Snapchat Inc., the company that makes a mobile application for
disappearing photo messages, is in talks with investors including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for a round of financing that may value the company at $ 10 billion, people with knowledge of the situation said.
Not exact matches
Snapchat is a text -,
photo -, and video -
messaging app that sends
messages that typically
disappear one to ten seconds after they're received.
Snapchat allows users to send
photo and video
messages to each other that
disappear after several seconds.
Spiegel's fast - growing mobile app lets users send
photos, videos and
messages that
disappear a few seconds after they are received.
You send either text - based or sketch - based
messages, even a collection of quickly - snapped
photos, and they
disappear a few seconds after they arrive on the other user's phone.
Any one of the people who gets your
photo can then respond with a visual or text
message, and as TechCrunch noted, «flings» aren't ephemeral, removing the frankly banal forced «
disappearing message» aspect of seemingly every new network.
And let's not forget about WhatsApp, the Facebook - owned
messaging service that came out with «status,» which lets people post
photos and videos that
disappear after 24 hours.
Q: My daughter says using Snapchat is safe because the
photo message disappears after a few seconds.
This way you can send all types of
disappearing content —
messages,
photos, videos, and even files.
The
message does not simply
disappear, however; the note «this
message was deleted» sits in place of the text, video, or
photo.
Users can swipe to the left to navigate to direct
messages and then tap a new blue camera icon at the bottom to snap a
disappearing photo or video.
Rolling out today to everyone, Instagram Direct will now combine
disappearing ephemeral
photo and video
messages with traditional permanent text and image
messages in the same one - on - one and group threads.
For example, Snapchat's success with its highly personal
photo and video
messages that quickly
disappear has generated copycats.
There aren't any in - chat games, automated
messaging services, or an option to update your status with
photos / videos that
disappear after 24 - hours.