Another 12 months have flown by. As we look back at this year in tech, The Verge staff members are grading each major company and product category in the industry on how they fared in 2016.
Snapchat's the cool kid in school. So on trend, that in 2016 it decided to go by its nickname "Snap" to disassociate itself from chat. It worked for Cher when she dropped the "Sonny &," and it worked for Apple when it dropped "Computer" to more closely align with its broader ambitions.
Snap is already slinking its way into consumer electronics with the launch of the brilliantly marketed Spectacles in November. The colorful $130 sunglasses were initially only available from a single bright yellow vending machine in Venice Beach, California. Lines...
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