Image: Mashable composite. Elizabeth Pierson/Mashable. By Rex Santus2014-10-01 22:12:14 UTC After repeatedly angering third-party apps by cutting off access to its API, Twitter will launch a new app development platform called Fabric to bury the hatchet with scorned developers, according to a report. The Information reports that Twitter wants to embed itself into more mobile apps and collect more data from mobile users. If Fabric officially launches, Twitter hopes it will open the doors to do that. Once upon a time, Twitter encouraged third-party developers to use its feed. A shift occurred in 2011, and Twitter began to limit outside applications access. Twitpic, for one, recently blamed its impending shutdown on Twitter, though the picture-sharing service didn t end up closing shop, thanks to an acquisition. Courting these kinds of developers could help Twitter catch up to Google and Facebook, mobile advertising s heavyweights, the report said. Fabric could also lure more people into
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:21:29 +0000
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