Amazon’s new sort-of Twitter clone is called Pulse, part of the Twitch videogame-streaming platform that Amazon bought in 2014. “It’s way too early to guess where Pulse is going, and I suspect even Twitch may not know,” The Verge’s Casey Newton writes. “But if there’s a more interesting new social network in the world, it’s news to me.” — [Casey Newton / The Verge]
Recode Daily: A peek at Amazon’s new Twitter clone
It’s called Pulse and it’s for gamers — for now.
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