Snapchat Outgrows The Friend Zone

Snapchat's already working on a library of original content, and thanks to AT&T, there will soon be shows for viewing inside the app as well. Re/code reports that a "scripted series" with 12 episodes will feature YouTube personalities like Freddie Wong

The new Snapchat is not optimal for stalking. No longer can you scroll through your whole friends list, pausing to check out who everyone's best friends are (a very revealing activity), and their snap score. This feature was not only a great time

By putting mobile-native news adjacent to messages from friends, Snapchat could be helping create part of the low-friction news experience many want and need.

Snapchat is a private messaging system that originally focused on messages that automatically self-destruct, pitched as a response to the eternality of internet communications but then usually referred to as a tool to facilitate sexting. Since, thanks

It's been a long time in the making, but Snapchat's new Discover feature is ready to go and so is the app's transformation from a pure messaging service into a full-blown media destination. Once the app update is in place,