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Chapter Sixteen: Happy New Year!
Swann, Elaine. “What’s the Etiquette of ‘Selfies’ at Funerals?” CNN, December 12, 2013. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/11/opinion/swann-selfie-funeral-etiquette/
Wallop, Harry. “Oscars 2014: The Most Famous ‘Selfie’ in the World (Sorry Liza).” The Telegraph, March 3, 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/10674655/Oscars-2014-The-most-famous-selfie-in-the-world-sorry-Liza.html
Chapter Seventeen: Hangover
“Finding Friends with Phone Numbers.” Snapchat, December 27, 2013. https://www.snap.com/en-US/news/post/finding-friends-with-phone-numbers/
Blue, Violet. “Researchers Publish Snapchat Code Allowing Phone Number Matching after Exploit Disclosures Ignored.” ZDNet, December 25, 2013. http://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-publish-snapchat-code-allowing-phone-number-matching-after-exploit-disclosures-ignored/
Kastrenakes, Jacob. “Snapchat Dismisses Concerns over Exploit That May Compromise User Phone Numbers.” Verge, December 27, 2013. https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/27/5249304/snapchat-dismisses-concerns-over-phone-number-finder-exploit
Lane, Randall. “Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel and the Antics of a 23-Year-Old Novice.” Forbes, January 6, 2014. https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2014/01/06/snapchats-evan-spiegel-and-the-antics-of-a-23-year-old-novice/#34abcb031a51
McCormick, Rich. “4.6 Million Snapchat Phone Numbers and Usernames Leaked.” Verge, January 1, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/1/5262740/4-6-million-snapchat-phone-numbers-and-usernames-leaked
Panzarino, Matthew. “Snapchat Says It’s Improving Its App, Service to Prevent Future User Data Leaks.” TechCrunch, January 2, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/02/snapchat-says-its-improving-its-app-service-to-prevent-future-leaks/
Primack, Dan. “Does Snapchat’s CEO Need to Go?” Fortune, January 3, 2014. http://fortune.com/2014/01/03/does-snapchats-ceo-need-to-go/
Roberts, Jeff. “Feds Issue Final Order over Snapchat Privacy Incidents, but No Fine.” GigaOm, December 31, 2014. https://gigaom.com/2014/12/31/feds-issue-final-order-over-snapchat-privacy-breach-but-no-fine/
Stump, Scott. “Snapchat CEO: ‘We Thought We Had Done Enough’ to Prevent Hack.” Today, January 3, 2014. https://www.today.com/money/snapchat-ceo-we-thought-we-had-done-enough-prevent-hack-2D11848259
Wortham, Jenna. “Off the Record in a Chat App? Don’t Be Sure.” New York Times, May 8, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/technology/snapchat-reaches-settlement-with-federal-trade-commission.html
Ziegler, Chris. “Alleged Snapchat Hackers Explain How and Why They Leaked Data on 4.6 Million Accounts.” Verge, January 1, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/1/5263156/alleged-snapchat-hackers-explain-how-and-why-they-leaked-data-on-accounts
Chapter Eighteen: The More Personal Computer
“Snap Inc.” Crunchbase. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/snapchat#/entity
“Uber.” Crunchbase. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/uber#/entity
Biddle, Sam. “Snapchat Lost a Ton of Money Last Year.” Gawker, August 19, 2015. http://gawker.com/snapchat-lost-a-ton-of-money-last-year-1706957414
Gallagher, Billy. “Facebook’s WhatsApp Acquisition Leaves Snapchat Hanging.” TechCrunch, February 19, 2014. http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/19/facebooks-whatsapp-acquisition-snapchat/
Kawamoto, Dawn. “Amazon.com IPO Skyrockets.” CNET, May 15, 1997. http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-com-ipo-skyrockets/
Morris, Betsy and Seetharaman, Deepa. “Facebook’s Onavo Gives Social-Media Firm Inside Peek at Rivals’ Users” Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2017. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-onavo-gives-social-media-firm-inside-peek-at-rivals-users-1502622003
