Stories

Snapchat rolls out a redesigned redesign of its iOS app; Android users will have to wait

Snapchat has added a separate "Subscriptions" feature to keep "Stories" from popular creators and publishers in the loop while letting the other "Stories".

Snapchat is inviting artists to create AR-based lenses to feature in its app: Report

This step would allow Snapchat to load off the burden to produce new AR-based lenses time and again.

Google is likely to take on Snapchat as it brings ‘Stories’ format to its search

Google said it eventually plans to bring 'AMP stories to more products across Google, and expand the ways they appear in Google Search.'

YouTube introduces 'Reels' to the Communities platform, its take on the Snapchat Stories format

The Reels feature is currently in beta testing, and will be available only to a select few creators at launch.

Instagram now lets users initiate a request to join a friend's live stream

As soon as the request is sent, the Instagram user who initiated the livestream will see a popup that they can accept or deny.

101 Dinner With Dons: Ramesh Singh Sikarwar, don of Chambal, talks about the secret lives of dacoits over a meal

The Chambal Valley, located in the northern part of Madhya Pradesh, on the border of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is infamous for gangs of dacoits. In the 70s and 80s, one of the most dreaded of those dacoits was Ramesh Singh Sikarwar. With a band of dacoits, he held sway over the region for years, before surrendering to the authorities. After serving his time, he now lives the life of a farmer, raising a family. A very sick Doctor VC pays Sikarwar a visit in his village, to learn about the secret life of the bandits, while joining them for a meal in their old jungle hideout. Loaded onto a tractor and taken deep into the dense jungle, with no mobile network or way to let people know where he is, Doctor VC learns not just about the eating habits of the daakus, but also comes home with moral lessons from the gang's leader.

Instagram rolls out new tools to give advertisers more flexibility to create and buy ads in Stories

Globally, over 250 million people watch and create stories everyday while the application currently has nearly 700 million users globally.

Watch: A day in the life of Delhi's female bouncer Mehrunnisa

Mehrunnisa works in a library in the day, and as a female bouncer at a club in Delhi's Haus Khas Village in the night. She is among the first woman bouncers in India. In this video​, she reveals her motivations, encounters with machismo, and her plans for old age. Interestingly, her sister Tarannum is also working as a bouncer in the same club.

101 Dinner with Dons: A meal with Dindigul's MK Tevar is like an episode of Breaking Bad, the Biryani edition

Some say Dindigul is the murder capital of Tamil Nadu. It's no wonder it's home to people like MK Tevar — a local don who has played many roles in his life. From selling lottery tickets, to working at hotels, and even working as an electrician, Mr. Tevar talks about how going to jail actually exposed him to more criminals and 'rowdies'. This is what made him join a life of crime. But like most people in his line of work, what the don really has a passion for, is food.

101 Traces: The owner of the Great Golden Circus talks about its glory days and the bleak future of the circus

Anwar Khan of the Great Golden Circus talks about its glory days, and the bleak future of the circus. His circus has a massive set up, spanning multiple tents and acts. While it used to boast of crowds of almost 2000 people per show, and four shows per day, it's facing a bleak future now. With his better shows seeing an audience of only around 100 people, Anwar fears that the days of the circus are numbered.