NAQASH KHAN ™
  • Scholastic
  • Artist
  • Social
  • Music
  • Videos
  • Contact

Mecca_LivE, SnapChat Mecca Photos and Videos

14/7/2015

Comments

 
Snapchat is making waves because it is giving the world a look at Mecca today!
With its first live story from Islam's holiest city. "Mecca live" which is now trending on Twitter as well.

The push to get a Mecca story on Snapchat started last week after the app featured a story from the West Bank. Snapchat's Live Story feature lets users collaborate on sharing videos from specific places and events. Wimbledon, for instance, was an ongoing story with visitors to the tennis tournament posting videos.

Live programming in the messaging app has been known to generate millions of views for such events. The company boasts 2 billion video views a day, in all. - Source.

Mecca is of particular interest because the city is closed to non-Muslims, making Snapchat a place where outsiders can get an up-close peek at prayers there. So far this year, almost 15 million Muslims have traveled to the city during Ramadan.

There are no sponsors on the Mecca Live Story, but Snapchat has sold ads in other featured events. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Also, Snapchat today made a change to another section of the app, Discover, where select media partners post daily versions of their publications. Snapchat will start promoting Discover channels within the Live Story feed, too. Until now, Discover has been relegated to the back page of the app, and the move gives media partners like CNN, Cosmo and ESPN more prominent positions.

Comments
    nk official

    Author

    Naqash Munir, currently working at Muslim Hands International, is a former member of National Youth Assembly (session 2015-2016), Master of Science in International Relations and has apprenticed at Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA) and National Assembly Secretariat (Parliament of Pakistan).

    Papers written by author are uploaded here for online publication purposes and use of any content (published here) without permission is prohibited. 

    You never seem worried, asked thee. I am a traveler, worries are just dull sceneries, said me.
    View my profile on LinkedIn

    Categories

    All
    9/11
    Asia
    Europe
    India
    Kashmir
    Mecca
    Middle East
    Opinion
    Pakistan
    Research
    Russia
    Seminar
    Snapchat
    Syrian Conflict
    Troubleshooting
    Turkey
    United States
    War
    War On Terror
    Workshop

    Archives

    January 2019
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    January 2016
    July 2015
    June 2015
    January 2014

      SAY IT

    Suggest

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Scholastic
  • Artist
  • Social
  • Music
  • Videos
  • Contact