Instagram update brings along Vine-like endlessly looping videos

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Instagram update brings along Vine-like endlessly looping videos

Instagram has updated its video feature, ensuring that video clips shared to the service now loop continuously, meaning they’ll start automatically and repeat continuously until you scroll past them.

Apparently, the feature is designed to please advertisers, who are always keen to get as many views for their ads as possible. As for the users, they probably won’t be happy given that the feature cannot be disabled altogether. For those who are fearing high data bills, the company has explicitly said that the feature won’t affect how much data the app uses.

The update, which comes just a few months after the Facebook-owned service started rolling out video ads, is currently rolling out to iOS and Web users, with Android expected to follow later.

Vine Kids for iOS launches and it is exactly what it seems

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Vine Kids for iOS launches and it is exactly what it seems

Today the folks behind Vine, the app that lets you create six second looping videos, have announced a new venture. It’s called Vine Kids, and, like its name implies, it’s basically a special version of Vine, created just for kids.

Apparently a lot of kids were already into using the ‘normal’ Vine app, so the company thought a specialized offering for them would be an instant hit.

Vine Kids features “adorable animated characters”, through which kids can watch preselected videos that are appropriate for a young audience. And therein probably lies the most important reason why Vine decided to create an app for children – to shield them from the ‘unappropriate’ parts of the other Vine app.

In Vine Kids, swiping left or right shows a new video, while tapping the screen lets you hear “quirky sounds”, whatever that may mean. If you’re interested, the app is already available for iOS in the iTunes App Store. There’s no word yet on whether it will ever make it to other platforms.