Twitter brings Vine video app to Android with feature iOS app doesn’t have: zoom
In announcing its video app’s jump from iOS to Android, Twitter reveals the app has tallied 13 million users since its January introduction. Read more »
Vine, hip-hop and the future of video sharing: old rap songs and new copyright rules
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Is there a reason Vine videos are exactly six seconds long? Yes, and it has a lot to do with high profile court cases that almost destroyed hip hop music. Read more »
ESPN and Twitter plan to announce partnership for tweeting sports video clips
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If you’re looking for the latest video clips from your favorite sports, you might soon find them on Twitter. The social media company has solidified a deal with ESPN that will let users check out the action via Twitter video clips. Read more »
Five things you can actually learn from #followateen
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The battle of adults versus teens has taken on a new format in #followateen versus #followanadult. Read more »
Two deals that make it obvious where Twitter’s heart lies: inside your television
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Twitter’s love affair with television seems to know no bounds — two recent deals with BBC America and Comedy Central will bring video clips inside users’ streams, and more such deals appear to be in the works. Read more at paidContent »
We Are Hunted confirms Twitter acquisition, but won’t spill the beans on any Twitter music plans
Earlier reports that Twitter had acquired a music startup and is launching a stand-alone app are now confirmed — sort of. We Are Hunted wrote Thursday that they’ve joined the Twitter flock, but provided no details on a Twitter app. Read more »
Looking to find new apps? Twitter adds third-party app discovery and deep links
Looking for more information on other apps for your phone, or looking for more visual content in your Twitter feed? Twitter’s new updates to how third-party developers can create tweets has you potentially covered on both fronts. Read more »
Prince would Sue U 4 using Vine
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Have you checked out Vine recently? Legendary pop artist Prince has, with his record label filing a copyright notice with Twitter regarding videos on Vine. It seems like the general public might be giving Vine a serious look. Read more »
Dalton Caldwell on our software choices: You are what you eat
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Dalton Caldwell’s SXSW panel title ended in a question mark, and he said that question mark was there for a reason: “Is there an Alternative to Ad-Supported Social Networking?” Caldwell is working with App.net to find out. Read more »
Can you see me now? Video messaging and the future of communication
The web is getting more visual and our communication options now span video, voice and the written word. Technology and the web are breaking down the barriers of distance. Can bandwidth and devices keep up? Read more »
Twitter’s Vine app now has a 17+ age rating, user reporting tool
After pornography was found on Vine, Twitter has quietly updated the app with an age-rating warning and a user/content reporting tool. Read more »
Don’t like television? Then you’re not going to like the future of Twitter very much
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Twitter is said to be looking at acquiring Bluefin Labs, which would fit the trajectory that the real-time information network has been on for some time. But is cozying up to traditional TV the only future for Twitter? Read more »
Does Vine get a free pass from Apple due to Twitter partnership?
Apple already has a problem consistently enforcing App Store rules across an ecosystem of 800,000 apps. But it seems even more complicated when partners are involved. Read more »
Live by the platform, die by the platform: Facebook grabs more control of its data
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It’s always a risk building on top of another technology platform, although building on Facebook’s API has obvious benefits when you’re starting out. But if you pick that route? Be sure to note how quickly the company is changing. Read more »
Facebook clarifies platform policy: If you aren’t directing value back, no access for you
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Facebook clarified its policy toward third-party apps using its platform on Friday, noting that apps using Facebook’s social graph and login need to either make it easy for users to post their activity on those apps back to Facebook, or not compete directly with Facebook. Read more »
Want to use Facebook’s social graph to find friends on Twitter’s Vine? Good luck
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Users of Twitter’s video-sharing app Vine will already find the deteriorating relationship between Twitter a Facebook a hindrance as they go to start using the product and have difficulty finding Facebook friends on the app through Vine. Read more »
Simplicity be damned: Is Twitter losing its way by trying to be all things to all people?
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Twitter has been expanding the idea of what a tweet consists of for some time now, and has just added the ability to include short video clips. But is the service at risk of losing the simplicity that once made it unique? Read more »
Twitter debuts new video-sharing app Vine
Twitter debuted Vine on Thursday, a new video-sharing app that lets users share short, six-second clips of video in the iOS app. Read more »
