Julia Hardy
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Stop fighting the urge to share an embarrassing selfie with your friends for fear it will end up public: with Snapchat, you can send any picture instantly to another user and set the amount of time, from one to ten seconds, that the photo is visible. After that time limit is up, the picture is erased forever. The person who sent the picture is alerted if the receiver tries to take a screenshot, so no worries about any photos ending up on Facebook or Twitter.
Because it works independently of regular MMS texting, Snapchat sends pictures faster than a normal text. Sadly, this also means that you can’t use your regular contact list. However, you can still find friends easily from Facebook or by plugging in usernames.
Join in on the new, entertaining way to share selfies and download for free for iPhone here. Sorry Android and Blackberry users, it’s not yet compatible with your devices.
They’ve made one for android since this was published.