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A SNAPCHAT video and a man who claimed to be the last person to see two men before they were involved in a fatal car crash, were on Wednesday the focus of the inquest into the death of Croydon man Damon Edward McCoy. Mr McCoy and Nick Michael Rogers, 29, were in a Toyota Landcruiser when it crashed about 17km south of Croydon on July 21, 2016. Mr McCoy died at the scene. Mr Rogers survived the high-speed rollover and was later found injured and naked in the area. A key inquest issue is determining who was driving the Landcruiser before the crash. The Cairns Coroners Court heard that Mr McCoy sent a 10-second Snapchat video to close friend Anna Stratford. Ms Stratford testified the video showed a "panoramic" panning of the Landcruiser's cabin before the crash. She said she saw Mr McCoy as the passenger and got a "clear view" of Mr Rogers as the driver. A key issue in the inquest into the death of Croydon man Damon Edward McCoy is to determine who was driving the Landcruiser he was travelling in before it crashed. The court heard Ms Stratford did not tell others, including her mother and Mr McCoy's sister, about the video until days later because of her grief about Mr McCoy's death. "When I woke up next morning, I was a bit of a mess in finding out all the information. I was very vague to her (mum)," she said. "My biggest concern was the family … not to put ideas in anybody's head about who drove." Coroner Nerida Wilson said that while she acknowledged Ms Stratford was experiencing a significant loss, she was confused by why Ms Straford did not tell anyone about the video until later. "It just strikes me as unusual when…

The world is strange right now as the COVID-19 crisis continues, and we're relying on social media more than ever to keep in touch. Even when we're not in a pandemic, we use these apps to talk to family, friends, and new people. There are always updates to these, and the latest update on Facebook Messenger has people curious. What does "vanish mode" do in Messenger?Article continues below advertisementWhat does "vanish mode" do in Facebook Messenger?In September 2020, Facebook announced some new features to its Messenger platform to allow its users to have more functionality. Every improvement or new feature usually comes after some research and testing with smaller audiences so the people at Facebook felt confident that a feature in a competitor's service would be beneficial on theirs as well. And that's when the vanish mode was offered in Facebook Messenger.Vanish mode on Facebook messenger is kinda cool, just like Snapchat— Ryan|Middle Management👔 (@FourStarManager) November 10, 2020 Article continues below advertisementSimilar to Snapchat's feature, vanish mode allows the sender of a message to set their note to vanish, or disappear after a certain amount of time. This was one of the top features in Snapchat which made it popular among people who were dating — and teenagers — who would send fast messages that couldn't be read after they disappeared.Facebook unveiled the new feature in Messenger, and it was also available on Instagram, another app owned by Facebook. Facebook's version of vanish mode allows the person who is sending the message to choose exactly how long they want the message to be viewable for by setting a timer which allows them to have a private and secret conversation with someone else.  Once the timer has expired, there's no way for the recipient to view the message again. Article continues below…

Zane Christian captured in West Virginia after allegedly shooting Turner and carjacking someone in BlacksburgSALEM, VA. – The Christiansburg man who was wanted for murdering a man in Salem and carjacking someone else in Blacksburg Monday was caught on Tuesday.Police arrested 25-year-old Zane Chandler Christian nearly 200 miles away, headed west. The Sheriff in Jackson County, West Virginia, which is on the Ohio state line, said his department, along with another local department and the U.S. Marshals, arrested Christian without incident.Sheriff Ross Mellinger said the arrest was anticlimactic, adding they had Christian’s believed location, and he was the the only one there when they arrived.Christian was taken to a West Virginia jail and will be transferred back to the area.According to search warrants filed in court, investigators said Christian was active on Snapchat and was using it while on the run, threatening to hurt others.“Sgt. Miller has personally observed a recent Snapchat video where this user posted a video talking about sniping people,” the warrant read.Christian is charged with murder and reckless handling of a firearm for the shooting at Salem’s Lakeside Plaza on Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning the Salem Police Department identified the victim as Rico Turner of Bedford, whose fiancee is Christian’s estranged wife. The motive is unclear.Turner’s fiancee, as well as three children, were all present when the shooting took place. Christian is also charged with three counts of child neglect.Search warrants also detail that Turner was alive when police arrived on scene. Both he and his fiancee identified Christian to police by name, social security number and date of birth.They also identified to police the black BMW sedan that showed up 30 minutes later in the University City Boulevard Shopping Center just off Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg.Blacksburg Police say Christian carjacked someone at gunpoint there…

