Meerkat is dead but its creator's new Houseparty app is the life and soul
Meerkat's fate was sealed when rival Periscope was acquired by Twitter
With plenty of VC funding still at his disposal and a team clearly capable of churning out a decent app, CEO Ben Rubin noted earlier this year that his company would shift direction to a new social media-focused enterprise. This has spawned an intriguing new app called Houseparty.
Houseparty, like Meerkat, is focused around live streaming. You make a virtual group, or Houseparty with your friends and whenever you fire the app up, you can all communicate face to face. It's a bit like video conferencing with less of the businessy connotations, and positions itself as an improvement on IM group chats that often get clogged with messages.
It's a sad day for Meerkat, but there's little time to mourn with the Houseparty that has apparently already begun. If you'd like to check it out, tap the links provided below.
Download Houseparty for Android | iOS
via: TechCrunch
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