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snapchat may become the next media giant I'm Bridget Carey and this is your see net update sometimes you may feel like you're getting too old for social media especially when dealing with the teen centric messaging app snapchat last week more people jumped in on the quirky app in hopes of getting to understand it better because it became a news tool with a feature called discover it shows daily videos and stories from media outlets like CNN and ESPN there's also entertainment from Comedy Central but the posts disappear in 24 hours each day there's something new and now there's a tool to make it easier for people to follow your posts of disappearing photos I'm getting more into it myself you can follow me by scanning this code with the app or just search my username CNET also has an account on there with the username CNET snaps this weekend the app also launched its first original video series called literally can't even if you missed it you have to wait until next Saturday because each episode is only around for 24 hours literally can't even is an appropriate name considering how painful it is to watch but nevertheless snapchat is on a mission to become a media destination 18t is also going to launch a show on snapchat soon about superheroes called snapper hero if you think you're too old for snapchat you're not alone but social media is getting younger and younger now there's vine for kids Twitter's 6-second looping video service now has a kid-friendly version where all videos are pre-screened for child appropriateness as if children didn't already have enough issues with attention spans now mom and dad can have their kid this app to watch looping video clips that are shuffled through by swiping a finger with only six seconds per clip people get creative and post jokes sports stunts and pranks kid vine has more fuzzy animals than what you may typically find on your feed the vine Kids app is a separate download only available on iOS for now and on the topic of apps Android apps are teaming up with Google now to show up in those card pop-up shortcuts Google now is the personal assistant service on Android and it shows you alerts and info about your commute your sports teams and other personalized advice but now this includes notifications from about 40 different apps for example if you order groceries from the insta card app you can reorder quickly from a Google now card the Walgreens card shortcut displays your loyalty rewards barcode so you can scan it at the register pandora has shortcuts to play recent stations but not all makes sense like Airbnb reminds you of rooms you may want to book that's not helpful for your day-to-day life it's just another way for apps to nag you that your tech news update and you can stay updated at cnet.com and follow along on twitter from our studios in new york I'm Bridget Carey