Snapchat’s getting a little less snappy, so long as you’re willing to pay. The app introduced a paid replay feature, allowing users to resurrect photos and videos that have vanished into the Snapchattian ether. It’s 99 cents for three replays, and they can be used anytime (though users can’t replay the same snap repeatedly). Previously, […]
Makeup guru Michelle Phan has almost eight million YouTube subscribers. Now multiply that number by 12: That’s about how many dollars her subscription makeup delivery service just raised. And it’s quite a leap forward. The company, called Ipsy, had previously raised a grand total of roughly three million dollars in VC since its founding in […]
The Empire has descended upon Chinese computer screens. And no, that’s not a metaphor for government censorship. Chinese Internet and gaming giant Tencent Holdings has signed a deal with Disney to become China’s exclusive online distributor of all six Star Wars films. This month, Tencent subscribers can order the movies for 2.5 yuan per view […]
Awards tend to find their way into Taylor Swift’s possession. The musician took home a Creative Arts Emmy for Original Interactive Program, for AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience, a free interactive app that allowed users to explore the mansion from her Blank Space music video.
Facebook Mentions, the public engagement app used by the Verified Page admins of brands and celebs, will now be available to Verified Profiles as well. Some have noted that this is particularly significant for journalists. Mentions – which includes “Live,” a Periscope-like livestreaming feature – could allow journos to feel far more comfortable posting work-related […]
YouTube revealed the 10 most popular branded ads from the month of August, and they were dominated by athletes. Seven out of the ten videos on the latest YouTube Ad Leaderboard were sports-centric. Full list below: 10. Rafael Nadal for Tommy Hilfiger: it all comes off, 2.5M views 9. BuzzFeed + Purina Friskies – Dear […]
More details on the latest Apple TV: The new version features a motion sensitive remote (think Nintendo Wii), which includes a trackpad. The remote also features Siri integration – and that woman is smarter than ever. (Business Insider’s Lisa Eadicicco observed that when she asked Siri for action movies starring Jennifer Lawrence, the system brought […]
Cynopsis Digital will be unwrapping this for the next day or twelve, but here goes: Apple debuted a slew of much-anticipated product updates, including the iPhone 6S, the iPad Pro (which can only be described as ginormous), the Apple Pencil, and an updated Apple TV, which enables gaming and shopping. Seems like every time Tim […]
Instagram is majorly expanding its ad game. The Facebook-owned company already dabbles in video advertising, but the ads re limited to just a few big companies (including Disney and CW), and they’re only 15 seconds long. Now they’ll be thirty seconds long, and the number of advertisers will be anything but limited: According to a […]
Snapchat’s content only lasts so long, but the app itself? Its influence in the digital entertainment space seems more permanent by the day. Yesterday, Comedy Central debuted Swag-A-Saurus, an exclusive series released solely on Snapchat Discover. (Comedy Central was actually a founding partner in Discover, a group of media networks with daily content.) According to […]
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