Twitter: closing of the Vine application and removal of 9% of company's global workforce

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Twitter announced the closure of Vine, an application for 6-second, looped videos, in "the coming months", on 27/10/2016. The social network acquired Vine in October 2012, and the app was launched on 24/01/2013.

Twitter will also remove 9% of its global workforce (approximately 350 job positions) as part of its restructuring in the areas of...


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