Is Now the Time for Vine (Byte)?

February 04, 2020 by Taylor Wiegert in Byte, TikTok, Vine

Vine is back, and this time it’s called Byte. Vine cofounder Dom Hofmann released Byte, and in the first week it had 1.3 million downloads, 70% of which are from the United States.

Byte follows the footsteps of its Vine predecessor in allowing users to create quick six-second mobile videos. Now, Byte has some issues to overcome, such as spammy comments, but with plans to do a revenue share with content creators, Byte is positioning itself to be a viable competitor to TikTok when it comes to short-form mobile entertainment.

Vine was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down in 2016. The question is will Byte follow a similar fate or is now the right time for Vine?

There are a few reasons to think yes.

This Week in Social (Week of September 16)

September 22, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Google Acquires Bump, Tumblr Sells Firehose Access to DataSift, YouTube to Allow Short-Term Downloads on Mobile Apps and Pinterest Launches Promoted Pins.

The week’s news quick hits: Rdio Launching Free Music Service, Twitter Offers More Filtering Options for Verified Accounts, Facebook Updates App for iOS 7, Tumblr Adds Push Notifications to Android App, Feedly Opens Up API to Developers and Klout Launches Cinch.