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Twitter launches Periscope live streaming app to good reviews

Mar. 26, 2015 1:12 PM ETTwitter, Inc. (TWTR) StockTWTRBy: Eric Jhonsa, SA News Editor9 Comments
  • Two weeks after Twitter (TWTR +1.1%) confirmed its acquisition of live streaming app Periscope, Periscope has launched an iOS app (an Android app will arrive later). "It may sound crazy, but we wanted to build the closest thing to teleportation," says Periscope. "While there are many ways to discover events and places, we realized there is no better way to experience a place right now than through live video."
  • Initial reviews are positive. The Verge argues Periscope is superior to Meerkat, which has received plenty of buzz (and just got $14M in funding) since launching in February, thanks in part to Periscope's support for saving/replaying live streams. "For everything it got right, Meerkat still looks like an app built in eight weeks — which it was. Periscope has been in development for more than a year...." One complaint: Users can be bombarded with notifications from followed accounts launching live streams.
  • Both The Verge and Engadget are fans of Periscope's approach to user feedback - when users like a stream, they can tap to send animated hearts that appear in the corner of the screen. They can also send messages to a broadcaster.
  • Like Twitter's Vine 6-second video app, Periscope will remain separate from Twitter's core app for now. But Periscope also suggests its app (like Vine) will be integrated with Twitter. "Twitter brings you closer to people, places, interests, and events in an experience that’s immediate, unfettered, and conversational. We think Periscope can help further that mission..." Twitter recently cut off Meerkat's ability to import Twitter follower lists.

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