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1. Snapchat adds links, voice filters, backdrops to Snaps

A swarm of new Snapchat features was released in the app's latest iOS and Android update to help keep it one step ahead—or at least even—with Instagram.

The new Paperclip tool lets all users add links to their Snaps for followers to swipe up and open them in the platform's internal browser. Backdrops enable users to cut out a part of their Snap and place a colorful, artsy background behind it to make it stand out. And voice filters, previously only a part of certain augmented reality filters, let users remix the audio in any of their Snaps. The battle rages on.

2. Facebook successfully completes second drone test

The social media giant has officially completed the second test of its Internet beaming drone, Aquila. And this time it did it without crashing.

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