By: Eli Karam
With Facebook being pretty much underwater, and Instagram getting somewhat redundant, there’s a new app in town and its called Slingshot. Facebook announced it last week and it will be a main competitor for Snapchat. The app lets you take a quick photo or video, touch it up, add some wording to it, and then send it off to your friends. But what’s so different about it then Snapchat?

In Slingshot, you can’t see the incoming “shot” until you actually send a shot right back to the sender. This creates effort on both sides because its not just about telling your story, its about asking others for their story”, says Slingshot designer Joey Flynn. To me, Slingshot seems to require an ample amount of effort, for most people their days are busy and don’t have time to “shoot” back unless its pertinent to their situation. A plus side of this new app is it gives you the ability to quickly react to posts with either a selfie, or text comment. Unlike on Snapchat where users feel the need to cover the camera and send a black picture back to the person. It’s hard to see which app will take the win, but competition is imperative for any business, so lets keep the dice rolling in the tech world for 2014.