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Farewell PreviewShots, We Are Going All Rich Shots All The Time
When we launched Snap Previews Anywhere an Internet eon ago, we quickly realized that as helpful as previews were, most pages from a site offered similar visual information. (Previews of every page on Wikipedia, Amazon, Flickr etc. were virtually indistinguishable.) As a result, in the spring of 2007 we raised the bar and [...]
Pandigital Triskaidekaphilia
Today marks a unique milestone in UNIX history. The timestamp (the representation of system time) reaches 1234567890, the number of seconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970).
Here in California, this occurs at exactly 3:31:30 pm. To celebrate this special occasion, the Snap team will have its traditional Snappy Hour today exactly at 9876543210!
On top [...]
Vote for Snap Shots on Mashable’s Open Web Awards!
Nominations for Mashable’s Open Web Awards have officially opened, and we hope our faithful users, publishers and followers will help Snap Shots be voted the #1 Blog Plugin!
To vote, simply type in your email and hit the "Submit" button in the widget below. Then spread the word and share your vote with your Twitter followers [...]
Snap Shots Remains A Leading Widget
Lijit released their very useful widget statistics based on data collected between Sep-Nov '08. This time Lijit chose to remove Snap Shots from the "search" category but in the overall ranking, Snap Shots remains in position #9.
We agree with Lijit that Snap Shots is not a search widget. Snap Shots serves users much better than [...]
Snap introduces a CrunchBase Shot
CrunchBase, a website operated by the TechCrunch team, has become a great free source of information about technology companies, people, and investors.
Today, we are happy to announce a new type of Shot that was built using the CrunchBase API - The CrunchBase Shot.
Anytime you link to an entry on CrunchBase, the link gets automatically enhanced [...]
Snap is hiring: Wanted Manager of Product Development
Title: Manager, Product Development
Job Description
THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED
Snap is looking for a hands-on Manager of Product Development to lead its software engineering team in delivering innovative Snap Shots products.
Reporting Relationship: Reports to Chief Technology Officer
Responsibilities
1) Make Snap successful.
2) Grow and manage a high performance, experienced software engineering team that delivers new Snap Shots products [...]
Snap & People.com introduce: People Shot
Now it’s easier than ever to keep up with your favorite celebrities!
Snap has recently launched a test program with Time Inc’s People.com to deliver a customized People celebrity Snap Shot across Snap’s top entertainment/celebrity partner sites. The specialized People Shot will give users headlines, photos and the latest news on top celebrities from the [...]
Compete ranks Snap.com as a top mover
We were really happy & proud to see yesterday the report from Compete which ranks Snap as one of the fastest growing sites in July 2008. Thanks!
Snap's CEO to speak at Building Block 2008
In case you plan to attend Digital Hollywood's Building Block 2008 event in San Jose tomorrow, make sure to attend track IV - Technology Redefining the Future Web 2.0 Infrastructure: The Enabling Tools, Applications and Services.
The track starts at 11:05 and our CEO & Co-Founder, Tom McGovern, will be one of the panelists.
Twiistup 4 wrap up
Thank you all for checking out our booth at Twiistup 4, grabbing Snap Beach Balls (too bad the pool was covered) and providing great feedback.
Vivian Lee from JuiceCaster, you are the lucky winner of a Nintendo DS & Guitar Hero bundle. We will contact you to make pickup arrangements. Have a rocking weekend!
See you [...]
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