Twitter Launches Vine Video Service

Vine is being billed by some as the Instagram of video

Twitter unveiled a new mobile video service called Vine on Thursday.

Vine.coThe service, which allows users to capture and share short looping videos, has been billed as the Instagram of moving pictures. Currently, it is only available on the iPhone and iPod Touch, though the company says its working to add other platforms.

In keeping with Twitter's love of brevity, videos must be six seconds or less.

"They're little windows into the people, settings, ideas and objects that make up your life," Dom Hofmann, the co-founder of Vine, wrote in a blog post. "They're quirky, and we think that's part of what makes them so special."

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