Microsoft is trying to persuade HTC to make new smartphones that run both Android and Windows Phone, and it’s willing to cut or eliminate its own license fee to make it happen. The software giant is hoping the move will encourage consumers to try out the Windows Phone platform and eventually make the switch to it — but could the scheme backfire?
Vine for Android has been updated to add support for mentions and hashtag auto-complete — features that were introduced to the iOS app back in April. The update is available to download now from Google Play for devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above.
YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have today unveiled MixBit, the new video sharing service that they’ve been teasing us with for several months. It hopes to rival Instagram and Vine with a focus on mixing and editing video. Users can record 16-second clips at a time, and then stitch up to 256 of them together to create an hourlong video.
Over the past week, several rumors of HTC’s much-anticipated One Max have emerged and the company has responded by posting a video on YouTube, Instagram and Vine teasing an upcoming ‘thing.’
Vine for Android received a pretty interesting update on Google Play yesterday, bringing push notifications, new sharing options, and a few minor bug fixes.
