February 6th, 2013

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

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Vine, 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. → Read More

January 17th, 2013

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

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Keek, 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… → Read More

October 24th, 2011

Video-Sharing Startup Shelby.tv Launches Into Public Beta With New iOS App

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Shelby.tv, the video-sharing startup (and stars of Bloomberg’s TechStars reality show), is today exiting out of its private alpha phase and launching into a public beta. The service, founded by Reece Pacheco, Dan Spinosa, Henry Sztul and Joe Yevoli, aggregates the video links your friends are sharing across social networks in order to offer you personalized video recommendations.

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October 30th, 2007

Best Buy grabs minority stake in 'Mydeo' video service

Best Buy is now in the video hosting game, thanks to UK-based Mydeo. Mydeo is basically a service that allows you to upload your videos to it and then share them with friends, loved-ones, and hangers-on. → Read More

July 23rd, 2007

AT&T Video Share Service Now Live

You’ll be able to stream bitchin’ videos like this while on the phone with your buddies If you’re an AT&T user and are lucky enough to live in one of the 160 selected markets chosen as a test ground, you’ll find you can now use AT&T’s new video share service. The service allows you to stream video from one phone to another during a phone call, meaning you can… → Read More