Morris, Betsy and Seetharaman, Deepa. “The New Copycats: How Facebook Squashes Competition From Startups” Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2017. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-copycats-how-facebook-squashes-competition-from-startups-1502293444
Rowan, David. “WhatsApp: The Inside Story.” Wired, February 19, 2014. http://www.wired.co.uk/article/whatsapp-exclusive
Spiegel, Evan. “2014 AXS Partner Summit Keynote.” Scribd, January 25, 2014. https://www.scribd.com/doc/202195145/2014-AXS-Partner-Summit-Keynote
Stevenson, Seth. “Snapchat Releases First Hardware Product, Spectacles.” Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2016. https://www.wsj.com/articles/snapchat-releases-first-hardware-product-spectacles-1474682719
Swisher, Kara, and Walt Mossberg. “Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on Diversity, Features for the Olds and More at Code Conference 2015.” Recode, June 8, 2015. https://www.recode.net/2015/6/8/11563322/snapchat-ceo-evan-spiegel-on-diversity-features-for-the-olds-and-more
Webb, Cynthia L. “Google’s IPO: Grate Expectations.” Washington Post, August 19, 2004. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14939-2004Aug19.html
Winkler, Rolfe, and Matt Jarzemsky. “Silicon Valley: Feel the Froth.” Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2013. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-valuations-stir-memories-of-the-dotcom-bust-1382916515
Chapter Nineteen: Snapchat Everywhere
Constine, Josh. “Snapchat Plans Music Feature, Acquired QR Scan.me for $50M and Vergence Eyeglass Cam for $15M.” TechCrunch, December 16, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/16/snapchat-emails-not-so-ephemeral/
Dave, Paresh. “Snapchat Has Changed through Acquisitions, and It’s Hunting for More People and Tech to Buy.” Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2017. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-snapchat-acquisitions-20170510-htmlstory.html
Gallagher, Billy. “What’s Ahead for Snapchat? CEO Evan Spiegel Drops Clues in Disrupt Talk.” TechCrunch, September 9, 2013. http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/snapchat-future-disrupt-hints/
Hamburger, Ellis. “Real Talk: The New Snapchat Brilliantly Mixes Video and Texting.” Verge, May 1, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/1/5670260/real-talk-the-new-snapchat-makes-texting-fun-again-video-calls
Heath, Alex. “How Snapchat Secretly Bought a Struggling Startup, Then Bet the Future on It.” Business Insider, November 23, 2016. http://www.businessinsider.com/untold-story-vergence-labs-snapchat-acquired-spectacles-2016-11?op=1
Hollister, Sean. “SnapGlass? HoloChat? Snapchat Is Secretly Hiring Wearable Technology Experts.” CNET, March 11, 2016. https://www.cnet.com/news/snapchat-glasses-vergence-snap-labs-hints-wearable/
Krishnan, Sriram. “Building Something No One Else Can Measure.” Sriram Krishnan, April 23, 2017. http://sriramk.com/building-unmeasurable-things
Panzarino, Matthew. “How a Startup Accidentally ‘Hacked’ Shark Tank with a QR Code.” TechCrunch, February 4, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/04/how-a-startup-accidentally-hacked-shark-tank-with-a-qr-code/
Wadhwa, Vivek. “Wearable Tech and the Futurists’ Conundrum.” Washington Post, April 23, 2013. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2013/04/23/wearable-tech-and-the-futurists-conundrum/?utm_term=.1326d8c366e7
Wagner, Kurt. “Inside Evan Spiegel’s Very Private Snapchat Story.” Recode, May 9, 2016. https://www.recode.net/2016/5/9/11594144/evan-spiegel-snapchat
Walker, Alissa. “Google’s Marissa Mayer Assaults Designers with Data.” Fast Company, October 13, 2009. https://www.fastcompany.com/1403230/googles-marissa-mayer-assaults-designers-data
Yarow, Jay, Alyson Shontell, and James Cook. “It Looks Like Snapchat Paid $15 Million to Buy a Google Glass-Like Startup.” Business Insider, December 17, 2014. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/snapchat-acquires-vergence-labs-2014-12
Chapter Twenty: Goodbye Reggie
