Meerkat was one of last year’s big success stories. The live streaming app was a major hit, but the concurrent emergence of Periscope meant that only one was likely to stick. With Twitter having purchased Periscope for a reported $100 million, Meerkat has gone the way of the Dodo, or to use a more appropriate analogy, the Betamax.
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
