in the name of more clicks and additional revenue."The family also says their son, who began using Snapchat and the Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram when he was 15, was too young to sign the apps' terms of use. US laws, such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, protect only minors under the…

  Published On 12 April,2022 08:58 am Twitter and Snapchat are expected to generate $5.58 billion and $4.86 billion. (Reuters) - Video-sharing app TikTok’s advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than $11 billion, exceeding the combined sales of its rivals Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Snap Inc (SNAP.N), according to research firm Insider Intelligence. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is one of the world’s most popular social media apps, with more than 1 billion active users. "TikTok’s user base has exploded in the past couple of years, and the amount of time users spend on the app is extraordinary," said Debra Aho Williamson, analyst at Insider Intelligence. Twitter and Snapchat are expected to generate $5.58 billion and $4.86 billion, respectively, in advertising revenue for 2022, with the combined value still less than the $11 billion projected for TikTok. Nearly $6 billion, or more than half, of this year’s ad revenue is expected to come from the United States, despite regulatory concerns over user data from U.S being passed on to China. 

Video-sharing app TikTok's advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than $11 billion, exceeding the combined sales of its rivals Twitter Inc and Snap Inc, according to research firm Insider Intelligence. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is one of the world's most popular social media apps, with more than 1 billion active users. "TikTok's user base has exploded in the past couple of years, and the amount of time users spend on the app is extraordinary," said Debra Aho Williamson, analyst at Insider Intelligence. Twitter and Snapchat are expected to generate $5.58 billion and $4.86 billion, respectively, in advertising revenue for 2022, with the combined value still less than the $11 billion projected for TikTok. Nearly $6 billion, or more than half, of this year's ad revenue is expected to come from the United States, despite regulatory concerns over user data from U.S being passed on to China. FacebookTwitterLinkedin

Indiana State Police investigating the Delphi killings of Libby German and Abby Williams asked people to call detectives if they ever had contact with the profile anthony_shots on a social media platform called Yellow, currently known as Yubo.Police tied the anthony_shots Instagram and Snapchat to Kegan Kline, who currently is jailed in Miami County awaiting trial on child exploitation and child pornography charges.Police alleged that Kline used the anthony_shots Instagram and Snapchat profiles to meet children and exploit them. Now detectives want to know anyone on Yellow or Yubo who had contact with the anthony_shots profile, which is a catfish profile.Delphi murders: Kegan Kline's police, HLN interviews show Delphi murder investigation focus on fake profileInvestigators would like any individual who communicated with, met or attempted to meet the anthony_shots profile to contact law enforcement by by calling the tip line at 765-822-3535 or by emailing the tip line at abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.comKline admitted to being the creator of the anthony_shots profiles and used a model's photos as if the pictures were him.Police questioned Kline in August 2020, and recently released transcripts indicate the police told Kline the anthony_shots profile had contact with Libby German just before her Feb. 13, 2017, killing.'The pain isn't less': Five years after…

Walmart's efforts to grow its e-commerce sales recently entailed the introduction of shoppable augmented reality (AR) content on the photo-messaging app Snapchat. The retailer's collaboration on the rollout of an AR lens seeks to inspire mobile users to make recipes with ingredients they have at home or can order from Walmart. The Walmart "Snap Scan & Shop" lens lets Snapchat users scan food items in a refrigerator or pantry with a smartphone camera to generate a list of 10 recipes that include those items. Allrecipes, the cooking site published by Dotdash Meredith, provides the recommendations and the ability to buy additional ingredients from Walmart, according to information shared with sister publication Marketing Dive. "The meal inspiration is intended to meet people where they are on their meal preparation journey on any day, whether that be by shopping in-store or online," a Walmart spokesperson told Marketing Dive by email. "Through this activation, our goal is to shorten the distance between inspiration and purchase, however they choose to shop." The introduction of the shoppable lens comes as more consumers buy products through social media apps like Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest or Snapchat. That activity is driving growth in social commerce, the global revenue…

Highlights: Snapchat launches a new lens to help you learn American Sign Language. The feature teaches you to fingerspell your name with individual letters through the lens. The new Lens was built using Snap’s evolving hand-tracking technology. Snapchat has been around for over a decade now. Despite many social media platforms copying some of its core features, it still manages to come up with new ideas and implement original features. It’s true that it might not be as relevant today as it was in past years. However, it still has a solid base of users who appreciate its presence and continued development. Snapchat has partnered with SignAll to launch a new AR lens that helps users learn American Sign Language (ASL). The feature teaches you to fingerspell your name with individual letters through the lens, along with practicing the ASL alphabet and playing games to put new skills to the test. You can try the new lens on your Snapchat app by either looking for the ASL Alphabet lens or by scanning the lens QR code. Snapchat creates a tool for users to start learning American Sign Language The company added, “For native signers, in a world where linguistic inequity…

The grief-stricken parents of a young girl who ended her life after years of bullying have revealed how their daughter's life could have been saved in just 12 minutes.  Murray Rosewarne and Emma Mason have spoken of their unimaginable grief after losing their eldest daughter Matilda 'Tilly' Rosewarne, 15, to suicide seven weeks ago. The couple told 60 Minutes their 'easy kid' with a big giggle and cheeky nature had been the target of schoolyard bullies since she was a small child. However, it was the circulation of a pornographic image, falsely said to be Tilly, on the app Snapchat that finally broke their daughter's spirit.  Tilly (pictured) was found dead by her father near her old cubby house at the family's home in Bathurst, in the central west of NSW, on the morning of February 16Her concerned parents had watched as their bright and cheerful daughter had begun to struggle to socialise, not even able to share a meal with her family.Following the Snapchat incident Tilly was moved to a new school, but because of how rapidly the image had circulated she continued to be targeted by bullies. Ms Mason said her daughter 'never got over' the fake pornographic image and said it had meant…

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A firefighter in Polk County, Florida, was arrested and accused of extorting a 14-year-old local girl to send him nude videos via Snapchat, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Richard Dalton Battle, 24, of Palmetto, found the 14-year-old girl on Instagram in 2019 and added her on Snapchat. The victim told Battle she was only 14, to which Battle allegedly replied, “Okay.” When the victim asked Battle how old he was, she says he didn’t answer. After conversations between the two turned sexual, Battle reportedly threatened to tell the girl’s mother unless the victim sent nude videos, a press release from the sheriff’s office stated. Battle reportedly told the girl he knew where she lived based on a feature built into the Snapchat messaging app called “Snapmaps,” where users can share their live location with friends and the community. Deputies said the girl feared Battle would come to her home, so she sent him two nude videos of herself. Deputies said Battle continued to message the girl, repeatedly asking for more videos, which she ignored until March 2022 when she decided she “couldn’t take it anymore.” When the girl searched for Battle’s…