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10-03-2016, 11:20 PM
A farewell to Meerkat from those who called it a community of friends
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Meerkat is dead. The mobile app that ignited a live-steaming revolution when it made its debut (http://mashable.com/2015/03/02/meerkat-live-streaming/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) at South by Southwest 2015 was ******* from the iOS and Android app stores Friday.*
Its funeral has been long awaited as the app battled for attention with Twitter's Periscope (http://mashable.com/2015/05/08/periscope-vs-meerkat-maypac/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Facebook Live. Meerkat founder and CEO Ben Rubin an**unced (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/meerkat-is-pivoting-away-from-livestream/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) a pivot for his company back in March and released his latest project, Houseparty, an app for group video calls, last week.*
SEE ALSO: Teen-friendly app Houseparty comes from an unlikely developer (http://mashable.com/2016/09/28/houseparty-app-meerkat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
But the community that Meerkat helped build is alive and wellMashable asked 14 of the earliest users and some of the most-followed app personalities why they used Meerkat and how it influenced their lives. They told us in their own words: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/03/meerkat-app-eulogy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Its funeral has been long awaited as the app battled for attention with Twitter's Periscope (http://mashable.com/2015/05/08/periscope-vs-meerkat-maypac/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Facebook Live. Meerkat founder and CEO Ben Rubin an**unced (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/meerkat-is-pivoting-away-from-livestream/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) a pivot for his company back in March and released his latest project, Houseparty, an app for group video calls, last week.*
SEE ALSO: Teen-friendly app Houseparty comes from an unlikely developer (http://mashable.com/2016/09/28/houseparty-app-meerkat/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
But the community that Meerkat helped build is alive and wellMashable asked 14 of the earliest users and some of the most-followed app personalities why they used Meerkat and how it influenced their lives. They told us in their own words: Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/03/meerkat-app-eulogy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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