Snap partners with Amazon to let users try on eyewear in AR through dozens of new Shopping Lenses (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Snap makes Snapchat for Web available to all users globally, including support for video calls, releases iOS 16 lock screen widgets, and more  —  Snapchat’s messaging and video chat features first made their way to browsers back in July, but only in select markets and for Snapchat+ subscribers.

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Source: creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone Spotlight will now be paid millions per year, down from millions per week in 2021 and $1M per day in 2020  —  Snapchat has changed the way it pays creators through its Spotlight reward fund.  Creators that use Snapchat’s TikTok clone …

Steve Dent / Engadget:
Snap adds new features to its $4/month Snapchat+ subscription app, including “Story Expiration” controls, custom notification sounds, and camera color borders  —  It’s also launching custom notifications sounds, camera borders and more on Snapchat+

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Snapchat partners with Adidas to launch a Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users a limited time to buy an item they can only acquire with Snap Tokens, a first  —  Snapchat announced today that it’s partnering with Adidas to launch a new Bitmoji Fashion Drop, giving users access to exclusive merchandise.

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
A look at HoloLens’ development, as Microsoft spurned an early lead in AR to cede ground to Meta and others; one executive blames a lack of money and people  —  Problems plagued development of its HoloLens augmented reality headset; ‘we had the opportunity to own this market’

TechCrunch:
A look at Snap’s decision to close Zenly, popular in Europe and Asia with a claimed ~35M MAUs earlier in 2022, to “focus on Snap Map”, which has 300M+ MAUs  —  Snapchat’s parent Snap became the latest tech company to announce a huge round of layoffs, confirming ongoing rumors yesterday …