In late January of this year, Twitter released Vine, a social video-sharing service that it acquired in late 2012. Initially launched on iOS, Vine has similar characteristics to Twitter as videos are intentionally short (users are only allowed six seconds) and to the point. Earlier this month, an Android version of Vine was released and it was reported that the service had amassed over 13 million users on iOS alone.
- Blog: Vine: Spammers Find a New Home on twitter’s Video-Sharing Service