Instagram has proven that some of us just want a social network for sharing photos, and especially if it’s a place where we won’t get bothered by Candy Crush invites. Facebook saw this success early on, and did a smart move in acquiring the company and letting it be. Together with Facebook, we’ve seen how Instagram has managed to control the popularity of competing services like Vine (owned by Twitter) Instagram’s rumored “Bolt” app to take on Snapchat? appeared first on Pocketnow.
Last year, Facebook caught a lot of flak for releasing a Snapchat clone last year, dubbed Poke. However, the app never really caught on and Facebook pulled it from the App Store back in May.Just last week, Facebook tried its hand at the destructive photo sharing app again by releasing another Snapchat competitor, Slingshot. It’s easy to mistake Slingshot as a Snapchat knock-off. And while the two services have a lot in common, like the same basic function, Slingshot has its fair share of differences ...
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The Slingshot Facebook app was launched last week, to take on Snapchat, but it was only available in the US. The new photo and video-sharing app enables users to share what’s important with lots of people at once. As per the description, you can “shoot a photo or video of what you’re up to and sling it to a bunch of friends”.Starting today, the Slingshot Facebook app is available internationally. The offering is an alternative to Snapchat, another popular messaging application, with similar features. ...
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Last week we saw the arrival of a new mobile app from Facebook… sort of. The company’s Slingshot app showed up in the Apple App Store for a few countries, but with no formal announcement. Hours later it was down, and Facebook issued a statement, explaining, “earlier today, we accidentally released a version of Slingshot, a new app we’re working on,” continuing, “it’ll be ready soon and we’re excited for you to try it out.” Well, it looks like Facebook wasn’t ...
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Last year, Facebook reportedly tried to purchase ephemeral messaging app Snapchat, and despite the $3B on the table, the company turned down the offer. Facebook has since moved on to new (and much more expensive) messaging acquisitions, but apparently its interest in Snapchat hasn’t waned. Earlier today, in fact, Facebook released a new app called Slingshot that appeared to take more than a little inspiration from Snapchat, but in the hours that followed the app has since disappeared. What’s going on ...
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