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Report: Apple Working On Snapchat Clone

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A report, published Thursday by Bloomberg, says that Apple is working on a clone of the software from Venice, California-based Snapchat --in a bid to make a renewed push into the social networking area. READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Ramps Up Security With Captcha Features

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Venice, California-based Snapchat seems to have learned its lesson from its recent security breach , and has proactively added a new CAPTCHA feature -- asking new users to select images containing its trademark ghost to prove they are human, and not a machine when creating an account. The new feature rolled out Tuesday. 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. snapchat security software breach social networking cybersecurity network'

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Viddy Gets $1.6M For Mobile Video Sharing Software

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Venice, California-based Viddy , a new startup developing mobile video tools, said today that it has raised $1.6M Viddy said it has launched an app which runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch which allows consumers to capture videos, stylize and edit those clips, and share them on a Twitter-style timeline across social networks.

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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., is under fire in the UK, after the company admitted that its age-verification system "doesn't work" to UK lawmakers.

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Precipice Labs Launches Photo Sharing App SDK

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According to the startup, its new Ostetso platform is designed to help developers add their own, photo sharing social network with only a few lines of code. The platform handles everything from the photo gallery within the app to all the back-end database and image storage.

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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 snapchat find friends security breach software social networking' million phone numbers and usernames from the service.

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