Snap's stock took a tumble after a disappointing year-end earnings report, but analysts say there's ample reason to think the company's upward trajectory will continue.

The first half of 2019 ended on a strong note as the overall software M&A industry maintained its bullish trend. The SaaS M&A market followed suit, as each of the past four quarters surpassed 250 transactions.

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Gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions brings hopes, fears

EBS is one of AWS’s primary storage services and is supported by a wide variety of functionalities, including built-in snapshot backups. We're sharing how you can use snapshots to maximize the value of your EBS services.

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This week in Class Notes: Harvard encourages applications from many students who have very little chance of being admitted, particularly African Americans Wages for low-skilled men have not been influenced by changes in the occupational composition of workers. Retention rates for the social insurance program SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) are low, even among those who remain eligible.…

It's a TreeHugger's dream come true. Leafsnap is a new free app that identifies trees.

Along with her large-scale drawings, artist Zaria Forman has recorded the eerie song of a warming planet.

These clever metal clamps can clip onto flat materials of any shape, allowing you to make your own furniture, wherever you go.

Give Back in a Snap! Johnson & Johnson Donate a Photo Event Benefiting Operation Smile, Save the Children, Girl Up and USO, Times Square, New York City. #DonateaPhoto @DonateaPhoto

Oil prices jumped on Friday, extending the previous session's gains, buoyed by a lower-than-expected gain in U.S. crude inventories and the start of output cuts in a bid to offset a slump in fuel demand triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Oil prices moved lower on Wednesday, snapping the longest daily winning streak since July.

Steve Grasso, managing director of Institutional Trading at Stuart Frankel & Co., picked Snap Inc. as his last chance trade on CNBC's "Closing Bell."

Recessions tend to centre on one part of the economy; coronavirus has hit them all. The road to recovery will be long

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In a way, Britain should have been the country best prepared for the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the economy, because throughout 2019 barely a day went past without someone popping up to warn of the dangers of a cliff-edge Brexit.

But there are cliff edges and then there’s falling off the cliff, and not even the most pessimistic remainer would have been willing to predict what has happened since the UK went into lockdown at the end of March. While most of the attention has been focused – quite rightly – on the medical emergency, the economy has collapsed.

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After drawing criticism from users worldwide about its controversial redesign, audio-video sharing platform Snapchat has rolled out another app redesign for iOS users.

In the new design, snaps and chats are aligned chronologically and "Stories" from friends have been moved back to the right-hand side of the camera screen.

Snapchat has added a separate "Subscriptions" feature to keep "Stories" from popular creators and publishers in the loop while letting the other "Stories" be separated, The Verge reported late on Thursday.

"We are currently rolling out an update to address this by sorting communication by recency and moving 'Stories' from friends to the right side of the application, while maintaining the structural changes we have made around separating friends from creators and sorting friends' 'Stories' by relationships," Evan Spiegel, CEO, Snapchat had said earlier this month, in the company's first quarter earnings call.

Snapchat was testing a new design in April that would move the user's "friends' stories" alongside the "celebrity content" in the "Discover" section again to ensure that the user's feed would not be dominated by the "celebrity content".

There is no word yet on when the update would be available on Android.

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The numbers don't lie; Mumbai motorists are in selfie-destruct mode. At least 50 per cent of road accidents on the 93-km Mumbai-Pune Expressway are due to cars stopping or stalling on the road.

A report in this paper stated that stopping to take a selfie or to enjoy the greenery along the E-way could cost you your life. The first two months of the year have already seen 91 accidents, in which 52 people have died. Of these, 26 accidents happened because of vehicles halting. We must warn people that however tempting the scenery, it is just not safe to halt on the E-way and take photographs of the greenery. Once you reach Pune or the outskirts, you have the time to park your vehicle, alight and take all the pictures you want, so keep moving along the expressway, which is what is was made for.

Travellers must realise that an expressway is a piece of infrastructure, pure and simple. It is designed to take people to their destination. It is certainly not a picnic spot. It is no place to lounge around and eat, get out of the car and wash your hands, use as a Kodak moment or to idle outside your car for any other reason. Drivers have to drive within the speed limit on the expressway.

Cut going over the speed limits, which is a sure killer. Authorities have to ensure cameras are in excellent condition. If there is a car breakdown, switch on your hazard lights, and get your co-passengers to wave their hands; do all you can to alert oncoming traffic. The upcoming monsoon means more challenges for E-way users. Let us bring those fatality figures down, and let the numbers do some happy talking, for once.

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Thunderbird. Pic/Illustrated by Tomislav Tomic © Bloomsbury Publishing 2017, taken from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

One for the muggle library

If you're a Potterhead, you'll love the updated version of Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (Bloomsbury; '599) that comes on shelves 16 years after JK Rowling gave muggles the original edition. An A to Z guide of the magical creatures lurking in the wizarding world, this one includes six new beasts (total of 81 species), new illustrations (neat work by Tomislav Tomic) and a revised foreword by the book's fictional author and magizoologist Newt Scamander. The breezy 144-pager teleported us into the Potter universe as familiar images of Hungarian Horntail and Basilisk flashed before our eyes. We also discovered incredible new beasts, including Thunderbird or Hidebehind. Apart from Scamander's wry humour, evident in the footnotes, we were hooked by the foreword, where he clarifies wild assertions made by Rita Skeeter and hints at being the secret-keeper for Albus Dumbledore. That's some fine foreshadowing, JK.

