Instagram goes to the video - France Info

The video requires strength on social networks. Facebook unveiled yesterday a video version of the popular Instagram application.

Instagram video

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as 130 million users worldwide you like Instagram, the application that allows you to quickly send by mobile phone photos with artistic effects, then you’ll love the new version of Instagram for sending Now mini-videos

Facebook – Instagram owner since it was bought last year for a billion dollars -. unveiled Thursday evening in California this new application

direct competitor Vine

Instagram video is competing directly launched some time ago by Twitter, biggest competitor Facebook Vine application. However, some differences: while videos Vine voluntarily limited to six seconds, Instagram allows up to 15 seconds, which changes everything according to its founder. There is also what makes the specificity Instagram namely artistic filters that give unusual aspects to images. However, unlike Vine, the Intagram videos will not be visible directly in Twitter since it will click on a link. Instagram, meanwhile, is increasingly integrated with Facebook.

Dores and already available on iPhone and Android, the new version of Instagram looks even more fun, totally futile and therefore perfectly essential for hyper-connected, probably short a promising future.

war between Facebook ads and Twitter

With this application, Facebook hopes to boost interest in its platform. The Silicon Valley giant begins to show a slight decline in public, especially by younger people. It must continue to innovate to maintain its leadership.

his Twitter side is not far behind. He even grilled politeness Facebook unveiling 24 hours earlier some improvements on Vine. For example: no display in frames from the videos now appear in full screen on smartphones and tablets, users can create multiple videos together and make mini-montages

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short, the war of social networks now goes through the video. Nothing in the United States, more than 60 million people watched at least one video on their mobile last year.