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Snapchat is building the same kind of data-sharing API that just got Facebook into trouble

Snapchat is building a way for people to use their Snapchat account to connect with third-party apps.

The idea, in theory, would let Snapchat users grant outside companies access to their Snapchat data to help personalize other services.

Mashable saw a beta version of Snapchat with a new section called “Connected Apps,” with text that reads, “These apps are connected to your Snapchat account.

Snapchat currently has an advertising API so people can buy ads through third-party dashboards, but it doesn’t let people use their Snapchat account on other apps, or help people connect with their Snapchat friends on other platforms.

The fact that Snapchat is considering sharing some data with outsiders is interesting in general, but particularly interesting given the recent news about Facebook.

For example, what would connecting your Snapchat account to another app actually grant that developer?

Snapchat doesn’t use private messaging info for ad targeting, and the company claims it does other things to protect user privacy. »

Canada teen wins $1000 a week for life on 18th birthday

Authored by bbc.com

Image copyright Loto Quebec Image caption Charlie Lagarde won the lottery on her 18th birthday.

A Canadian teenager has struck the jackpot after buying her first lottery ticket to mark her 18th birthday.

She won, and had the choice between taking a C$1m ($780,000; £550,000) lump sum or earning $1,000 a week for life. »

Wandering star shook up the prehistoric solar system

Authored by astronomy.com

This is thought to have caused a massive struggle for humanity, ultimately leading to a population bottleneck that whittled down our numbers to as few as 1,000 reproductive adults.

This spot in the sky also happens to be exactly where astronomers would expect objects to come from if they were nudged by Scholz’s star during its close pass 70,000 years ago.

“The pronounced over-density appears projected in the direction of the constellation of Gemini, which fits the close encounter with Scholz’s star. »

China claims Kim Jong Un has agreed to denuclearize Korean Peninsula

Authored by cnbc.com

China said on Wednesday it won a pledge from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean peninsula during a meeting with President Xi Jinping, who pledged in return that China would uphold its friendship with its isolated neighbor.

"It is our consistent stand to be committed to denuclearisation on the peninsula, in accordance with the will of late President Kim Il Sung and late General Secretary Kim Jong Il," Kim Jong Un said, according to Xinhua.

Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, met then-president Jiang Zemin in China in 2000 before a summit between the two Koreas in June that year. »

In 1985 A Coke Employee Was Fired for Dating a Pepsi Worker – Freakin' Facts

Authored by freakinfacts.com

In 1985, a Coca-Cola employee was fired for her engagement to a Pepsi employee.

Amanda Blake of Northampton, Massachusetts had worked for Coke for 8 years when her employer discovered that she was engaged to David Cronin, who had previously worked for Coke and had left to work for Pepsi.

Blake was given three choices by her employer: break off the engagement, persuade him to quit his job at Pepsi, or quit her position at Coke. »