Twitter Might Release Dedicated Messaging App

<p>According to a report by <a title&equals;"Twitter" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;allthingsd&period;com&sol;20131017&sol;twitter-plans-to-revamp-its-private-messaging-product&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><em>AllThingsD<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; Twitter could end up being in direct competition with popular message client WhatsApp by releasing a standalone messaging app of its own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several sources close to Twitter revealed that it has been playing close attention to Snapchat for quite some time&comma; even going so far as to privately meet several employees from MessageMe&period; In order to assess Snapchat&&num;8217&semi;s impact&comma; Twitter ran an internal survey&comma; and at this point&comma; it could be a matter of when rather than if&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since this is only a rumor&comma; though&comma; take all of this with a grain of salt&period; Regardless&comma; we will keep you updated on if Twitter decides to make this move&period; Considering it will go public very soon on the New York Stock Exchange&comma; this would be a nice bowtie to the suit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <em><a title&equals;"AllThingsD" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;allthingsd&period;com&sol;20131017&sol;twitter-plans-to-revamp-its-private-messaging-product&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">AllThingsD<&sol;a><&sol;em>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;