{"id":251660,"date":"2016-09-25T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=251660"},"modified":"2016-09-25T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T09:31:49","slug":"snapchat-launches-sunglasses-with-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/snapchat-launches-sunglasses-with-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget – sunglasses with a built-in camera.<\/p>\n
The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (\u00a3100).<\/p>\n
The glasses will record up to 30 seconds of video at at time.<\/p>\n
As part of the announcement, Snapchat is renaming itself to Snap, Inc.<\/p>\n
The renaming decision underlined the company\u2019s apparent ambition to go beyond the ephemeral messaging app, a product which is highly popular with young people.<\/p>\n
An article published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday showed Snap\u2019s 26-year-old creator Evan Spiegel in a series of pictures taken by fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Mr Spiegel explained his rationale for creating Spectacles.<\/p>\n