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A Snapchat lens for Dior's World Tour capsule collection. Courtesy of Dior Dior is betting on color to entice consumers back into its stores after extended lockdowns worldwide. The French fashion house is launching a series of men’s accessories revisited in vibrant shades, and has collaborated with Snapchat to create two new augmented reality lenses, marking the first time it will be possible to virtually try on a Dior bag and scroll through different styles with a single swipe of the screen. Dior World Tour B27 sneakers in red calfskin.  Courtesy of Dior Available in yellow, red, blue, green and black, featuring a monochrome version of the Dior Oblique motif, items from the Dior World Tour capsule will go on sale this month in selected Dior stores worldwide. The line includes limited-edition B27 sneakers with a leather shoe case, sold separately, as well as a Saddle belt bag, a card holder, a clutch and belts with interchangeable straps and buckles. Prices range from 280 euros for a belt buckle to 2,400 euros for the shoe case. Dior’s AR lens for the launch of the B27 last year generated more than 1.5 million virtual try-ons. The new lenses, to be presented during the…

Cue the wedding bells, because Gabi DeMartino is planning her dream ceremony! The YouTube star and her twin sister, Niki DeMartino, spilled some marriage and bachelorette party tea with J-14 exclusively while promoting their Snapchat show, Twinning Out. While the songstress said that she’s keeping her wedding planning process “super private,” Gabi gushed about choosing a venue, flowers and music. “I feel like you only get that once in your life,” the influencer, 26, said, noting that it’s making her and fiancé Collin Vogt bond “so much.” “We’ve been dating for so long already, and we already know so much about each other, but we’re learning more and more about each other,” Gabi added. “It’s just so exciting. We just love it.” As the maid of honor, Niki, 26, has the responsibly of planning a sure-to-be epic bachelorette party, which is something she said she’s looking forward to. While the girls stayed tight-lipped about any proposal or wedding details that may unfold during an episode of Twinning Out, Gabi did say that fans will see a lead up to their November 2020 proposal. Gregory Pace/Shutterstock“At that time in my life, with everything that I was balancing, I still was reading comments and that’s something…

Joél-Léhi Organista. Photo: Salt Lake City School Board SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 5, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — Joel-Lehi Organista, the Salt Lake City School Board member arrested Wednesday on child pornography charges, resigned his position Friday — the same day officials filed additional felony charges against him. Organista, 29, now faces charges of: Object rape of a child, a first-degree felony (filed Friday) Sexual exploitation of a child as a first-degree felony (filed Friday) Nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child as a second-degree felony (one filed Friday, eight filed Wednesday) The child rape charge related to a Snapchat video recorded after Organista allegedly directed a pre-teen victim to take specific inappropriate actions. Organista is being held without bail. “During a post Miranda interview, Jose Lehi Organista admitted to having downloaded, viewed, and kept the images and videos containing child pornography in his Dropbox account,” his probable cause statement says, adding that one video showed abuse of a girl of about 5. During the service of a search warrant at Organista’s address, officers located electronic devices including an iPhone, an iPad and an iMac Mini, and allegedly found a Snapchat account where Organista was communicating with children identifying…

Twitter will soon follow the footsteps of Facebook and Snapchat by introducing “fleet ads,” a disappearing Post feature in its platform. According to a source close to Twitter, testing of the feature will start on Tuesday. Along with this feature, the firm intends to give businesses more options to customize advertisements on Twitter in order to encourage both large and small businesses to join the platform. Image courtesy: gadget360 The goal of adopting this feature is to increase Twitter’s yearly revenue by 2023, putting it in direct competition with Facebook and Snapchat. Twitter is aiming to place ads on various parts of its platform in order to achieve its goal. Furthermore, adding Fleet advertisements to Twitter allows users to be redirected straight to the company’s official website or social media page, which can assist businesses in attracting more clients to their website. Previously, the feature was not available on Twitter; however, in order to provide greater convenience to Twitter users and businesses, Twitter is now adding this feature to its platform. Khushi Khushi is an avid reader and loves analyzing companies in the digital space. Her interest in online marketing, business, and politics define her enthusiasm for the subject.

TERRIFYING "zombie" knives are being sold on Snapchat for £40 amid a stabbings spike in the UK. The deadly weapons, named after blades using in zombie apocalypse films, have been banned for five years but are readily available on social media to teenagers and children. 23Zombie knives and other deadly weapons are on sale on Snapchat - a popular teen platformCredit: Supplied 23One vile Snapchat seller is touting stocks of zombie knives that cost £40Credit: Supplied The Sun has continuously campaigned for a crackdown on the weapon and were shocked to find individuals selling the blades on Snapchat. One sicko, who posted photographs of a number of zombie knives for sale, wrote: “All big shanks are 40£ (sic) this Friday and weekend only.” A second stated: “Zk (zombie knife) and flicky (flick knife) bundle 50£ (sic) today only both.” In another post, which was captioned “shout me”, the unnamed user scrolled through videos of multiple knives that were up for sale. 23Zombie knives have a sharp and a serrated edge and typically writing on themCredit: Supplied 23One young man showing off the zombie knife he purchased online They also shared the photograph of a katana-like weapon, branded “my personal fav”,…