Biddle, Sam. “‘Fuck Bitches Get Leid,’ the Sleazy Frat Emails of Snapchat’s CEO.” Valleywag, May 28, 2014. http://valleywag.gawker.com/fuck-bitches-get-leid-the-sleazy-frat-emails-of-snap-1582604137
Casti, Taylor. “You Must Read Stanford’s Response to the Snapchat CEO’s ‘Demeaning’ Emails.” Huffington Post, May 30, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/30/stanford-snapchat-email-response_n_5419628.html
Chang, A
ndrea. “Snapchat CEO ‘Mortified’ by Leaked Stanford Frat E-Mails.” Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2014. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-snapchat-evan-spiegel-20140528-story.html
Crook, Jordan. “Confirmed: Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel Is Kind Of an Ass.” TechCrunch, May 28, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/confirmed-snapchats-evan-spiegel-is-kind-of-an-ass/
Frier, Sarah. “Snapchat CEO Apologizes for His Frat Boy E-mails.” SF Gate, May 29, 2014. http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Snapchat-CEO-apologizes-for-his-frat-boy-e-mails-5514514.php
Maheshwari, Sapna. “Snapchat Concedes in Settlement: Ousted Co-Founder Came Up with App Idea.” BuzzFeed, September 9, 2014. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sapna/snapchat-concedes-in-settlement-ousted-co-founder-came-up-wi?utm_term=.roWblYWXQL#.asqRgMv2d7
McGregor, Jena. “Snapchat, Sexism and the Reason Women Don’t Stay in Tech.” Washington Post, May 30, 2014. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2014/05/30/snapchat-sexism-and-the-reason-women-dont-stay-in-tech/?utm_term=.caad6d740c9d
Chapter Twenty-One: Snapchat Live!
Carr, Austin. “Inside Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel’s Entertainment Empire.” Fast Company, October 19, 2015. https://www.fastcompany.com/3051612/media-tech-and-advertising-to-snapchat-i-aint-afraid-of-no-ghost
Constine, Josh. “Snapchat’s ‘Our Story’ Is a Genius, Collaborative Reinvention of the Livestream.” TechCrunch, June 21, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/21/snapchat-our-story/
Crook, Jordan. “Snapchat Launches Collaborative Timelines Based on Events.” TechCrunch, June 17, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/17/snapchat-launches-collaborative-timelines-based-on-events/
Dave, Paresh. “How Illusionist David Blaine Helped Inspire Snapchat’s Live Stories.” Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2015. http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-snapchat-nick-bell-20150916-story.html
________. “Snapchat Turns Geofilter Digital Stickers into Revenue Source.” Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2015. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0613-snapchat-geofilters-20150616-story.html
Etherington, Darrell. “Snapchat Adds Geofilters for Quick Image Location Tags, and a New Revenue Possibility.” TechCrunch, July 15, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/07/15/snapchat-adds-geofilters-for-quick-image-location-tags-and-a-new-revenue-possibility/
Gallagher, Billy. “A Tale of Two Patents: Why Facebook Can’t Clone Snapchat.” TechCrunch, June 22, 2014. http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/22/facebook-slingshot-snapchat-patents/
Kircher, Madison Malone. “The Real Story behind That Viral College Snapchat Love Story.” New York Magazine, May 3, 2016. http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/05/the-real-story-behind-that-viral-college-snapchat-love-story.html
Steel, Emily. “Snapchat Plans a Global View of New Year’s Festivities.” New York Times, December 31, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/business/media/Snapchat-Plans-a-Global-View-of-New-Years-Festivities.html
Webster, Andrew. “Snapchat’s Geofilters Are Now Open to Everyone.” Verge, December 2, 2014. https://www.theverge.com/2014/12/2/7319317/snapchat-geofilters-community
Chapter Twenty-Two: “We Need to Make Money”
“Advertising on Snapchat.” Snapchat, October 17, 2014. https://www.snap.com/en-US/news/post/advertising-on-snapchat/.
