Snapchat announces Group Chat, Allows Group Chats With Up to 16 People

Its Christmas Time.. The perfect time to share your experiences with your small group of loved ones! To help you share your "memories", Snapchat today announced a Group feature for you to start chats with up to 16 friends.

"The holidays are a great time to hang out with friends and spend time with family - it's always better together! We couldn't think of a better time to announce Groups, a new way to communicate with up to 16 friends on Snapchat," said a blog post from Snap Inc, the parent company of California-based platform known for its disappearing messages

Chats sent to a group are deleted by default after 24 hours, and can be opened and replayed just once by each recipient. If unopened, the chat is deleted after 24 hours, just like other messages.

You can see who's present in a group chat at the bottom of the screen, and are given the option to start a private chat by selecting individual friends’ names.

In addition to the update today, there are also new tools for you to customise your own stickers by either cutting them out from a photo with the Scissors function, or using a Paintbrush to draw cat ears and whiskers on your selfies.

You know, Nothing says Happy Holidays like a group snap to your friends with hand-drawn Santa hats.

Source: Snap Inc.

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Facebook Buys Social Media Buzz Tracker CrowdTangle

Facebook on Friday announced it's acquisition of startup CrowdTangle, which specializes in tracking trending content on social networks for media agencies and others.

"Publishers around the world turn to CrowdTangle to surface stories that matter, measure their social performance and identify influencers," a Facebook spokesperson said. He added, "We are excited to work with CrowdTangle to deliver these, and more insights to more publishers."

CrowdTangle confirmed the acquisition in a message at its website, but neither company disclosed financial terms of the deal. CrowdTangle said that its technology helps identify stories picking up traction and influential sources as well as their performance on social networks. The startup claimed that thousands of journalists use its tool daily, with its customers around the world including newspapers, television stations, digital media outlets, nonprofits, and sports teams.

The list of users at CrowdTangle included Google, BuzzFeed, Vox, the British BBC, RTL Group in Luxembourg, and also used by nonprofit groups such as Greenpeace and Unicef, according to its website.

The CrowdTangle platform is tailored to spot news that is catching fire at online venues like Facebook, its subsidiary Instagram, and even competitors such as Google-owned YouTube or Twitter. The US startup also provides tools for media to see how much attention its own stories attract and to identify who is sharing their content, according to its website.

The CrowdTangle team will continue to run the operation, and the plan was to go on supporting support integration with Twitter, YouTube, and other clients. Facebook expected CrowdTangle technology to enable it to provide more meaningful insights to publishers at the social network.

Source: CrowdTangle

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