Snapchat's new "Bitmoji TV" series is ready for its debut and, yes, it's about as odd as you'd expect. After weeks of dropping bizarre trailers, the company is launching Bitmoji TV, a new cartoon ...

Snapchat’s most popular yet under-exploited feature is finally getting the spotlight in 2020. Starting in February with a global release, your customizable Bitmoji avatar will become the star of a ...

If you were the star of every show, would you watch more mobile television? Snapchat is betting that narcissism drives resonance for its new weekly videos that put you and your friends’ customizable ...

The other day, I texted a friend my Bitmoji, a lookalike cartoon avatar I created using this app. “Wow,” he said. “That actually looks strikingly like you.” He isn’t the first person to tell me the ...

They used to be Bitstrips, or user-generated stickers meant to be shared on Facebook. Then they became more like emoji, the little animated characters within your keyboard to be used when words alone ...

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I stood in front of a panel of judges made up of Randy Jackson, a Simon Cowell-esque man and a friendly blonde woman. I had to do my best to express the emoji "Whatever," in an X Factor-style ...

Earlier on Thursday, Snapchat announced the latest addition to its ever-growing list of lenses: filters that feature a three-dimensional, animated version of your Bitmoji. (Bitmoji are customizable ...

More than 70 percent of the platform's 280 million daily active users have a Bitmoji linked to their accounts. By J. Clara Chan Digital Media Writer Snapchat has refreshed its user profiles to now ...

Snapchat rarely makes acquisitions, but it made a big one today, purchasing Bitmoji for more than $100 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Exactly what the popular photo-messaging app needs ...

Genies Inc. is one of those tech startups that looks to athletes and celebrities for some additional endorsement buzz. But what makes this company different is that it also wants their money. Genies ...