What is Meerkat and why is Twitter trying to kill it in the womb?

If you’ve been even remotely keeping up with the tech world this week then you’ve probably heard about the new Meerkat app. Even so, you may not really have a good idea of what it is so allow me to explain. First of all, there’s a good chance that the app is already dead thanks to Twitter. The app allows users to start a video stream that automatically sends out a tweet with a link to the stream. Thanks in large part to SXSW, the app managed to become the 59th most popular social networking app in the App Store by Saturday.