Lowdown: Vine
Nick HirstDare
Usually in this column we wait a while before emerging platforms or technologies are worth covering. Not so with Vine, which, though just a week old as I write, has kicked off a wave of experimentation and comment.
Vine is functionally simple. It's an app and a social network. The app allows users to shoot six seconds of video, either in one go or in short bursts which the app then knits together. Clips, or 'Vines', can be shared within Vine's own network and, of course, to Twitter and Facebook. If you want to get...