Column: Sufferdje

Het was even stil voor ik de man aan de andere kant van de telefoonlijn antwoord gaf. Even nadenken wat ik hier nou op moest antwoorden. ‘Ja’ leek me het meest passend, maar moest ik echt onderbouwen waarom ik betaald wilde krijgen voor mijn werk?…

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Not-So-Ephemeral Messaging: New SnapChat “Hack” Lets Users Save Photos Forever

Picture 5Even as SnapChat leaves tech reporters and people over 25 scratching their heads — is it the next Instagram, or a massive sexting conspiracy? — the app has succeeded in bringing ephemeral (or self-destructive, if you’re into the whole Mission Impossible thing) messaging to the mainstream. The app has been busy racking up a billion-plus “snaps,” is reportedly raising a huge round of funding, and Zuckerberg himself couldn’t wait to get involved in the coding and launch of Poke, Facebook’s newly-launched “SnapChat clone.”

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