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Twitter launches Periscope live streaming app to good reviews


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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.

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