If you missed the recent uproar surrounding Twitpic, a third party service using the Twitter API to host images - one of the largest service, know that it was threatened with closure since last April, when Twitter challenged the legality of a complaint about the brand. He initially was cut and then restarted before being stopped once and for all. But Twitter has graciously agreed to keep the archives of Twitpic for the moment .
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The landscape and social networks Twitter itself has changed a lot since Twitpic was launched there almost seven years: customers and third-party tools jostled with Twitter, seeking to control the user experience through the web and mobile. Then Twitter started to display thumbnails of the photos uploaded natively on its own platform, in contrast to only link to content hosted services like Instagram and Twitpic.
"We are not able to find a way to keep Twitpic independent" , writes founder, Noah Everett, in a last blog post of the application. "However, I am pleased to announce that we have reached a agreement with Twitter to give them the domain name and an archive of photos Twitpic, keeping photos and valid links for the moment. Twitter shares our goal of protecting our users and the data. Also, since the user base consists Twitpic Twitter users, it makes sense to keep these data with Twitter " , he says.
In other words, if new photos are not accepted by the platform, however you can still connect to remove or export images if you already have an account . Twitpic mobile applications go, and will no longer be supported withdrawn. If Twitpic was still available via applications and extensions in addition to Twitter, the social network now has much more control on data from third-party service.
Twitpic announced it had found a mysterious buyer last month before the transaction fails due under the agreement. But the new arrangement with Twitter seems to be the most logical conclusion . Even if a new third service Twitter bites the dust, at least the images are.
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The landscape and social networks Twitter itself has changed a lot since Twitpic was launched there almost seven years: customers and third-party tools jostled with Twitter, seeking to control the user experience through the web and mobile. Then Twitter started to display thumbnails of the photos uploaded natively on its own platform, in contrast to only link to content hosted services like Instagram and Twitpic.
In other words, if new photos are not accepted by the platform, however you can still connect to remove or export images if you already have an account . Twitpic mobile applications go, and will no longer be supported withdrawn. If Twitpic was still available via applications and extensions in addition to Twitter, the social network now has much more control on data from third-party service.
Twitpic announced it had found a mysterious buyer last month before the transaction fails due under the agreement. But the new arrangement with Twitter seems to be the most logical conclusion . Even if a new third service Twitter bites the dust, at least the images are.