Snapchat more than just a flash in the pan

FOR 13-year-old Coral Fairchild, Snapchat trumps old-style text messaging as the way to socialise with friends in the mobile internet age.

The California girl adds moustaches to faces in pictures or speech bubbles using touchscreen features that allow people to draw on Snapchat images being sent.

“You can take a regular selfie and customise it into a princess or a unicorn or whatever you want,” she explains. “It’s just a more fun way to communicate.”