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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.