Social media is ubiquitous for young people, but all that interaction may be creating some negative side effects. The Royal Society for Public Health along with the Young Health Movement published a report out of the UK called #StatusOfMind that looked into the mental health effects of five social networks, CBS News reported Tuesday. The …
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Snapchat made a big mark on augmented reality by putting digital flower crowns on real people. Now Google may make its own mark by showing you digital information about real flowers. On Wednesday, the search giant announced a big push into augmented reality, which overlays digital images on what you’d normally see through a camera. The new technology, announced at …
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Now playing: Watch this: Instagram adds face filters because of course 1:46 Last year, Instagram rolled out a Stories feature to compete with the likes of Snapchat and has been playing catch-up with features ever since, rolling out things like Boomerang, hands-free video, filters, stickers, selfie stickers and more. Today, Instagram is adding one of Snapchat users’ favorite features: face …
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Now playing: Watch this: Instagram adds face filters because of course 1:46 Get ready to smile for the filter. Instagram has a new app update that lets you dress up your face in one of eight on-screen objects, from sunglasses to moving koala ears. “To see our initial set of eight face filters, simply open the camera and tap the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Snapchat World Lenses let you creep out your friends… 1:06 Puking rainbows not your style? Don’t worry, Snapchat’s got an alternative. Snapchat Lenses are special effects that can be overlaid on your face when snapping with the front-facing camera. Snapchat’s flipped the switch and added a similar feature called World Lenses using the rear camera. World …
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Facebook Messenger wants to be your one-stop shop for… everything. Want to check on your flight or buy some Nikes? The social network hopes you’ll never leave its chat app. Facebook on Tuesday unveiled new features for Messenger that aim to give people more ways to communicate with businesses but cut out the tedium — like talking to customer service …
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Instagram took another page from the Snapchat playbook on Tuesday when it announced that it’s bringing disappearing photos and videos to its messaging platform, Instagram Direct. That means you can now send photo and video messages in addition to text. What’s more, these visual messages are only visible for a short amount of time before your contact can’t access them …
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Enjoy putting funny stickers and comments on your photo then sharing it with your friends? You’re probably using Snapchat to do it, but if you want to branch out, Microsoft‘s new Sprinkles app offers a new option. The app, for iPhones right now, tries to figure out what’s in the photo then come up with apt witticisms and attach stickers …
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Want to know what your fellow Snapchatters are doing for spring break? Now you can just search on that or any term instead of relying on Snap’s curation team to hand-pick Stories for you. Snap, the company behind the popular mobile messaging app, announced the new search tool in a blog post Friday, saying it was rolling out at first …
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Now playing: Watch this: Cracking Open Snapchat Spectacles 3:29 Do you want to take your Snaps to the next level? The CNET giveaway is here to help! Two lucky readers can take home a brand new pair of Snapchat Spectacles. The bottom line of our review says, “If you use Snapchat, you’re going to want a pair of these.” Plus …
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