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Holly Valance's fans have threatened to boycott the singer after she dined with Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. (Twitter) Fans were left sufficiently confused, to say the least, after Neighbours star Holly Valance dined with Donald Trump and Nigel Farage. On Friday (8 April), the former British politician and one of Brexit’s most aggressive supporters tweeted a photograph of the unlikely group. “Great dinner at Mar-a-Lago,” the ex-leader of The Brexit Party said. The seemingly grab bag dinner guests dined alongside Valance’s husband Nick Candy, a Tory donor and billionaire property developer slammed last year for attending a party with then Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey. The 2020 social function was thrown despite such gatherings being illegal at the time amid coronavirus restrictions. Great dinner at Mar-a-Lago! pic.twitter.com/Qq58xMd1IG — Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) April 8, 2022 So seeing Valance, an icon of the noughties and “kiss Kiss” hitmaker, posing alongside the former Republican president at his Palm Beach resort left fans with a mix of emotions. Some vowed to never listen to her music again. “Gay Twitter, I am distraught,” tweeted HIV advocate Tom Hayes. “Holly Valance is a Farage and Trump fan. Going to have to expunge her from my…

Snap has tapped eight companies for its latest Yellow accelerator class. Yellow launched in 2018 with a promise that Snap would invest $150,000 per cohort of startups. Twice a year, it selects a handful of digital content-focused companies to receive mentorship from Snap executives, networking opportunities, and liquid capital, plus continuing guidance after the accelerator ends. In exchange, Snap takes a small, undisclosed equity stake in each company.Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top StoriesSubscribe This class is Yellow’s fifth, and the smallest to date. It’s also a return to Yellow’s usual in-person curriculum after its fourth class, which baked nine startups, went entirely virtual due to COVID restrictions. Companies selected for the class include (with descriptions provided by Snap): Bits of Stock–Is working on a cardless stock program that rewards customers with fractional shares of stock on everyday purchases from the brands they love, based in the Netherlands. Blink Date–Is building a voice-first dating app that matches members for 10-minute voice conversations, after which they can hope to make a match. Bump–Is designing software to help creators track and collect their revenue from various sources, monitor their expenses, and manage their crypto and NFTs in one place. DB Creations–Is creating catchy…

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Snapchat announced this week that it’s introducing a new ASL Alphabet lens to encourage users to start learning American Sign Language. The new AR lens will teach users to finger spell their name and practice the ASL alphabet. The lens also includes games that users can play to test their ASL knowledge. The social media company has partnered with SignAll and is using its computer vision and machine learning technology to recognize users’ hand gestures. The new ASL Alphabet lens was developed by a team of deaf and hard-of-hearing employees at Snap called the “Deafengers.” “We hope that Lenses not only evolve the way we see the world, but help us feel closer to one another,” the company said in a blog post about the announcement. “For native signers, in a world where linguistic inequity is prevalent, we believe AR can help evolve the way we communicate. We look forward to learning more from our community as we strive to continuously improve experiences for everyone on Snapchat.” The new lens is a more advanced version of the finger spelling Lenses that Snap launched in partnership with SignAll last September that were designed to teach users how to communicate using sign…

Every six months, the Taking Stock With Teens (TWST) survey provides an update on the taste, trends, culture, and consumption habits of teenage Americans. The 43rd edition of Piper Sandler‘s biannual report is now live, and its results reflect the current state of Gen Z. The sample for the 43rd TSWT reported included 7,100 individuals from 44 U.S. States. Piper Sandler (formerly known as Piper Jaffray) said that the average age of its respondents was 16.2 years old. The teens chose Emma Chamberlain (pictured above) as their #1 influencer, ahead of mainstream stars like Kanye West and Zendaya. The 20-year-old vlogger and entrepreneur hasn’t posted a new YouTube video in nearly four months, but her fans are still paying close attention to all of her posts. Chamberlain’s ability to maintain her cultural capital despite her YouTube hiatus suggests that the Google-owned platform isn’t the tastemaker it once was. But Chamberlain did get her start on YouTube, so maybe the kids just like her coffee that much.Subscribe for daily Tubefilter Top StoriesSubscribe It would be inaccurate to suggest that American teens no longer care about YouTube. In the latest TWST report, Netflix and YouTube are tied at the top of the “Daily Video Consumption” ranking, with…

