Easier than sewing a button and faster to fasten, snaps are a convenient closure beloved by beginning and expert seamsters alike. First patented by German inventor Heribert Bauer in 1885, snap ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. Starting today, developers will ...

Snap on Thursday introduced a new developer kit, which lets third-party app-makers integrate some of its 'best features' – such as Bitmoji and publicly-shared stories – into their own apps. I'm ...

The next time you’re flirting with someone on Tinder you may be able to add your Bitmoji to seal the deal. The more personal interaction on the hookup site will become available as Snapchat finally ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) today announced new partnerships and developer products across its Snap Kit, Games, Minis and Bitmoji platforms. Snap also introduced Map ...

Earlier this month, Snap and social screen-sharing app Squad announced a partnership for Snap’s Camera Kit, a new way for developers to bring the Snap camera into their apps. This is one of the first ...

Snap Inc has announced its new Snap Kit API which allows third-party developers to more easily leverage the tools which Snapchat has developed. Snap Kit comprises four different kits. Snap Inc has ...

Snap Inc. is giving third-party developers the ability to integrate some of Snapchat’s best features into their own apps with the introduction of its new Snap Kit. Its tools will make it easier for ...

Today, Snapchat announced Snap Kit, a suite of tools which allow developers to integrate their apps into Snapchat and vice versa. Among a few other boons to Snap’s fickle user base, this brings in a ...

Snapchat opened up its platform to developers Thursday, allowing other companies to integrate some of Snapchat’s tools into their own apps and services. Some of the first to make use of these new ...