bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

sponsorType

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Reuters

Facebook introduced video for its popular photo sharing application Instagram in an attempt to go to head-to-head with rival Twitter.
The world’s No. 1 social network said its more than 130 million Instagram users can now record and post 15 second videos on the platform.
The move takes aim at Twitter’s Vine video platform that allows users to record and share six-second videos.
“There’s definitely a one-upmanship going on,” said Brian Blau, research director, at Gartner.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom were on hand to unveil the offering at Facebook’s Menlo Park, California headquarters.
Among the features of Instagram video, which works with Apple’s iOS and Google Android operating system, are a video stabilisation technology and spate of custom design filters.
Facebook bought Instagram for US$1 billion in April last year as a way to keep its users hooked on new features weeks before the social media network became a publicly traded company.
Instagram is part of Facebook’s mobile strategy as it seeks to get more advertising revenue.
More than 60 million people in the United States regularly watched video on their phones last year, according to research firm eMarketer. Almost 75 million are expected to do so this year.


Antisocial media: Meta, Google liable in landmark case for mental health harm

Hong Kong car owner loses HK$500,000 in fuel membership card scam

Who is Xu Rui, the ex-ByteDance executive tapped by Meta to lead AI hardware?

Hong Kong woman loses HK$2.5 million in online collagen drinks scam

Facebook

Facebook rolls out video for Instagram

An Instagram iOS engineer poses after a media event at Facebook's headquarters to announce that it would add smartphone video-sharing to its Instagram photo-based social network. Photo: AFP

Instagram video a savvy move by Facebook

Instagram boss Kevin Systrom said the video feature was initially left out because the “speed, simplicity and beauty” the creators wanted in the app were possible with photos, but “really hard for video”. Photo: AFP

Facebook worth a 'like', says official

Sheryl Sandberg

Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for US$1b: report

Facebook shares probably too high: Barron's

Facebook trades for 75 times the social network’s estimate for this year’s earnings compared to a multiple of 20 times for Google. Photo: Reuters

SEC likes company updates on Facebook

US companies will be able to update their status on Facebook as long as investors have been told in advance where to look. Photo: Bloomberg

Business

Companies

Lifestyle

Tech

Facebook taking aim at Twitter’s Vine video platform that lets users record and share six-second videos


Facebook rolls out video for Instagram

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Facebook taking aim at Twitter’s Vine video platform that lets users record and share six-second videos

Facebook taking aim at Twitter’s Vine video platform that lets users record and share six-second videos