Trending ISTANBUL, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 24: In this photo illustration a mobile phone screen displays the Snapchat logo in front of a keyboard in Istanbul, Turkey on February 24, 2020. Muhammed Enes Yildirim / Anadolu Agency The latest Snapchat filter to go viral is the PS5 Filter, which people have been using to trick their friends into thinking they have a PS5! The filter makes it look as though there is a brand new PS5 box in front of you, and people all over the world have been falling for it. Instagram also has very similar filters for you to try out, just read our article below for the instructions. UPDATE: Stop the Steal Facebook page shut down This content could not be loaded That snapchat PS5 filter is real dawg— xiety (@yungprixx) November 9, 2020 How to get the PS5 Snapchat filter Click on this link Scroll through the page and choose the filter you want to use Scan the Snapcode on your Snapchat app Select the filter and hit record! People have been using the filter to send to their friends and family, tricking them into thinking they have bought them a PS5. People have been sharing their views on the filter on Twitter, with one writing: “Just used that ps5 filter on my bf… he thought!” This content could not be loaded Just used that ps5 filter on my bf… he thought 😂— lizeth (@galllizz) November 9, 2020 How to get the PS5 Instagram filter Go onto Instagram and open Instagram Stories Click on your face to activate filters and scroll through to the end Click on the icon labelled ‘Browse Effects’ Search “PS5” Browse through the filters, but if you want the ps5 box, click on the first one Click “Try it now” In other news,…

Irving Azoff has offered a decidedly blunt take on the music payments (or the relative lack thereof) made by social networks including Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, indicating that they “resist paying for music until you go beat the f—k out of them.”The 72-year-old management mainstay, who hasn’t hesitated to voice his opinion of big-name content platforms in the past, disclosed his firmly worded stance on social networks in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times. This piece was published late last week, just before the Full Stop Management exec and chairman was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer, receiving the Ahmet Ertegun Award. Irving Azoff nonchalantly noted in the article that Travis Scott is “unmanageable” and opined: “I don’t think there’s that many smart people in our business.”And after emphasizing that he continues to manage musicians as part of a larger effort to pursue artist-rights causes – not solely due to the far-reaching financial benefits delivered by his star-studded client roster – the Music Artists Coalition co-founder turned his attention to social platforms’ unwillingness to “pay fair market value” for music. “These people, when they start out – whether it’s Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, whatever – they resist paying for music until you go beat the f—k out of them,” stated the longtime Eagles manager. “And then of course, none of them pay fair market value and they get away with it. Your company’s worth $30 billion and you can’t spend 20 grand for a song that becomes a phenomenon on your channel? Even when they pay, artists don’t get enough.“Music, as a commodity, is more important than it’s ever been, and more unfairly monetized for the creators. And that’s what creates an opportunity for people like me,” finished the former Live Nation executive…

Last Updated: 8th November, 2020 19:55 IST India became Snapchat's epicenter for most single-day downloads in any country with 4.3 lakh new users downloading the app on October 28 India has become Snapchat's top market in terms of new users, surpassing United States daily download numbers. According to Apptopia, India on October 28 became Snapchat's epicenter for most single-day downloads in any country with 4.3 lakh new users downloading the app. Experts say that the growth of Snapchat in the Indian market is partly driven because of the ban imposed on TikTok by the Indian government.  Read: Halloween 2020: Snapchat Creates A New Filter Which Helps User Get The Halloween Look Apptopia reported that India alone gave the lion's share to Snapchat when it came to new app downloads in the month of October. India accounted for nearly 32 percent of all global Spanchat downloads last month, followed by the United States netting 18 percent of the total share. Mexico, Indonesia, and Russia grabbed the third, fourth, and fifth positions respectively. India had also topped the list in July, accounting for 20 percent of the total downloads.  Read: Snapchat Slangs Like HMU, BRB And SMH Explained: What Does HMU Mean On Snapchat? Latest features Snapchat's incredible growth can also be credited to its timely release of updates, which it brings according to user feedback and also tries to add new features to increase engagement on the application. The app has gone through a whole lot of changes since its launch and looks completely different from how it came out. Updates have been made to the UI, bugs have been fixed and new features have been introduced. Read: How To Delete Snapchat Account? Learn In Simple Steps Here; Read Snapchat latest update brings a new feature that will be enjoyed by content creators and…

