Twitter
is reportedly in talks to purchase live video streaming app Periscope,
which allows users to stream video from their smart devices to their
followers in real time, similar to Meerkat.
A report by TechCrunch
notes
that talks between Twitter and Periscope are in early stages and deal
amount could be around $100 million (approximately Rs. 622 crores).
As
mentioned earlier, the Periscope live video streaming app is similar to
Meerkat, a startup that in the recent past has garnered much interest
across the Web. The Meerkat app allows Twitter users to share video
streams in real time. The stream can be triggered with a link in tweet
or by a notification to Twitter followers who use the Meerkat app.
Anyone can see the live stream through the Web or Meerkat app. Viewers
can simply comment with sending Twitter @ replies. The streamed video
disappears like Snapchat, unless users save it at their end.
As
yet there are no other details on the possible acquisition of Periscope.
It was also speculated that Twitter might acquire Meerkat, due to its
recent popularity. Twitter has earlier this month allowed video embed
for tweets and embeddable video widget for websites.
Meanwhile,
Twitter seems to be finally rolling out its long in-testing feature,
which is an in-app browser for Web links shared in tweets. We had tested
the browser last year, but then it only previewed text. Now according
to an Android Police
report
on Wednesday, it appears that Twitter has added more to it but still
going with simplified WebView. To remind you, Facebook has already
rolled out an in-app browser for link posts.
On
Tuesday,
Twitter announced that users can now embed Twitter-hosted videos on any
supported website. The option can be found under the 'more' prompt and
functions in the same way regular embedding of a tweet.
Users on
clicking the 'Embed Video' option will see an automatic generated HTML
code, which can be used on any supporting website. While copy-pasting
the HTML code, users will also have the option to "Include Tweet when
logo is clicked."