Remember when Google acquired Slide long ago in 2010? A year after coasting smoothly down the chute into Mountain View , the social gaming company has finally begun to make a dash, launching Prizes (beta) last week, and now teasing Photovine, a social networking app that allows you to hook up with people through photo-driven themes. You must take part in a vine about your crazy weekend on the lake, join other users in a thread of kitten shots, or share unboxing pics of a brand new gadget while comparing regional discrepancies with users from all over. For now, Photovine is little greater than an amateurish three-page website with a short lived FAQ and a somewhat-hidden connection with Slide and Google, however the service’s objective looks on-point, and it has potential to draw a various group of users. We glance forward to watching the vine bud and grow after its yet-to-be-announced public launch, but head over to the source link for a more detailed look meanwhile.
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