After Its Porn Problem, Twitter-Owned Vine Adds 17+ Age Rating To Video Sharing App

Vine age updateVine, the Twitter-owned video sharing iOS app which lets users knit together snippets of video to create six second loops, has had its user age rating increased to 17+. The increase was bundled in a v1.0.5 app update which requires users to confirm they are “at least 17 years old” before the download begins, and warns of “frequent/intense sexual content or nudity”, among other warnings.

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Keek Raises $18M, Adds 6M Users In 30 Days And Looks To Expand Mobile Video Sharing Further Internationally

keek-screenKeek, the Toronto-based social video sharing startup that emphasizes communication over entertainment through bite-sized 36-second smartphone movie clips, today announced an $18 million funding round, led by AGF Investments, Pinetree Capital and Plazacorp Ventures, along with Cranson Capital. The new money comes after Keek added $7 million in new funding just a few short months ago in October, and is designed to help the network keep pace with that it describes as explosive growth.

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Four Brands Taking the Plunge Into Video Sharing

The complexity of social media continues to be somewhat of a thorn in the sides of a number of brands. In a blink of an eye, back when Twitter was gaining more and more traction and Facebook had already asserted itself as a social-media juggernaut, Instagram exploded in popularity and relevance — as did Pinterest, […]

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