Snapchat

Snapchat heads towards enshittification

Coinciding with Snapchat’s 13th birthday, founder Evan Spiegel has just announced that the…

The secret of Snap’s success: innovation

I love Snap: besides having the chutzpah to turn down Facebook in 2013 when it was still…

Thanks for the memories, Twitter

News that Twitter has been keeping our direct messages over the years, even those we thought we’d…

Advertising and augmented reality

Augmented reality (AR) and advertising are now regularly combined: typically using a smartphone and…

Where is Snap headed?

Anna Pavlenko of Ukrainian magazine Novoye Vremya asked me some questions about Snap, Evan Spiegel and his recent IPO…

Snap IPO and asymmetry of information

Snap’s IPO, which tinted the NYSE and the news bulletins bright yellow on March 2, appears to…