it Was only a matter of time…
on Thursday, Twitter announced the closure of the application of Vine, their service to record, edit, and publish videos of up to 140 seconds.
the closure of The service is not immediate, says Twitter. The removal of the app Vine will happen in the next few months; in the meantime, the app, the webpage, and the vines not going anywhere. “You will be notified before we make any changes to the app or the Website”, said Twitter in the announcement.
CNET in Spanish contacted Twitter to request more information. We will update this article when I get a reply.
And now, what will happen with the Vines?
If you are afraid that your perfect and creative videos disappear from Vine, do not worry — for now.
Twitter says in the press release that will keep alive the Web site I Came, because “we believe that it is important that the incredible vines can continue watching.” The Web site allows you to search for videos in Vine based on categories such as entertainment, sports, music, video games, among others.
The social network says that notify you especially to the creators of the video –those users with a stream of followers– to give them more information. Also, when you approach the date of death of Vine, users will be notified directly in the app.
The agony this Twitter
The announcement of the end of Vine comes at a turbulent time for the social network to microblogging. In addition to not being able to find a buyer, Twitter announced this same Thursday the dismissal of nine percent of its workforce in the midst of financial results mixed-income, quarterly revenues were US$ 616 million.
“We have a clear plan, and we are making necessary changes to ensure the growth of Twitter to a long-term,” said Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s executive chairman, in a statement after the announcement of financial.
Twitter made a bet important in 2012 to the buy Vine for$ 30 million. The app did a boom in the industry for streaming videos as short and quick as six seconds. However, the arrival of major competitors such as Snapchat and Instagram –the latter driven by the portfolio without the fund-of-Facebook– that made the users to lose the focus on Vine.
The own Twitter left a little bit in oblivion I Came to make the jump from video of 140 seconds of Vine, live video broadcasts, with a Periscope — a battle that is now waging with Facebook Live.
according To App Annie, a company that analyzes the market of mobile apps, in January 2013, Vine became the app of social networks more download in the App Store in the united States. However, from there everything was downhill. Currently, the app no longer appears in the ranking of App Annie from apps most popular social.
This is a news story developing…
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