Twitter shutting down Periscope in March 2021
Twitter is officially shutting down Periscope, its standalone livestreaming service, in March 2021, though it will continue to offer its core capabilities through Twitter Live. The microblogging platform acquired Periscope in 2015, and the livestreaming service eventually won an Apple App of the Year award that same year. Five years later, however, and Twitter says that Periscope has become unsustainable. "Over the past couple of years, we've seen declining usage and know that the cost to support the app will only continue to go up over time," Twitter wrote in a blog post. Twitter will ful...