Twitter Updates $Cashtags Search Results With Pricing Graphs for Major Symbols

Twitter detailed a slight tweak to its $cashtags functionality, which lets users tweet the symbol for major cryptocurrencies, exchange-traded funds or stocks to generate a clickable link that brings up search results. The social network said in a Twitter Business tweet that those search results will now include pricing graphs for major symbols. Users can…

Snapchat+ Adds Gifting, More Customization Options, Chat Wallpaper

Snapchat released three updates Wednesday for its $3.99-per-month Snapchat+ subscription option, which debuted in late June and topped 1 million paying subscribers in August. As initially discussed in October, a new Gifting feature enables subscribers to pay $39.99 and send a friend or loved one a 12-month subscription to Snapchat+. Snap Inc. Snapchat introduced more…

As Consumers Crave Rebellion, Turn to the Carnivalesque

After three years of pandemic-driven anxiety, societal division and occupational burnout, consumers are eager to buy brands and relish in experiences that offer inclusive escape, freedom and joyful rebellion. Indeed, consumers are embracing irreverent and playful brands like Liquid Death, which promises to “murder your thirst” with its canned water and recruited a porn star…

Liquid Death Superfan Survives Skydiving Crash and Gets…A Lousy T-Shirt

Utah resident Austin Measles jumped from a plane, crash landed at 70 mph, broke 52 bones, nearly died…and all he got was this lousy t-shirt. That’s the top-line description, Liquid Death style, of an incredible survival story at the center of the brand’s new documentary film, “Hard to Kill.” The video, which clocks in at…