Another one bites the dust! Twitter announced that it's shutting down Periscope, but keeping native live video streaming in its flagship app.
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Welcome to this week's top social media stories! Pornhub took the Internet by storm, Twitter adds more live capabilities to its flagship app and Google gets into the food business.
Twitter has partnered with the Weather Channel to broadcast the upcoming total solar eclipse that will be visible from 14 states across the U.S. On August 21, the entire contiguous United States will witness something it …
It's only been a few weeks since Twitter began rolling out its Explore tab on iOS and Android, and it is now adding live Periscope videos to its Top Trends section of the Explore tab. Twitter …
Twitter is already becoming a live-streaming superstar, constantly making deals with content publishers and broadcasters to increase its live offering. With the Golden Globe Awards next week, Twitter will be on the red carpet, live-streaming …
Twitter has once again proved that it is the platform where "things happen," by organising the world's first Live #StarWars Q&A with the cast from Rogue One. It will take place on December 2 at …
The NBA season has kicked off, and Twitter is celebrating with a whole new set of team hashflags, confirming it really is counting on sports and live events to boost growth in 2017.The NBA is one …
In July, Twitter announced a deal to live-stream PAC-12 sports events. After successfully broadcasting its first NFL games that were part of another deal, the stage is set for the PAC-12 broadcasts to go ahead.The deal with PAC-12 Networks …
The war for live video dominance has begun in earnest. And with Facebook and Twitter fighting it out, Periscope has updated its Periscope.tv desktop platform with a brand new way to discover live video. Enter, curated …
With Twitter concentrating its efforts into live streaming - on its platform but also on Periscope - it doesn't want people missing out. So, it's developed a new feature to allow users to subscribe to live video alerts. Twitter wants its …
Just last week, Twitter streamed its first NFL game, drawing a massive 2-million viewers to the platform. The move - announced months ago - is one of a series of similar live streaming deals with …
Twitter Live Events have become very popular over the course of the past few months. Now the company is working on a more permanent page to host all live streaming of events.The feature was spotted …
Twitter is very busy. Busy striking deals with live sports broadcasters. And its roster of broadcasters is growing fast. Following last week's deal with Pac-12, Twitter is now adding Campus Insiders games to the lineup.The …
Following deals with the NFL, Pac-12 Networks and ESPN to live-stream sporting events, Twitter is also getting into live news it seems. The platform has announced a new deal with Bloomberg which will see it …
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