Meerkat says Twitter block is just a 'speed bump'

Live streaming apps' founder, Ben Rubin, says he has no hard feelings towards the social network despite it blocking access to its social graph

Despite being blocked by Twitter from accessing its social graph, the founder of live-streaming service Meerkat, Ben Rubin, says he has no hard feelings towards the social network, and plans to forge ahead with or without them, calling the lockdown "just a speed bump".

Meerkat integrates closely with Twitter, automatically announcing that a users' stream is beginning by sending a tweet. It also streamlines account creation by letting new users sign in with the social network. But on Friday, the network blocked Meerkat's access to its social graph, the data which shows who follows who on Twitter.