Ben Rubin, the cofounder of the streaming social video app Meerkat, had just arrived at SXSW in Austin, Texas, started handing out bright yellow T-shirts, and was enjoying his app’s massive buzz when ...

Technology crazes come and go so fast these days that they can arrive, collect millions from investors and disappear before most people even have heard of them. For example: Meerkat. I’d seen so many ...

If you’re reading TechCrunch right now (you are, by the way), chances are you have at least heard of Meerkat. You may even be simultaneously hoping that you don’t have to fall prey to the new SXSW ...

Video streamer Hang w/ is proving true to its name, with multiple feeds of boldface names like 50 Cent. WireImage) Neither Meerkat nor Periscope invented live video-streaming for smartphones, and the ...

Meerkat is a new livestreaming app that syncs up with Twitter to let you livestream and share video in real time. The app quickly became a favorite of Product Hunt users after it was posted to the ...

What you need to know about the live video app. The icons of the live-streaming app Meerkat, left, and Twitter, right, can be seen on a smartphone on March 13, 2015. Kay Nietfeld/AP Images — -- ...

With Thursday’s public release of Periscope, Twitter is trying to torpedo its live-streaming competition by launching its own app that lets users send video to viewers around the world at the tap of a ...

NEW YORK — Meerkat had better watch its back. The live-streaming video app that was all the rage at SXSW now faces big-time competition. It comes from the Periscope app launching today, which Twitter ...

Smartphone-video broadcasting app Meerkat has added several new features that could help it regain footing after being outshined by competitor Periscope over the last month. Meerkat and Periscope are ...