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Snapchat was created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, [6] former students at Stanford University. It is known for representing a mobile-first direction for social media, and places significant emphasis on users interacting with virtual stickers and augmented reality objects.
The company was named Snapchat Inc. at its inception, but it was rebranded Snap Inc. on September 24, 2016, in order to include the Spectacles product under the company name. [12] Snap is co-owned by Tencent (which holds a 45.43% stake) and NBCUniversal , a division of Comcast (whose stake is undisclosed).
Robert Cornelius Murphy (born July 19, 1988) is an American Internet entrepreneur and software engineer.He is the co-founder and the CTO of the American multinational technology company Snap Inc., which he created (as Snapchat Inc.) with Evan Spiegel and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University.
In April 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. unveiled that a new version of the App Player, named 2.0, was under development for macOS and was eventually released in July. [14] In December 2015, BlueStacks, Inc. introduced BlueStacks 2.0, [15] enabling users to run multiple Android applications simultaneously. [16]
Snapchat introduces 'Lenses', augmented reality filters that are available for use in video and photo capture. Lenses are initially limited to 7 filters, created internally by the Snapchat team. [98] 2015: October 12: Product: Snapchat gets rid of its 15-person team running the "Snapchat Channel" (its original content) and shuts the product ...
[37] [38] In March 2012, Google increased the maximum allowed size of an app by allowing developers to attach two expansion files to an app's basic download; each expansion file with a maximum size of 2 gigabytes, giving app developers a total of 4 gigabytes. [39] [40] Also in March 2012, Android Market was re-branded as Google Play. [41] [42] [43]
The 500-million download threshold for free applications has been established to maintain the list's manageability and focus on the most widely distributed apps. It's worth noting that many of the applications in this list are distributed pre-installed on top-selling Android devices [ 2 ] and may be considered bloatware by some people because ...
Snapchat files for its IPO, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The share closed at $24.48, giving the company a valuation of around $33 billion. [100] 2017 Launch TikTok, a short video-sharing and social media service, launches. [101] 2017 Launch Co–Star, an astrological social networking service, launches. [102] 2017 Milestone