Snapchat

Waiting for a universal messenger to come

Waiting for a universal messenger to come

Is WeChat the best messaging app? One of the top authors on the Wires portal, David Pierce, has written an article that we believe to be very interesting. The main idea is that people are in need of one, all-encompassing messaging app. So far, the only pretender is WeChat. The author called it so for…

Snapchat aiming to earn $50 million in 2015

Snapchat aiming to earn $50 million in 2015

Can Snapchat really make 50 million greenbacks? According to a post on ReCode, Snapchat is planning to pocket $50 million this year. Frankly speaking, the statement is somewhat off-putting, given that the company began making a profit just a few months back and is currently hunting for a CFO. The team’s decision to work on…

Snapchat is finally making profit! Or does it only seem so

Snapchat is finally making profit! Or does it only seem so?

Snapchat: a messaging app that makes no profit Snapchat is the hyper popular young people’s messaging app that still has not made any profit and hasn’t event got the investors’ money back. Now we are watching the messenger’s attempts to make its Discover section bring revenue. Snapchat has been active in terminating old contracts and…

Rumors proved to be true Snapchat changes “Discover” partners

Rumors proved to be true: Snapchat changes “Discover” partners

Discover switch no joke! Last week we covered Snapchat’s plans to make drastic changes to the lineup represented in the Discover tab. Rumor has it that the company was planning to drop its partnership with Warner Music and sign a deal with Buzzfeed and Vox. None of the mentioned companies have officially commented on the…

SNAPCHAT – AUDIENCE, SOCIAL NETWORKS, INVESTMENTS

SNAPCHAT – AUDIENCE, SOCIAL NETWORKS, INVESTMENTS

Snapchat audience Snapchat is considered the fastest developing mobile social app. It is a mystery for everyone why this messenger, different from the others, is gaining more and more audience at a fast pace, despite the avalanche of criticizing and forecasts that promise bankruptcy. Still, everybody knows that some large investors, including mark Zuckerberg, have…

Will Snapchat add new publishers to its Discover

Will Snapchat add new publishers to its Discover?

Snapchat adds more interesting media to its Discover Snapchat messaging company has decided to change the Discover section of its messenger by adding new publishers and ridding of some of the existing ones. It has been reported that users will see the first changes this week and the whole process of  Discover updating will last…

DO MESSENGERS REFUSE TO WORK WITH APPLE WATCH

DO MESSENGERS REFUSE TO WORK WITH APPLE WATCH?

Facebook refuses to integrate its apps in the Apple Watch The super popular device that emerged this spring – the Apple Watch – runs a risk to be left with no popular apps. The device released in early April and provoked a great hype among geeks. A lot of programmers began to develop apps for…

SNAPCHAT PUTS EMPHASIS ON DISCOVER

SNAPCHAT PUTS EMPHASIS ON DISCOVER

Snapchat has released an update that is to do with the Story tab. The major change is that now the main page of the Discover section – icons of media brands that publish their own content for the messenger’s users – appears permanently at the very top of the Discover page. Previously, in order to…

IM APP MARKET RESEARCH SHOWS UNEXPECTED RESULTS

IM APP MARKET RESEARCH SHOWS UNEXPECTED RESULTS

A new GlobalWebIndex research has found out the great effect that the growing army of IM apps users is making on mobile communications. The Q2 Mobile Messaging Report for this year is dedicated entirely to this issue. The report says that many communication and behaviour patterns that users typically show on “traditional” social networks like…