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• Snapchat Unveils Gaming Platform, New User Features, 10 Upcoming Originals At First Partner Summit
• Social Video App ‘Firework’ Emerges From Beta, Enabling Creators To Film Horizontal And Vertical Clips Simultaneously

  A new short-form video app dubbed Firework has emerged from beta today, which is backed the same venture capital firms who funded Snapchat and Musical.ly, and which claims to have surpassed 1 million users during its beta run at a faster rate than any other social media app -- within just five months.

  
• Snapchat Will Reportedly Launch An In-App Gaming Platform Next Month

  It looks like Snap is officially joining the mobile gaming sphere.

  
• Twitter Launches Improved In-App Camera With 280-Second Video Limit

  Twitter is taking strides to encourage more users to share photo and video content -- and looking a lot like Snapchat and Instagram in the process.The micro-blogging app unveiled today at South By Southwest an improved in-app camera that will roll out on both iOS and Android over the next week.

  
• YouTube’s ‘Stories’ Feature Adds AR Selfie Filters, Like Snapchat Lenses
• Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi To Produce ‘Frat Boy Genius,’ A Withering Look At Evan Spiegel
• Bhad Bhabie’s Original Snapchat Series Banks 10 Million Viewers In 24 Hours
• Snapchat Posts Better-Than-Expected Revenues, As Q4 User Growth Remains Flat
• Insights: Snapchat’s Vertical Visual Pioneer Moves On To Directing
• Snapchat Considering Longer Lifetime For Users’ Public Content (Report)
• Snapchat Solicits Bhad Bhabie To Garner Buzz For Original Content Slate
• Snap’s CFO Quits, Marking Latest In String Of High-Profile Departures