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Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: A Snap and Google Tie-Up?

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Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 5.8.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, Google, Instagram, marketing, Snapchat
Summary | There is a rumor that Google might be interested in acquiring Snapchat. Instagram copies all features of Snapchat. Facebook has built a huge marketing company with Facebook itself and Instagram. Facebook is also working on improving its artificially intelligent chatbots so that they get better at understanding natural speech.
Image Description | Google and Snapchat logo.
Image Tags | Google, logo, Snapchat

UPDATE: Snaps won't disappear as quickly

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Newspaper | USA Today
Date | 10.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, Snapchat, translation
Summary | Snapchat will now allow users to broadcast their snaps for infinity instead of the previous 10 second maximum. This allows recipient to watch the snaps for as long as they like but once they close the message, it will disappear. Facebook is working on instantly translating all content (text and even video) on their platform so that users see everything in their preferred language.
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Field studies of the offspring

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Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 31.5.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, smartphone, Snapchat, technology-free, youth
Summary | The research center conducts in depth interviews with today’s teenagers, the so-called Generation Z or digital natives, on behalf of various corporations. The aim of the study is to find out about this generation’s relationship with new technologies. They all value mobile/digital communication very highly, to the extent that many choose online colleges, online shopping, and home office work over actually having to physically go somewhere to study, work, or shop. They report of the abundance of messages each day and that they also highly value their offline hobbies, such as reading or knitting.
Image Description | Collage-like illustration of youths and online and offline activities.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, social media

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