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Daily Update for April 30, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 30th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Vine 1.1 update enables the front-facing camera and user mentions

by John-Michael Bond (Apr 30th, 2013)

Vine, the micro-filmmaking cousin of Twitter, has just been updated to version 1.1 with a few important new features. The biggest addition is the ability to use the front-facing camera on your iPhone, making it easier than ever to switch angles on the fly. No longer will you have to restart ...

Vine tops the free app list in the US App Store

by Steven Sande (Apr 9th, 2013)

Twitter's Vine app has only been available since late January of 2013, but it's already become a favorite app for folks who love shooting, editing and sharing six-second videos of just about everything. Yesterday, Vine reached the number one spot of the US App Store for free apps, causing Vine ...

Daily Update for April 8, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 8th, 2013)

Vine Flip takes your Vine videos analog

by Steven Sande (Apr 8th, 2013)

Twitter's free Vine app has been around for about two months, capturing six-second videos for sharing with the rest of the world. Now there's Vine Flip, a service that wants you to get offline and go analog with your brief masterpieces. Vine Flip does this by converting your videos into paper ...

Tweetbot for Mac updated, adds user-specific notifications, Vine and Flickr previews and more

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 20th, 2013)

Following on the heels of the recent update for the iOS version, Tweetbot -- the Twitter client for iOS and Mac -- has today updated its Mac app to version 1.2, bringing a host of welcome new features. Most notably, the new version of Tweetbot for Mac brings user-specific notification (disable ...

Vine app gets 17+ age rating

by Dave Caolo (Feb 6th, 2013)

A recent update to the Twitter-owned Vine app for iPhone bears at 17+ age rating. The update, version 1.5, doesn't mention the change in its release notes, but users downloading the app will see a pop-up message noting that Vine may contain age-restricted material. This is no doubt a response to ...

Daily Update for January 29, 2013

by Steven Sande (Jan 29th, 2013)

Apple yanks Vine from Featured Apps section after porn debacle

by Mike Wehner (Jan 29th, 2013)

If you were to ask me for a few tips on starting a new video-centric social app, I would probably be able to offer you very little advice. That said, one thing I can guarantee I wouldn't recommend is to push grotesque porn to every users' feed just as they're having their morning coffee. That's ...

Twitter introduces Vine app for sharing video

by Steven Sande (Jan 24th, 2013)

Haven't been able to post enough videos of your adorable cat, baby or girlfriend on Twitter? Fear no more, Twitter has introduced Vine, a free video-sharing iPhone app that takes short snippets up to 10 seconds in length and blasts them to Twitter, Facebook and/or the Vine.co website. Those ...

Google's Photovine goes live with its photo sharing app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 18th, 2011)

Photovine is Google's latest iOS app and it's best described as a photo-sharing app with a public twist. Unlike Instagram which lets you share your stylized mobile photos with your friends and followers, Photovine ditches the filters and has a much more public slant. You publish your photo ...