Twitter Inc is considering creating additional mobile applications beyond its core messaging service and video app, Vine, as it vies with Facebook Inc and other social media for a large and growing smartphone audience.
Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo said at his company’s developer conference that Twitter also planned to add more functions to its private messaging service.
People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in Warsaw: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw, holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture.
Facebook in recent years has taken the approach of creating individual apps for news and messaging, among others.