Carr, Austin. “Inside Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel’s Entertainment Empire.” Fast Company, October 19, 2015. https://www.fastcompany.com/3051612/media-tech-and-advertising-to-snapchat-i-aint-afraid-of-no-ghost
Chemi, Eric. “Advertising’s Century of Flat-Line Growth.” Bloomberg, March 3, 2014. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-03/advertisings-century-of-flat-line-growth
Colao, J. J. “In Less Than Two Years, Snapchat Is an $860 Million Company.” Forbes, June 24, 2013. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2013/06/24/snapchat-raises-60-million-from-ivp-at-800-million-valuation/#506ba341677d
Constine, Josh. “Snapchat’s Newest Money Maker Is a Sponsored Our Story for Samsung and the AMAs.” TechCrunch, November 23, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/23/snapchat-sponsored-our-story/
DeAmicis, Carmel. “Snapchat’s ‘Our Stories’ Are Generating Tens of Millions of Views.” GigaOm, February 24, 2015. https://gigaom.com/2015/02/24/snapchats-our-stories-are-generating-tens-of-millions-of-views/
Donnelly, Matt. “Snapchat, Conde Nast Team for Live Events Including Vanity Fair Oscar and GQ Grammy Parties.” The Wrap, October 2, 2015. http://www.thewrap.com/snapchat-lands-vanity-fair-oscar-party-invite-conde-nast-and-social-platform-team-for-live-events/
Marshall, Jack. “Snapchat Will Feature Weekly Content from MLB and Baseball Fans.” Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2015. https://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2015/05/13/snapchat-will-feature-weekly-content-from-mlb-and-baseball-fans/
McDermott, John. “Coming to Snapchat: Live Sports Broadcasting.” DigiDay, March 11, 2015. https://digiday.com/media/madness-snapchat-moves-closer-becoming-sports-broadcaster/
Thompson, Ben. “The Facebook Epoch.” Stratechery, September 30, 2015. https://stratechery.com/2015/the-facebook-epoch/
Wagner, Kurt. “Snapchat Inks NFL Deal to Bring Football into Its Live Stories.” Recode, September 17, 2015. https://www.recode.net/2015/9/17/11618660/snapchat-inks-nfl-deal-to-bring-football-into-its-live-stories
________. “Snapchat to Let You Send Money to Friends, Thanks to Square.” Recode, November 17, 2014. https://www.recode.net/2014/11/17/11632930/snapchat-to-let-you-send-money-to-friends-thanks-to-square
Wortham, Jenna. “Rejecting Billions, Snapchat Expects a Better Offer.” New York Times, November 13, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/technology/rejecting-billions-snapchat-expects-a-better-offer.html
Zeitlin, Matthew, and Matthew Lynley. “This Is What Snapchat’s First Ad Looks Like.” BuzzFeed, October 19, 2014. https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewzeitlin/this-is-what-snapchats-first-ad-looks-like?utm_term=.nhjA7ZDWKa#.ufr1qavmN6
Chapter Twenty-Three: Blank Space
Buerger, Megan. “Exclusive: Madonna to Premiere Music Video from ‘Rebel Heart’ on Snapchat Discover Today.” Billboard, February 5, 2015. http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6465179/exclusive-madonna-to-premiere-rebel-heart-music-video
Carr, Austin. “Inside Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel’s Entertainment Empire.” Fast Company, October 19, 2015. https://www.fastcompany.com/3051612/media-tech-and-advertising-to-snapchat-i-aint-afraid-of-no-ghost
Carson, Biz. “Snapchat to Lease Part of Santa Monica Airport, Including 8 Hangars.” Business Insider, May 16, 2016. http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-to-lease-part-of-santa-monica-airport-including-eight-airport-hangars-2016-5
