Snapchat is doubling down on its biggest differentiator by turning its personalized avatar Bitmoji into a revenue stream and a new source of content. Snapchat is launching a Bitmoji merchandise store ...

If you were the star of every show, would you watch more mobile television? Snapchat is betting that narcissism drives resonance for its new weekly videos that put you and your friends’ customizable ...

Snapchat's new "Bitmoji TV" series is ready for its debut and, yes, it's about as odd as you'd expect. After weeks of dropping bizarre trailers, the company is launching Bitmoji TV, a new cartoon ...

Snapchat has launched “Comic Bitmoji,” a 2D version of its avatars exclusive to “Plus” subscribers. The decision came after nearly 100,000 Snapchat users signed a petition calling for a switch from ...

The classic cartoony user avatars are back by popular demand, if you’re willing to pay for it. The classic cartoony user avatars are back by popular demand, if you’re willing to pay for it. is a news ...

Jacob (Ba) Blackstock imagined developing a TV show in which the viewer was the star well before Los Angeles social-media company Snap Inc. bought his Toronto startup Bitstrips Inc. in 2016, taking ...

Snapchat isn’t slowing down with the new features. Reports surfaced back in March that the company had shelled out a cool $100 million for Bitstrips, the personalized comic strip service, and it was ...

Snapchat recently introduced a few new features that are all about you — well, the Bitmoji version of you. App users can now access new Friendship Profiles and personalized Bitmoji Stories and even ...

Snap is offering Snapchat+ subscribers the chance to have 2D Bitmoji avatars once again. In the coming days, they'll be able to activate a setting called Comic Bitmoji. Snap said this will revive "the ...

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