<s>
Meerkat	B-Application
was	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
that	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
broadcast	O
live	O
video	B-Application
streaming	I-Application
through	O
their	O
mobile	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
signed	O
up	O
,	O
Meerkat	B-Application
users	O
had	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
connecting	O
their	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
,	O
to	O
stream	O
directly	O
to	O
their	O
followers	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
they	O
went	O
live	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
found	O
popularity	O
after	O
its	O
debut	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
Product	B-Operating_System
Hunt	I-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
widespread	O
use	O
during	O
the	O
South	O
by	O
Southwest	O
Interactive	O
Festival	O
,	O
both	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Meerkat	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
Houseparty	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meerkat	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Life	O
On	O
Air	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
headed	O
by	O
founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Ben	B-Application
Rubin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
The	O
app	O
was	O
withdrawn	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Play	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
and	O
all	O
services	O
have	O
stopped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Meerkat	B-Application
website	O
now	O
redirects	O
to	O
the	O
creator	O
's	O
new	O
app	O
,	O
Houseparty	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Meerkat	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
cut	O
off	O
Meerkat	B-Application
's	O
access	O
to	O
its	O
social	O
graph	O
,	O
then	O
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
competing	O
app	O
Periscope	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
publicly	O
launched	O
Periscope	B-Language
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
providing	O
the	O
similar	O
functionality	O
of	O
live-streaming	O
to	O
users	O
 '	O
Twitter	B-Application
followers	O
,	O
Periscope	B-Language
also	O
gives	O
users	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
let	O
anyone	O
play	O
the	O
stream	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
