The company that "changed everything" for Twitter is shutting down ... because of Twitter.
Photo-sharing service Twitpic will be no more as of later this month. The application, which launched in 2008, allows users to upload pictures, videos and GIFs to share across the social web.
In a blog post, Twitpic founder Noah Everett says the "unexpected and hard announcement" is a result of Twitter's request that Twitpic abandon its trademark application. Since Twitpic does not have "the resources to fend off a large company like Twitter," Everett writes, it has decided to shut down.
Long before Twitter gave users the ability to upload media to its micro-blogging site, Twitpic was the preferred application by users to share their pictures. In fact, Twitter's turning point came about as a result of a photo shared via Twitpic.
When U.S. Airways Flight 1549 touched down on the frigid waters in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009, Twitter, for many, was just a funny word in the dictionary.
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