Snapchat's newest feature, Snap Map, is based on its latest acquisition, social mapping startup Zenly . TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has bought Zenly for between $250 million and $350 million ...

Multiple current Instagram features appeared first on other social platforms. Adopting options from theoretically unrelated apps made it a much more complete service and probably helped its success.

Snapchat users love the app for its ability to maintain their privacy with photos and messages that self-destruct after a certain period of time. So it's not much of a surprise that the app's feature ...

Snapchat has announced a number of updates coming soon to its iPhone app. As part of its Snap Summit event today, the company revealed that it will roll out its “My AI” chatbot to all users, add new ...

Snap Map has come a long way since its launch in 2017. The feature was originally a way for users to see their friends’ locations via GPS tracking. Now, Snap Map has a “Footsteps” feature that lets ...

Update: Meta has confirmed that it’s working on this feature, but has not revealed when we can expect it to launch. There are signs that an Instagram Friends Map may be in development, seemingly ...

Instagram is developing a “Friend Map” feature, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The opt-in feature, which is similar to Snapchat’s Snap Map, would allow users to see their ...

A thread on X highlighting the difference in images posted to Snap Map by users posted in Israel versus Gaza is going viral. Images posted in the thread from Israel showed people drinking, eating, ...