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Twitter’s Vine gets adult rating

Twitter’s Vine gets adult rating

6 February 2013 Last updated at 09:05 ET Apple’s App Store now warns under-17s not to download Vine Vine – Twitter’s new video clip sharing app – has had its age rating increased to 17+ on Apple’s store, the highest option. The software had previously been rated suitable for 12-year-olds. It follows complaints that some … Continued

How Vine Is Beating Cinemagram

How Vine Is Beating Cinemagram

What’s This? Chris Taylor2013-01-30 19:57:40 UTC GIF creation app Cinemagram has seen a significant uptick in interest — but is losing the battle of the buzz to its upstart rival, Twitter‘s six-second video app Vine. That’s according to London-based startup PeerIndex, a Klout-like service that assigns social media scores to companies and individuals. A day … Continued

What Makes Vine So Hot?

What Makes Vine So Hot?

What’s This? Chris Taylor2013-01-29 23:51:35 UTC It’s the kind of moment that comes rarely, but tech journalists live for it: a service is launched with little fanfare and receives a sudden, energetic burst of genuine buzz. Developers start remixing it in all kinds of fascinating ways. It’s supremely easy to use, and mobile, so we … Continued

Facebook Explains Why Vine Can’t Access Your Friends

Facebook Explains Why Vine Can’t Access Your Friends

What’s This? Christina Warren2013-01-25 21:58:01 UTC Facebook has clarified its platform policies in response to the news that it has shut off friend-finding access to Twitter’s new video sharing app, Vine. Within hours of Vine’s launch, the ability for users to find Facebook friends also using Vine disappeared. The move was not unlike a decision … Continued

Twitter Introduces Vine for Creating GIF-Like Looping Videos

Twitter Introduces Vine for Creating GIF-Like Looping Videos

What’s This? Samantha Murphy2013-01-24 11:30:19 -0500 Twitter announced on Thursday a new mobile service called Vine, which allows users to create and share looping videos. “Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (6 seconds or less) inspires creativity,” the company said in an official blog post. “Now that you can easily capture motion and … Continued