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Snapchat

There is a new phenomenon among teenagers: Snapchat. This app was created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown former students of Stanford University. It was launched in September 2011. It's a mobile app that allows user to send and receive photos and videos, called snaps. It also allows to draw or insert text on the snap and determinate how many seconds the receiver can view it before the file disappears. Messages can only be viewed once. In this app is included stories that are compilations of snaps that create a narrative and there are also filters. It can create a selfie that distorts his or her image like transform users into dogs or place a crow of flowers on their heads. Snapchat have also competition with instagram, in August 2016 it create 'Istagram stories' that work like snap stories. Despite competitions and accusations it remains one of the most popular and used among teenagers.

Famous people

 J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling, best  known as J.K Rowling, was born on July 31 1967 in Yate, England. She adopted her pen name, J.K, incorporating her grandmother's name, Kathleen. She moved to Portugal to teach English and after her marriage ended she moved to Edmburgh with her daughter, where she worked on a book. The idea for which arrived when she was travelling on a train from Mancehster to London. Thanks to this book she had success. Later the books of Harry Potter she wrote some stories like 'The tales of Beedle the bard', Rowling donated all royalties from the book to the 'Children's high level group' renamed 'Lumos', a charity that Rowling found to support Children in eastern Europe. She was important because with her books she created a new world dominated by magic that for generations passionate teenagers.

Hanna Hopko, Giraffe Hero

Hanna Hopko is a journalist that fights against the corruption of Ukraine's president. At the beginning through the published of articles, appeared in the media and speaking at conferences. After she created group of people that protested the government. During a protest the president ran away from the country, the army killed many of the protesters and she was threatened. After her revolutions, she created the RPR with people of highly qualified. With this group she made lows for the independence. The lows have been adopted by the Parliament. The revolution continued and at the end she becomes the spoke-man of the Ukrainian people, even if she had risked her life.