Game engine maker Unity has teamed up with Snap to extend the reach of its ads and technology platform. The deal will extend the reach of Unity’s Ads supply to Snapchat advertisers, and it brings Snap technology to game developers through Snap Kit tools. It’s another sign that gaming is …
Read More »Snap drops 11% as user growth disappoints in Q2 2020
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now (Reuters) — Snap said on Tuesday a bump in user growth at the start of coronavirus-led lockdowns petered out sooner than expected, and it forecast fewer current-quarter users than the Wall Street consensus. Shares of …
Read More »Publishers Snap Up Coronavirus Books, From Covid-19 Case Studies to Pandemic Poetry
At the end of March, Alice Quinn, the former executive director of the Poetry Society of America, emailed 125 poets across the United States, asking if any of them had written verses reflecting on life during a pandemic. Responses flooded in. Forty days later, Ms. Quinn had compiled a book …
Read More »Snap jumps 20% as coronavirus spurs use in Q1 2020
(Reuters) — Snap on Tuesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and user growth for its Snapchat app, as more people seek entertainment while they stay at home during the global coronavirus pandemic. Snapchat, known for its disappearing messages, said it saw a jump in usage in the last …
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