Twitter is cleanin’ out the closet.
On Tuesday, Twitter announced that it is ending its live video service, Periscope, as a standalone app. The app will cease to exist as of March 2021, and people won’t be able to make new Periscope accounts starting with the next release.
Twitter acquired Periscope before the app even officially launched back in 2015. The ability for anyone to live stream might seem like it’s been around forever, but Periscope, and another app from the same era called Meerkat, were the two first live video streaming apps. In those halcyon days, it felt novel and exciting to broadcast yourself, and watch (and interact with via comments) live streams including everything from a person’s view at a live event to an intimate Q&A session with a stranger. One function allowed users to view all the live streams happening at that moment, which, if they were public, anyone could join. Read more…
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