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Snapchat update snatches away best friends

Snapchat update snatches away best friends

Daniela Karpenos, Web News Editor February 2, 2015

Jan. 27 marked a day of horror for many avid Snapchatters. The app update brought about an unwelcome and unforeseen change—the disappearance of the infamous “Best Friends” list. This list, updated...

Snapchat is sending me over the edge

Snapchat is sending me over the edge

Rachel Treisman, Web Features Editor January 29, 2015

In the good old days, we kids used to snapchat each other silly selfies or embarrassing pictures of our friends from across the cafeteria. That was the golden age - we snapped and chatted without a care...

Compo’s cannons shoot into Westporters’ snapchats

Compo’s cannons shoot into Westporters’ snapchats

Fritz Schemel, Editor-in-Chief January 23, 2015

Starting on Wednesday, Jan. 21, snapchats taken in Westport will be stamped with their own special Geofilter, designed by one of Staples’ own. Geofilters, graphics that indicate the location where...

Snapcash is straight-up stupid

Snapcash is straight-up stupid

Jimmy Ray Stagg, Web Creative Director December 4, 2014

It’s never good news to get a notification from “teamsnapchat.” Especially when it isn’t a national holiday. But on November 17, I decided to listen to what the app developers had in store. What...

Byrne uses Snapchat to actually tell a story

Byrne uses Snapchat to actually tell a story

Jenna McNicholas, Staff Writer November 30, 2014

There is a social media revolution erupting within our own school grounds.  Tova Byrne ’15 has turned the simple action of making a snapchat story into a platform in which she can document her daily...

Claire Smith ’15 proudly declares her opinion on Snapchat’s new Snapcash feature, which now allows for monetary exchange through the popular photo-taking app, both to the app’s account itself and to her instagram followers.

Staples withholds from snappy use of Snapcash

Ale Benjamin, Managing Editor November 24, 2014

On Monday, Nov. 17, the yellow Snapchat icon, familiar to many student smart phones, declared a notification. However, eager openers surprisingly found no friendly selfie – rather a message from “teamsnapchat”...

Students swap Webkinz for Snapchat

Students swap Webkinz for Snapchat

Jane Levy, Editor-in-Chief June 20, 2014

A moment of silence, please, for the days in which young middle school students huddled over desktop Dells, nurturing penguins and animals, delved into the world of asking anonymous questions...

Rest in peace simple Snapchat

Rest in peace simple Snapchat

Claudia Chen, Features Editor May 4, 2014

On May 1, Snapchat released an update that included the highly-requested “Snapchat Chat.” Now, Snapchat can not only be used to send unattractive selfies to friends, but also to send messages and live-chat. “Until...

Students react to Snapchat leak

Students react to Snapchat leak

Greta Bjornson, News Editor January 16, 2014

It isn’t uncommon to walk around the halls of Staples and see students making goofy faces into the cameras of their phones. Chances are, they’re sending a photo to a friend on the popular app Snapchat,...

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