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  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Equities
    US stocks fall on fears of slowing growth

    Nasdaq sinks after Snap warning fuels further drop in tech sector

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Social Media
    Adpocalypse Now

    The horror . . . the horror

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    #techFT
    Snap breaks bad news on ads Premium content

    Airbnb’s China retreat, Digital nomad-eira, Logitech’s MX Mechanical

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Snap spooks investors with macroeconomic warning

    Social media company’s shares plunge after it says conditions have ‘deteriorated further and faster than anticipated’

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Lex
    Snap: profit warning highlights more than macroeconomics Premium content

    In the last quarter, R&D expenses were $455.5mn — 43% of revenue

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Elaine Moore
    Elon Musk can learn from the changing fortunes of Snapchat

    The app now has 100mn more users than Twitter and its user base is growing faster than Facebook’s

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    #techFT
    Snap’s Evan Spiegel on Elon Musk, Twitter and the limits of self-expression Premium content

    Twitter overstates its user figures, Apple’s new antitrust challenge and a pocket Polaroid camera

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    News in-depthTechnology sector
    Meta’s dramatic fall masks strong earnings week across Big Tech

    Google, Apple and Amazon benefit from demand for digital services and cloud computing

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Snap AV: an echo from March 2000

    Thursday’s S&P 500 advance masked widespread declines in equities.

  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    #techFT
    Apple’s the winner after iPhone privacy push hits Facebook and Snap Premium content

    Changes cost rivals billions in advertising revenue and helps its own ad business to thrive

  • Sunday, 31 October, 2021
    Apple Inc
    Snap, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube lose nearly $10bn after iPhone privacy changes

    Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Snap shares plummet 24% over effect of Apple privacy changes

    Los Angeles-based social media group blamed iPhone-maker’s new rules as it posted bleak fourth-quarter outlook

  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    Media
    Ofcom sets out rules for TikTok, Snap and OnlyFans

    Regulator gears up to oversee UK-based video streaming platforms with warning over content and user age

  • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
    FT Alphaville
    Snap AV: inflation isn’t long in the memory

    We’re marking the end of the lowflation era. Maybe.

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Lex
    Snap: social media company should pass on the glasses Premium content

    AR glasses in their current form are unlikely to take off

  • Thursday, 5 August, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    A quick note on expensive stocks

    Growth, growth baby.

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    #techFT
    Twitter and Snap’s social commerce push

    NHS patient data-sharing, Zomato IPO, Intel eyes deals

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Snap AV: the broad growth trade takes hold

    For once.

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
    Snap buys UK augmented reality start-up for more than $500m

    WaveOptics supplies optical systems for Snap’s new AR glasses

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    The eyes have it: the FT guide to sunglasses, spectacles and beating screen fatigue
    Snap launches augmented reality glasses ahead of rivals

    Social media platform beats Apple and Facebook in unveiling next generation ‘Spectacles’

  • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
    Gaming
    Take snaps, not lives: a different kind of first-person shooter

    In-game photography encourages players to flex their creative muscles and offers an alternative to guns

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    Snap forecasts 80% revenue rise in second quarter as Covid curbs ease

    Chief Evan Spiegel says people are using the app to co-ordinate social plans

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    Snap looked at ways of circumventing Apple’s new privacy rules

    Owner of Snapchat has explored how to track users with data from third party companies

  • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
    #techFT
    Goggle this — AR makes a spectacle

    Deliveroo down again, Q1’s deal boom, tech as jewellery

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Lex
    Snap: camera angles Premium content

    The company’s valuation is a bet on the future of social media as a place for visual advertising and ecommerce

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