By: iPadfanzz staff on January 26, 2013
Twitter has announced the launch of a standalone video-sharing app for iPhone called Vine, which let mobile users capture and share clips up to six seconds in length, which play on a loop within tweets.
"Posts on Vine are little windows into the people, settings, ideas and objects that make up your life. They're quirky, and we think that's part of what makes them so special," wrote Dom Hofmann, co-founder and general manager of Vine, in a blog post.
Vine, which is available for the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch, is a free download on the App Store. Twitter noted that it's working on making Vine available on other platforms. Vine users don't need to have a Twitter account.
Analysts believe that the growing mobile video usage will give the Twitter the much needed push for the continued growth.
However, Twitter’s video launch will give tough competition to companies like Tout.com and Viddy, which both offer apps for taking short videos and posting them on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Analysts also believe the company to launch more such services in the coming period, including improvement in existing services like Vine.
The service is also being referred to by many as Twitter’s “Instagram for video.” The vuideo the users want to share are shot within the Vine app, and they can choose to have sound on of off.
A company spokesperson said the team tested videos of various lengths, ranging from 4 seconds to 10 seconds, while they were building Vine. In doing they found that 6 seconds length was idea from both the consumption and production side.
It is well known that Twitter has long history of determining specific, short length of content. The 140character limit of a tweet was based on limitations of text messages, but soon after its launch, the company added a whole host of services, including videos, photos, and article summaries.
Twitter has announced the launch of a standalone video-sharing app for iPhone called Vine, which let mobile users capture and share clips up to six seconds in length, which play on a loop within tweets.
"Posts on Vine are little windows into the people, settings, ideas and objects that make up your life. They're quirky, and we think that's part of what makes them so special," wrote Dom Hofmann, co-founder and general manager of Vine, in a blog post.
Vine, which is available for the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch, is a free download on the App Store. Twitter noted that it's working on making Vine available on other platforms. Vine users don't need to have a Twitter account.
Analysts believe that the growing mobile video usage will give the Twitter the much needed push for the continued growth.
However, Twitter’s video launch will give tough competition to companies like Tout.com and Viddy, which both offer apps for taking short videos and posting them on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Analysts also believe the company to launch more such services in the coming period, including improvement in existing services like Vine.
The service is also being referred to by many as Twitter’s “Instagram for video.” The vuideo the users want to share are shot within the Vine app, and they can choose to have sound on of off.
A company spokesperson said the team tested videos of various lengths, ranging from 4 seconds to 10 seconds, while they were building Vine. In doing they found that 6 seconds length was idea from both the consumption and production side.
It is well known that Twitter has long history of determining specific, short length of content. The 140character limit of a tweet was based on limitations of text messages, but soon after its launch, the company added a whole host of services, including videos, photos, and article summaries.
