Facebook launches Instagram video
A Facebook employee demonstrates the new Instagram video option Credit: A Facebook employee demonstrates the new Instagram video option. (Getty Images)
The Facebook vs. Twitter war intensified Thursday, as Facebook announced that users of its Instagram app can now record and share 15-second videos, a direct response to Twitter’s Vine app that lets users share six-second videos.
Instagram, which has more than 130 million users, was bought by Facebook last year for $1 billion – which some speculate was a move to keep it out of Twitter’s hands – and yesterday’s announcement only stoked competition, experts said.
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