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Vine Jumps on the Messaging Bandwagon

Vine, the six-second video sharing app, launched a new feature on Thursday that allows users to send private video and text messages to one another. The feature comes months after competitor Instagram also launched a private messaging feature for users. Vine’s difference, however, is that it can send one-way messages to users via SMS.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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