First Twitpic was shutting down. Then it wasn’t. And now it is again.
After getting people’s hopes up that the photo repository might stick around a bit longer, Twitpic announced that it will indeed shut down on October 25.
See also: Twitpic, Already Sidelined By Twitter, Shuts Down After Trademark Spat
Former users can export their pictures and data through their account settings before the October 25 deadline, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
We worked through a handful of potential acquirers and exhausted all potential options. We were almost certain we had found a new home for Twitpic (hence our previous tweet), but agreeable terms could not be met.
Twitpic mosaic by evan courtney
