SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Struggling social-media darlings Twitter and Snapchat are taking on new looks as the services seek wider audiences in the shadow of Facebook. Twitter is rolling out a 280-character limit for nearly all its users, abandoning its iconic 140-character limit for tweets. And Snapchat, long popular with young people, will undergo a … Continue reading
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Racially insensitive video ends school’s football season
SHORT PUMP, Va. (AP) — A middle school football team in Virginia has forfeited the remainder of its season after players made a racially insensitive video. The video posted on Snapchat shows football players simulating sex acts on their black peers, WWBT-TV reported. The images are overlaid with racially charged language. Police have been investigating the incident. … Continue reading
DJ Khaled and fiancée welcome baby boy on Snapchat
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a boy for music producer DJ Khaled and his fiancée Nicole Tuck, who welcomed their first child into the world early Sunday morning. Khaled chronicled the birth in a series of snapchats showing the inside of the delivery room where he can be heard telling the doctor that “it’s go … Continue reading
Lindsay Lohan says she lost part of finger in boat accident
Lindsay Lohan says she had surgery to reattach part of her finger following a boating accident. The actress posted a video of her hand with a bandaged ring finger Sunday on Snapchat. She says on the video, “This is the result of me trying to anchor the boat by myself,” adding, “My poor finger!” Lohan … Continue reading
Lindsay Lohan says she lost part of finger in boat accident
Lindsay Lohan says she had surgery to reattach part of her finger following a boating accident. The actress posted a video of her hand with a bandaged ring finger Sunday, Oct. 2nd, on Snapchat. She says on the video, “This is the result of me trying to anchor the boat by myself,” adding, “My poor … Continue reading
DJ Khaled book ‘The Keys’ coming in November
NEW YORK (AP) — DJ Khaled wants it all written down. The hip-hop producer and artist, radio personality and Snapchat favorite has a deal with Crown Archetype for “The Keys,” to be published Nov. 22. According to Wednesday’s announcement by Crown, the book will feature personal stories, his philosophy for success and the background for … Continue reading