Snapchat may have pioneered disappearing posts in social media, but Facebook is adding a disappearing act to messaging. Vanish Mode, for Facebook’s Messenger and Instagram, enables users to send messages that disappear once they are viewed and the viewer leaves the conversation. MORE ON FORBES.COM
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Larry Magid
Larry Magid, EdD, is CEO of ConnectSafely and is also a technology commentator. He served as technology analyst for CBS News and as a nationally syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times and a contributor to the New York Times and has worked with BBC and NPR. He writes a weekly column for the Mercury News and blogs at Forbes.com and Larrysworld.com.
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