Report: Google and Twitter teaming up for their own 'Instant Articles'

Facebook isn't the only tech company that wants to deliver #content to its users instantly.

Google and Twitter are teaming up to create their own open-source version of Facebook's Instant Articles, according to a Friday report by Re/Code

Google and Twitter will be developing this project open-source with the hopes that other tech companies will adopt their platform. It is said to launch this fall with a small handful of publishing partners lined up.

The main differentiator between this project and Facebook's is that Google and Twitter wouldn't host content themselves; rather, clicking on a link would bring open up a cached "snapshot" of the webpageFor users, it should be functionally similar to Facebook Instant Articles, but publishers should be happy to host their own content. Read more...