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    Snap ups its game with sports, weather data

    by By Paresh Dave, Los Angeles Times Sep 27, 2017 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Snapchat isn't a resource many turn to for weather and sports scores, but it's spending increasing amounts of money on licensing deals to give users such information.

    For Snapchat, the intention isn't so much about helping people figure out how to dress that day or how their favorite team is doing. Rather, Snapchat's aim is more interpersonal: It's loading up on real-time data from third parties so people can provide more context about their lives to friends.

    That selfie of you sweating means more when people can see the temperature is a verifiable 103 degrees. That video of a home run carries more weight when an animated scoreboard shows it put the team ahead.

    It's unclear how much Snapchat maker Snap Inc. pays for data about forecasts and sports,

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