Seeing growth potential is private messaging, Twitter reportedly plans to develop its direct-messaging product. “It has kicked around the idea of launching a standalone direct-messaging
application separate from the Twitter app,” AllThingsD reports, citing sources. “Twitter’s move comes as a defensive riposte to personal-messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, Line and
KakaoTalk, all of which have drastically increased in popularity over the past two years.”
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