Gluten-free goodness

We've never shied away from going for the bread basket when it's placed in front of us at a restaurant. But, for those who have embarked on a let's-eat-healthy mission, Kitchen Garden by Suzette has launched the country's first organic, multigrain, gluten free bread, which they say looks and tastes like 'normal' bread. We decided to call for a loaf this week, not knowing what to expect. Organic goodness or just fancy jargon? The bread came as a nicely packaged gigantic loaf. The texture was soft and fluffy. You might not fall in love with it at first go, but with each bite the taste grows on you. Packed with nutrients and fibre, it's got the flavour of buckwheat. We had it with peanut butter and it went well. If you're having a PB & J craving, this could be the healthier version to try.

In the snaps, the model can be seen posing in bed in nothing but a lot of red shots and a yellow bra. We have to say, she does look gorgeous doing so.

In the snap, the model can be seen relaxing on her balcony in her pajamas. She seems to be having a cup of coffee as she takes in the sun.

The Victoria's Secret model is no stranger to posting sultry snaps on the social media platform.

The share of the tertiary sector in China’s value added has increased steadily, overtaking the share of the secondary sector in 2013. With increasing incomes, the share of services is expected to grow further as at higher incomes a larger share of income is spent on services.

The book captures the carefree, haute-bourgeois lifestyle of the young photographer

Though shortlisted for the prestigious photography award, Nigeria’s Abraham Oghobase has been refused a visa by the UK government. That’s a sorry state of affairs for a country that professes to be in the vanguard of cultural openness, says the FT’s arts writer. This week’s column is read by Alexander Gilmour.  

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The editor of arthistorynews.com welcomes the decision of the National Gallery in London to let visitors photograph works – and hits back at critics who say it will make people look at art in the ‘wrong’ way  

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Director Michael Engler has allowed Downton Abbey fans a behind-the-scenes peek into the goings on on set of the TV series' forthcoming big screen adaptation.

The pregnant star, 38, took to Instagram to share a sweet snap alongside her husband-to-be after tweeting she wouldn't be attending the ceremony because she 'can't be a***d to get glammed up.'

Phillip Schofield, Ruth Langsford and Suranne Jones led the celebrities sharing behind-the-scenes snaps of the National Television Awards to social media.

The Little Mix star, 28, shared snaps on Instagram from the fun-filled evening as she brushed off the drama from her beau Chris Hughes' spat at the awards ceremony.

Bieber had first teased the new addition on his Instagram on Wednesday and a part of it had been visible as he left church Wednesday evening wearing a hoodie.

The former glamour model, 41, appeared to be relaxed as she held onto a glass of champagne and posed nude in the bathroom on Saturday.

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and her rumoured boyfriend Joseph Robinson appear to have confirmed that they are dating.

The post came after Lewis made his first public contact with Caroline since hitting back at split rumours - despite her being banned from contacting him after she was charged with assault.

The singer, 27, who recently settled the details of her divorce from husband Liam Hemsowrth, 29, posted three photos of her family to Instagram on Christmas Eve.

Cody Simpson has given fans another glimpse inside his raunchy private life with girlfriend Miley Cyrus. 

Miley Cyrus took to Instagram to give fans a glimpse at her romantic day-to-day with boyfriend Cody Simpson, while enjoying a shopping trip at Herberger's department store on Monday.

Sports stars around the world are celebrating Christmas in style as they enjoy a break from their hectic training and playing schedules. Most then took to Instagram to post their pictures.

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Joel Embiid's left ring finger looked like the top of a used bendy drinking straw, grotesquely overlapping his pinkie to the point that it seemed he had his fingers crossed.

Celebrities across the country shared a glimpse inside their Super Bowl celebrations on Sunday.

Kim Kardashian shared four adorable new pictures of her pint-sized fashionista rocking a trendy double braided bun hairstyle and doing cartwheels in their Paris hotel room on Wednesday.

He's known as an Olympic hero and Strictly Come Dancing champion, but it seems that Louis Smith might have a more racy side to him.

The Olympic gymnast was spotted leaving the former TOWIE beauty's Essex home as they headed out for lunch just hours after posting a picture of them cosying up on Instagram.

Lucy Mecklenburgh shared a picture on her Twitter page on Tuesday, showing off a FaceTime conversation she was having with new man Louis Smith.

The Olympic gymnast shared a cheeky picture of the couple baring their bottoms as they competed to see who has the most toned derriere.

The Orange Is The New Black star, 41, went fully nude in a snap shared to Instagram on Tuesday.

Nicki Minaj showed off her curvaceous figure in a set of sultry Instagram photos. The rapper and singer wore a body contouring brown Fendi dress and also posed with ex-con boyfriend Kenneth Petty.