Source: Facebook is making a clone of live group video chat app Houseparty that's called Bonfire and is slated to debut this fall
Gather 'round the Bonfire — Facebook is building a standalone app that incorporates ideas from Houseparty, the group video chat app that rose from the ashes of Meerkat, The Verge has learned.
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty
Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks. Then came Periscope …
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty
Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks. Then came Periscope …
Meerkat stealth launched its new group video chat app, Houseparty, in February
Kurt Wagner / Recode :
Meerkat to launch feature on iOS that lets GoPro3 and, soon, GoPro4 owners stream from camera
Julia Boorstin / CNBC :
Meerkat launches new embeddable web player today, partners with Discovery to implement the player for Shark Week
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Mac app Unicorns lets you plug in your phone or tablet and live-stream what's on its screen
New Livestream App Lets Strangers Watch You Use Your Phone — The success of Periscope and Meerkat shows livestreaming offers something beyond the practical intent of the technology.
Meerkat launches Android app, currently in beta but with most functionality from iOS version, beating Twitter's Periscope to the platform
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
Meerkat announces public beta for upcoming Android app
Chance Miller / 9to5Google :
The number of daily tweets to Periscope streams settles near Meerkat's level after explosive launch week
The Meerkat-Periscope live-streaming race is neck-and-neck after a crazy week — The rise of two strikingly similar mobile live-video streaming apps—Meerkat and Periscope …