CLEVELAND — A federal judge Thursday sentenced Dr. Albert Aiad-Toss, 53, of Canfield, to 22 years in prison for having sex with children ages 12 to 15 in 2019. He pleaded guilty in February before Judge Pamela Barker to seven counts of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of child exploitation. He formerly worked for an outside company as an emergency room doctor at St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital but was taken off the schedule when the allegations surfaced in 2019. His medical license was suspended in December 2019 because of the criminal charges, according to the Ohio Medical Board. Federal investigators have said that Ashland police contacted the FBI after the mother of a 13-year-old girl told authorities she and other juveniles met Aiad-Toss on the social media app Snapchat and that he paid them for sex acts. In addition to the prison term, Barker also placed Aiad Toss on lifetime supervision after he leaves prison and ordered him to pay a $50,000 fine and a special assessment of $40,800. Bridget Brennan, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, called the case the “largest juvenile sex trafficking prosecution to date.” Brennan said: “Juvenile sex traffickers like…

Last month, messaging platform, WhatsApp, filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court against the Indian government over the traceability clause in the new IT Rules 2021. The new IT rules requires social media platforms to locate ‘the first originator of the information’, when asked by authorities, which is called a traceability clause. Calling it unconstitutional, WhatsApp stated that it was against the fundamental right to privacy as underlined by the Supreme Court decision and urged that it not be imposed on technology mediators. It is claimed that the clause puts ‘criminal liability’ on its employees for non compliance. While this rule will affect all messaging apps including Snapchat, Signal, Telegram and Snapchat, only WhatsApp is fighting this inclusion. Could this be due to its popularity in India – it has over 390 million users in India, of which around 4% are business users? For instance, many hotels allow guests to manage their room and dining bookings through this platform. It has emerged as an important technology especially during the pandemic, when guests seek minimal personal communication with hotel staff – they can instead chat on WhatsApp. Rajarshi Bhattacharyya, CMD of ProcessIT Global Rajarshi Bhattacharyya, CMD of ProcessIT Global explains…

Based on an independent study of the App Store, the iOS app storefront generated $643 billion in sales and billings last year (which includes Apple’s cut of in-app purchases and ad sales), up 24% from the $519 billion that the App Store brought in during 2019. The study, titled “A Global Perspective on the Apple App Store Ecosystem,” reveals that not only did iOS app developers expand their business in 2020, they also expanded their customer base. It also turns out that since 2015, the number of small developers on the App Store has grown by 40%. The definition of a small developer is one with fewer than 1 million downloads and less than $1 million in earnings and 90% of App Store developers fit this definition. And of those small developers, 25% of them have managed to increase their earnings by 25% a year over the last five years. The report also shows that close to 80% of small developers have apps in App Stores across different countries. On average, App Store developers get paid from customers located in more than 40 countries. Overall, the App Store is available in more than 175 countries and regions, supports more than…

Merely a few days away from World Environment Day, Snapchat unveiled their new Bitmojis in celebration of our wonderful, fragile eco-system. The World Environment Day celebrated on June 5th with the theme "Ecosystem Restoration," will encourage folks around the world to spread awareness about the fragile ecosystem and the need to restore it to its former glory for a sustainable future. Technology Team Latestly| Jun 03, 2021 10:27 AM IST Merely a few days away from World Environment Day, Snapchat unveiled their new Bitmojis in celebration of our wonderful, fragile eco-system. The World Environment Day celebrated on June 5th with the theme "Ecosystem Restoration," will encourage folks around the world to spread awareness about the fragile ecosystem and the need to restore it to its former glory for a sustainable future. Snapchat was quick to jump onto this noble endeavour and took up this opportunity to encourage its users to use emojis that include acts like watering plants, growing new plants, saving water, and more to share and spread their love for the environment. Snapchat has a history of releasing Bitmojis for different occasions around the world.  Snapchat also has special Bitmojis for Pride month. Snapchat recently launched Bitmojis for…

A 4-week-old kitten stolen from a rescue group is back with his mother and siblings after a lot of detective work and some unwise social media boasting by the suspected cat-napper. We can thank Snapchat for the happy reunion between tiny Olaf and his mother. Olaf, a Maine coon mix, shared a cage with his mother and three, furry siblings at Redwood City’s Whis-Purr Rescue until he suddenly disappeared on May 14. Not yet weaned, the tiny kitten was dependent on his mother for everything, so his disappearance was dire. The rescue quickly got the word out about the missing kitten and, thanks to donations, began offering a $2,000 no-questions-asked reward. Tips on the cat caper began pouring in, including one pointing to a Snapchat post by a teenage girl acknowledging the cat-napping, says Lucy Brock, one of the rescue organization’s directors. Brock says their focus was solely on returning the kitten to his mother, so the rescue did not involve police. Instead, they relied on the girl and her family to do the right thing and return Olaf. On May 23, rescue volunteers distributed fliers around the girl’s neighborhood about the kitten and the reward and began knocking on doors,…