Snapchat CEO Rejects $3 Billion Offer (Someone Check His Temperature)

Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat, has rejected Facebook’s generous $3 billion bid for the company. No, we don’t know why, either.

Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat, has rejected Facebook’s generous $3 billion bid for the company. No, we don’t know why, either.

Snapchat is an instant-messaging app which allows you to send pictures and messages that self-destruct (well, disappear) ten seconds after being opened. The perceived ephemerality of these messages makes the service hugely popular among teens, who have obviously not given much thought to the screen-grab function on most smartphones.

Sure, the messages disappear, but the screenshots of these messages sure don’t — and what’s worrying about this is that some kids think they do.

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