Snapchat


The actor-turned-investor couldn’t get over Snapchat’s design.

You’ll see all your friends’ Stories first now.

Snapchat has launched its ads API.

Former Motorola exec Steve Horowitz is running Snapchat’s hardware team.

Evan Spiegel wants to record your memories, and everyone seems fine with that.

A refreshingly bold move by Evan Spiegel.

Evan Spiegel takes a stab at hardware.

Snapchat isn’t selling more equity right now, and it isn’t talking IPO — yet.

Hint: It’s the same way Facebook, Google and Twitter make money.

More video, please.

It’s all about the network.

Every NFL game this season will have a Live Story on Snapchat.

Oh snap!


The hunt is on for companies that can create a software experience that appeals to billions, not just millions.

Bitmoji for the win.

The new channel, called “Brother,” is tailored toward millennial men.

Ads can be a natural extension of the experience.

The company unveiled a new product called Memories for saving snaps.

Evan Spiegel is secretive. Even in France.


Not just for its partners.


Hint: It has to do with a new API.

Your phone is full of apps, and you’re done downloading new ones — unless they’re Snapchat or Uber.


Recode first reported on this update back in February.
Snapchat’s face-distorting ads seem to be working.

Unlike tweets, Snapchat Stories don’t get lost in the social stream.


Snapchat is raising a ton of venture capital money.

Lack ran Vanity Fair’s prestigious New Establishment conference series and magazine feature.

Fox is buying up every Snapchat lens available to promote the movie.

Aziz Ansari and his mom, too.

Media companies really want to be on Snapchat.

It’s Evan Spiegel’s world — we’re all just snapping in it


The Democratic candidate used Snapchat to mock Trump’s claims that he can act more “presidential.”


Snapchat may soon have a new recruiting pitch for Silicon Valley talent.


NBC is in talks with both Facebook and Twitter to strike similar deals to what it inked with Snapchat.


A rare VC-to-VC interview with Y Combinator partner and Twitch.TV co-founder Justin Kan.




Also: “It’s never been easier to become a VC, but in the next few years, it’ll never be harder to stay one.”


Is Snapchat to blame for the Lakers’ drama? Doesn’t sound like it.


Snapchat is still growing rapidly, and clearly isn’t a fad.


Millennials who claim they don’t use Facebook are probably lying.