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Twitter no longer shows embedded tweets on its web service

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 5:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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There’s bad news for Twitter users who appreciated Twitter.com showing embedded tweets, as the feature now appears to have been removed. Back in July, we spotted that embeds were appearing on the desktop version of Twitter — having first been introduced via Twitter’s mobile apps. But now the neat summary box has disappeared, though it remains visible in the official Twitter apps for Android and iOS. Here’s how it was before on Twitter.com: But now this is all you get: So while you can still tweet links to tweets, they won’t be previewed on Twitter.com — which means they are…

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Line spins its Vine-like SnapMovie feature out into a standalone 30-second video app

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 3:58 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Japanese messaging company Line is continuing to focus on multimedia apps after it made SnapMovie, a Vine-like feature that is part of its chat app, into a standalone download. The app is initially available for Android devices only. The SnapMovie feature was added to Line’s messaging app — which has nearly 500 million registered users worldwide — last year, and its standalone release comes just a month after Line launched an iOS app for selfies. Originally SnapMovie recorded videos of up to 10 seconds, but Line has now extended that to 30 seconds. That aside, the features are essentially the same: you tap the screen to…

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Line spins its Vine-like SnapMovie feature out into a standalone 30-second video app

Sep18
by on September 18, 2014 at 3:58 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

video

Japanese messaging company Line is continuing to focus on multimedia apps after it made SnapMovie, a Vine-like feature that is part of its chat app, into a standalone download. The app is initially available for Android devices only. The SnapMovie feature was added to Line’s messaging app — which has nearly 500 million registered users worldwide — last year, and its standalone release comes just a month after Line launched an iOS app for selfies. Originally SnapMovie recorded videos of up to 10 seconds, but Line has now extended that to 30 seconds. That aside, the features are essentially the same: you tap the screen to…

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