Snapchat Hires Former Facebook Exec and Other News You Need to Know

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By Stan Schroeder2013-12-04 14:10:07 UTC

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world.

Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple was awarded a patent for a personal computing device control using face detection and recognition. Snapchat snapped up Facebook’s director of mobile partnerships, Emily White, as its new COO. She will work alongside CEO Evan Spiegel. And Google may be developing a platform for universal applications: apps that work on both Android and iOS right out of the box, as The Next Web reports.

Check out the video above for more on these stories.

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