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Report: Criminals Using Snapchat To Illegally Sell Guns

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According to report this week, abuse of the communications and advertising features of Los Angeles-based Snapchat is playing a significant role in the sale of firearms outlawed in California. However, the recent arrests show how easy it is for criminals to bypass those rules on any social networking platform. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat's Age Verification Under Fire In The UK

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Venice, California-based Snapchat , the social networking service that is part of Snap, Inc., The company--which basically lets anyone join the service by putting in a birthday that would indicate you are older than 13--said it is working on a "new age-verification system" with the UK's Home Office. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Rolls Out Security Updates

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Venice-based instant photo messaging service Snapchat has released an update to the company''s software for both Android and iOS, in response to the major security breach over the holidays resulting from the abuse of its "Find Friends" feature. million phone numbers and usernames from the service. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Snapchat Valued At $10 Billion In New Funding

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Venice-based Snapchat is in the midst of raising a new round of funding, led by storied venture capital investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which valued the company at close to $10 billion, according to a report. The report also said that Snapchat has around 100 million monthly active users now using its messaging service.

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Snapchat Locks Down Friend Finding Feature After Security Breach

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Venice-based social messaging phenom Snapchat has locked down its Find Friends features, saying that it has improved security on the feature, after reports of the widespread release of around 4.6 million phone numbers and usernames from the service. snapchat find friends security breach software social networking'

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Snap is channeling Asia’s messaging giants with its move into gaming

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Snap is taking a leaf out of the Asian messaging app playbook as its social messaging service enters a new era. The company unveiled a series of new strategies that are aimed at breathing fresh life into the service which has been ruthlessly cloned by Facebook across Instagram, WhatsApp, and even its primary social network.

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The Future with Social App Invasions | Snapchat, Then Came ‘Yo’ and Now It’s Emojli

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Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01