Twitpic closes doors on October 25th

Photo service Twitpic is still closing its doors, the company has announced. Earlier, Twitpic announced that it would not close its doors, because the company would be acquired. However, the takeover has been rejected.

Originally, Twitpic would close its doors on September 25 after a conflict with Twitter about the brand name, but later the photo service announced that it would continue to exist. The company would have found a takeover partner.

However, that takeover has been rejected, Twitpic now announces. “We were pretty sure we had found an acquisition partner, but we couldn’t agree on terms,” ​​Twitpic said. That is why the photo service will still close its doors, this time on October 25. Users can backup their photos from the settings page.

Twitpic made the decision to close its doors when Twitter demanded that the photo service withdraw its trademark application for the “Twitpic” name. If Twitpic did not withdraw its trademark application, the company would lose access to the API, Twitter threatened, according to founder Noah Everett. The company then decided to throw in the towel.

Twitpic, along with services like Mobypicture and Yfrog, has long been widely used by twitterers to share photos and videos. However, three years ago, Twitter introduced its own photo service, which is automatically used in the Twitter mobile apps and on the Twitter site. The popularity of the photo sites quickly declined.