Snap and two other high-growth tech companies are still locking in fickle millennial users. Millennials, meaning people are currently between their mid-20s and late-30s, are often portrayed as a fickle generation with short attention spans. Former McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook, for example, once declared millennials were "promiscuous in their brand loyalty." But if we take a closer look at the millennial market, we can still find plenty of companies that have locked in that fickle generation. Let's examine three high-growth players that fit that bill, and why their stocks could still have plenty of room to run. 1. The social media platform: Snap Snap's (NYSE:SNAP) Snapchat is often associated with Gen Z, but millennials also account for a large percentage of the social media app's users. In 2018, The Manifest claimed 53% of millennials checked Snapchat daily, compared to 18% of Generation X users and 7% of baby boomers. Image source: Getty Images. During Snap's latest conference call, CEO Evan Spiegel claimed Snapchat reached "over 90% of the Gen Z population, and 75% of the Gen Z and millennial population, in countries like the U.S., the U.K., and France." Snapchat's popularity with those younger users enabled it to continue expanding, even as Facebook's Instagram aggressively cloned its features. Snap's daily active users grew 18% year over year to 249 million last quarter, its average revenue per user rose 28%, and its total revenue surged 52% to $679 million -- marking its strongest year-over-year growth in over two years. It also narrowed its GAAP loss and posted an adjusted EBITDA profit. Wall Street expects Snap's revenue to rise 42% this year and 41% next year. It's also expected to post a narrower loss and its first full-year non-GAAP profit in 2021. Snap's stock has already rallied 150% this year and isn't…

On October 28, India recorded its single largest day of Snapchat downloads with over 4.3 lakh new users downloading the app. India surpasses US as Snapchat’s top market for new users.   | Photo Credit: Getty Images On October 28, India recorded its single largest day of Snapchat downloads with over 4.3 lakh new users downloading the app. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)India has surpassed the U. S. to become Snapchat’s top market for new users. The two countries now make up one-half of the app’s new downloads.In the month of October, India represented 32% of the app’s downloads, while 18% of the new users were from the U.S., followed by Mexico, Indonesia, and Russia, according to a report by app intelligence firm Apptopia.India took the top spot in July with 20% of the new downloads coming from the country. “This was likely because TikTok was banned by the Indian government in late June and Snapchat was ready for the moment,” Apptopia said in the report.Also Read | India trails Pakistan in 4G download speed, report saysPost July, the app’s market share of downloads in the country has steadily grown. On October 28, India recorded its single largest day of Snapchat downloads with over 4.3 lakh new users downloading the app.“It has also made smaller deals with mobile carriers to subsidize the use of Snapchat on capped data plans, along with more creative deals, like the installation of a virtual keyboard on Samsung phones that lets people easily share its customizable Bitmoji avatars,” the report explained.Although, the U.S. still maintains the lead in terms of daily active users (DAU) with about 23% of Snapchat’s DAU from the country. While, India took the second spot…

Bad photos on Androids via third-party apps like Instagram and Snapchat is not exactly a new phenomenon. This issue has been present since Android’s early days, and the OS’ vast device fragmentation is the one to blame. Also, since the Pixel 2, Google shipped the series with a dedicated Pixel Visual Core chip that handled the device camera’s software processing needs. The chip was essentially a NPU, which stands for Neural Processing Unit. The Google Pixel 5 Neural cores are designed to handle logical instructions and shave some burden off the main CPU. This accelerates image processing algorithms and results in quicker processed images. Google’s changed strategy with the onset of the new Pixel 5 series has led to the chip’s omission from the device though. But this does not mean that the new Pixels will miss out on features offered by the previous generations. However, users say that while image quality via the built-in Google Camera app has largely remained the same, if not better, it has taken a hit when clicked via third-party apps like Instagram and Snapchat. I believe I read somewhere that snapchat doesn’t actually use the picture that you take, but instead it uses a screenshot of the photo on android, so they don’t have to optimize for every phone/display/camera. I’m pretty sure insta does the same thing. There are just a handful of devices that run iOS, and that’s why everything always just works better on iPhones. Developers can make sure their apps work on all of those Apple devices. Source It appears that Instagram made use of the Pixel Visual Core to slightly enhance photos. But since the omission, it is unable to do so. Pixel visual core used to communicate with third party apps directly but that’s not present on pixel 5…

– The “30 Days of The Deadman” celebration will continue on the WWE Network this Sunday with a documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Paul Bearer. “The Mortician: The Story of Paul Bearer” will premiere at 10am ET in the on-demand section, and then will air on the live feed at 8pm ET. The documentary will profile The Undertaker’s longtime confidant and manager, looking at “how William Moody went from ordinary mortician to one of the most unique and enduring figures in WWE history.” Below is a new preview for the documentary: – WWE’s new exclusive lens for The Undertaker has launched on Snapchat. You can scan the Snapchat code below to begin your “supernatural metamorphosis” on the social media platform. WWE is encouraging fans to share their “Phenom form” with friends and family all month long, leading up to The Undertaker’s “Final Farewell” on November 22 at the Survivor Series pay-per-view. Before @undertaker's final farewell at #SurvivorSeries, transform yourself into The Deadman with a special lens now available on @Snapchat! #Undertaker30 https://t.co/zRAOU6angC — WWE (@WWE) November 6, 2020