Twitter reportedly buys streaming video app Periscope
Even as the live streaming app Meerkat has taken Twitter by storm, Twitter may have pre-emptively acquired Periscope, a rival streaming video app that’s currently in closed beta. According to Business...
View ArticleNew mobile app hunts Meerkat by streaming live on Facebook, Twitter, email,...
EXCLUSIVE: When a new app enters a space dominated by a major player, it can be a very tough path to success. Even when that major player has only been around for two weeks. Such is the road ahead for...
View ArticleTwitter cripples Meerkat by cutting off access to its social graph
For Meerkat, the live streaming video mobile app that’s taken the digerati by storm the past two weeks, being able to automatically connect users to their Twitter followers is essential. So by cutting...
View ArticleHow Meerkat can still make SXSW a springboard for success after Twitter cut...
Updated March 15 at 10:25 PT: This story now includes comment from Meerkat and clarifies how Twitter’s change affects the live-streaming app. AUSTIN, Texas — As South by Southwest (SXSW) kicked off...
View ArticleMeerkat at SXSW shows the future of live conference video
AUSTIN, Texas — If you weren’t able to be at this morning’s South by Southwest talk on flying cars, either because you aren’t at SXSW or because you were not in the room, you could still have tuned in...
View ArticleMeerkat CEO promises ‘magic’ to build live-streaming app’s user base
EXCLUSIVE: AUSTIN, Texas — Things may have gotten a bit harder for live-streaming app Meerkat in the wake of Twitter shutting off access to its social graph, but the company doesn’t appear to be...
View ArticleLet the Meerkat backlash begin
EXCLUSIVE: Meerkat, Meerkat, Meerkat. At this point in my life, when everyone starts hyping a new website or app or variety of organic lettuce, my reaction is to burrow deeper into bed and pull the...
View ArticleThe best part of Meerkat is watching strangers live
Sometimes you just want to watch something random. That’s how I felt just now. So I pulled up Twitter in search of whatever Meerkat livestreams I could find. I typed “LIVE NOW” into the search box....
View ArticleMeerkat now lets you follow users directly through its app
Meerkat, the hit live-streaming app, said today it now allows users to follow each other directly through its app. Until today, there was no way for users to follow each other directly. Instead, they...
View ArticleMeerkat confirms $14M raise as Twitter launches competitor Periscope
Today fledging livestreaming startup Meerkat confirmed it’s raised “around $14 million” in funding from Greylock Partners and others. Company founder Ben Rubin confirmed the $14 million figure during a...
View ArticleLike Vine, Twitter will make you find new followers from scratch on Periscope
When Twitter launched Periscope today, its livestreaming video app, it revealed that it would not automatically port over users’ Twitter followers to the new app. The move is a surprise, as many...
View ArticleCelebrity app deathmatch: Meerkat vs. Periscope
In the celebrity deathmatch of streaming apps there are only two contenders: Meerkat and Periscope. Twitter’s much anticipated live-streaming app Periscope arrived this morning in the iOS App Store to...
View ArticleProduct Hunt CEO: Livestreaming apps aren’t just a fad
Snapchat and YouTube have paved the way for our latest craze: self-broadcasting. Thousands of people have flocked to a mobile app called Periscope to broadcast their lives and watch others as they...
View ArticleWatch out! All that Meerkating and Periscoping could slam your mobile data...
EXCLUSIVE: Josh Miller, who works on Facebook’s product team, thinks red-hot mobile live-streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat are “cool art projects,” but that we’re a couple years too early for...
View ArticleMeerkat is coming to Android, sign-up for public beta begins
Your favorite little live video app, Meerkat, is coming to Android. Meerkat made this official today by inviting people to sign up for a public beta of the Android version of the product. There’s no...
View ArticleMeerkat one-ups Twitter’s Periscope by launching its live video-streaming app...
Two weeks after opening registrations for the beta product, live video-streaming app Meerkat has finally arrived for Android. While the app is still technically classed as a beta product, it’s now...
View ArticleWhy Facebook has to buy Meerkat
Rumors have been circling that Facebook may be eyeing Meerkat for an acquisition. Why should Facebook buy Meerkat? Because, Twitter bought Periscope — duh. Okay so that may seem like an obvious...
View ArticleMeerkat for iOS now lets you publish livestreams to Facebook and links to...
Meerkat is introducing a bunch of new features in its latest update for iOS including the ability to publish livestreams to Facebook. Starting today, Meerkat will let you post upcoming and currently...
View ArticleIs Meerkat’s new Facebook integration going to mess up your newsfeed?
ANALYSIS: Meerkat’s recent move to support sharing its live videos on Facebook was a necessary one for the young startup. But what does Meerkat’s arrival mean for Facebook users? The change came after...
View ArticleWelcome to the golden era of mobile video
ANALYSIS: Mobile video is having a moment, thanks to improvements in smartphone cameras, new apps that are changing the way we consume media, and our collective movement to the second screen. And...
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