The incident would have happened in 2017, ByteDance deciding to accelerate by any means the development of Flipagram, the forerunner of the current TikTok network. Instead of pursuing a natural business growth plan based on improving services and attracting new users, ByteDance would have chosen a not-so-legal “shortcut” to creating thousands of fake accounts on its own Flipagram platform, populated by taking large volumes of photos and videos from the most real accounts of Instagram and Snapchat stars. Everything without their knowledge or consent. According to testimonies from former ByteDance employees, quoted by BuzzFeed, China’s engineering team, which was responsible for Flipagram’s so-called “growth hacking”, also downloaded 10,000 videos a day. Rather than simulating activity on fake accounts, ByteDance would have used the stolen content to refine its “For You” algorithms according to US users’ preferences. This explains how, out of nowhere, the TikTok network has managed to rise so quickly in users’ preferences. Although some users realized that they were “stolen” and even reported to Instagram that their pictures appeared on Flipagram, apparently, the American company did not intervene promptly enough to stop these practices, reported on a platform addressed to the Chinese public. .

Dive Brief: With social commerce projected to grow over the next few years, research commissioned by Snapchat suggests that augmented reality tools will become more important for brands and retailers looking to connect with young shoppers. Ninety-two percent of Gen Z consumers want to use augmented reality tools for e-commerce, according to Snapchat's survey of 16,000 users in 16 markets, conducted by Global Crowd DNA. Gen Zers are more likely than millennials and Gen X to buy a product that they first experienced using AR, per the report. Sixty percent of Gen Z consumers said that AR experiences feel more personal and over half of Gen Z would be more likely to pay attention to an ad that uses AR. Dive Insight: Snapchat has been investing in augmented reality features to help shoppers visualize products before buying them and connect with brands. The social network has teamed up with companies like Gucci and American Eagle to create augmented reality experiences on its app highlighting their products, and has enhanced the functionalities of its AR through partnerships with tech firms like Perfect Corp. The social network has added a variety of features to its app and touted the results retailers are seeing from them.…

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Looking for something to watch post-iftar for Ramadan 2022? Snapchat is introducing a whopping 70 shows to its content line-up for Ramadan this year. The social media platform has partnered with broadcasters, digital publishers and creators across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to give us plenty of fresh content. So, Snapchatters in the MENA region will be able to view a variety of shows this Ramadan, including Al Asouf, which is now entering its third season, popular programme Get Real Karol, and cooking show Sultan AlJamsi. The Snapchat Ramadan 2022 shows can be accessed via Snapchat’s Discover feature. With the new shows, we’ll also be seeing new episodes daily and behind-the-scenes content. You might like: Ramadan 2022: all the best iftars in Abu Dhabi In 2021, Snapchatters spent 33 percent more time enjoying Ramadan shows compared to the previous year, so this year they’re giving us more content than ever. 7awi CEO Anas Abbar says: “Through our seasonal content on Discover, we look forward to providing our audiences with the opportunity to engage with new and exciting content with Snapchat and offering them a viewing experience that embraces the spirit of Ramadan.” Looking for things to watch on the…

By Mike Curley (April 4, 2022, 5:09 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge won't let Snapchat out of a suit alleging that its 'Speed Filter' encouraged reckless driving, leading to a crash that killed three boys, saying the complaint is enough to allege that the design of the feature led to the accident.In an order filed Thursday, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald rejected Snap Inc.'s motion to dismiss the suit led by Carly Lemmon, Michael Morby and Samantha and Marlo Brown, the parents of two of the boys, saying the suit alleges that Snap, as a manufacturer, caused the accident through the inherent design of the Speed Filter,... Stay ahead of the curve In the legal profession, information is the key to success. You have to know what’s happening with clients, competitors, practice areas, and industries. Law360 provides the intelligence you need to remain an expert and beat the competition. Access to case data within articles (numbers, filings, courts, nature of suit, and more.) Access to attached documents such as briefs, petitions, complaints, decisions, motions, etc. Create custom alerts for specific article and case topics and so much more! TRY LAW360 FREE FOR SEVEN DAYS