Connolly, Kevin. “Snapshot Affair: The Enduring Power of the Polaroid.” BBC, June 22, 2010. http://www.bbc.com/news/10355526
Constine, Josh. “Snapchat Plans Music Feature, Acquired QR Scan.me for $50M and Vergence Eyeglass Cam For $15M.” TechCrunch, December 16, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/16/snapchat-emails-not-so-ephemeral/
Crook, Jordan. “With an Eye on Revenue, Snapchat ‘Experiments’ with a Click-to-Buy Button.” TechCrunch, October 3, 2013. https://techcrunch.com/2013/10/03/with-an-eye-on-revenue-snapchat-experiments-with-a-click-to-buy-button/
Dave, Paresh. “Is Snapchat’s Rapid Growth Changing Venice’s Funky Vibe?” Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2015. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-snapchat-real-estate-20150331-story.html
Flanagan, Andrew. “Sony Hack Reveals Snapchat Wanted a Record Label, Too Much Money from Vevo.” Billboard, December 17, 2014. http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6406613/sony-leaks-snapchat-record-label-vevo
Gallo, Carmine. “Steve Jobs: Get Rid Of The Crappy Stuff.” Forbes, May 16, 2011. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2011/05/16/steve-jobs-get-rid-of-the-crappy-stuff/#76edac507145
McIntyre, Hugh. “This Musician Is Releasing His New Album on Snapchat, a First for the Platform.” Forbes, May 19, 2015. https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/05/19/this-artist-is-releasing-his
-new-ep-on-snapchat-a-first-for-the-platform/#3e529dc26010
Stone, Brad, and Sarah Frier. “Evan Spiegel Reveals Plan to Turn Snapchat into a Real Business.” Bloomberg, May 26, 2015. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-05-26/evan-spiegel-reveals-plan-to-turn-snapchat-into-a-real-business
Stone, Madeline. “Meet the Street Artist Whose ‘Selfie Portraits’ Line the Walls of Snapchat HQ.” Business Insider, June 4, 2015. http://www.businessinsider.com/thankyoux-art-at-snapchat-offices-2015-6
Swisher, Kara, and Walt Mossberg. “Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on Diversity, Features for the Olds and More at Code Conference 2015.” Recode, June 8, 2015. https://www.recode.net/2015/6/8/11563322/snapchat-ceo-evan-spiegel-on-diversity-features-for-the-olds-and-more
________. “Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel on Diversity, Features for the Olds and More at Code Conference 2015.” Recode, June 8, 2015. https://www.recode.net/2015/6/8/11563322/snapchat-ceo-evan-spiegel-on-diversity-features-for-the-olds-and-more
Vega, Sebastian. “CEO of Snapchat Discusses New Media.” Daily Trojan, February 19, 2015. http://dailytrojan.com/2015/02/19/ceo-of-snapchat-discusses-new-media/
Chapter Twenty-Four: Discover
Carr, David. “Facebook Offers Life Raft, but Publishers Are Wary.” New York Times, October 26, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/facebook-offers-life-raft-but-publishers-are-wary.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=D0442AB860621BD4CEEC3808C3FF0CE3&gwt=pay&assetType=nyt_now
Constine, Josh, and Jordan Crook. “Hands-On with Snapchat Discover: Fun Content for Short Attention Spans.” TechCrunch, January 27, 2015. https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/27/hands-on-with-snapchat-discover-fun-content-for-short-attention-spans/
Jarvey, Natalie. “Sasha Spielberg, Emily Goldwyn to Star in Snapchat Web Series.” Hollywood Reporter, January 30, 2015. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sasha-spielberg-emily-goldwyn-star-768501
McDermott, John. “Inside Snapchat’s Original Media Ambitions.” DigiDay, January 22, 2015. https://digiday.com/media/snapchat-start-producing-original-media/