Is Twitter Getting Into The Video Hosting Game?

Posting videos to Twitter using third party sites like TwitVid, yFrog and Vodpod may soon become a thing of the past. Twitter is rumored to be considering building their own video-hosting technology to let users upload and host videos directly on the microblogging site.

Posting videos to Twitter using third party sites like TwitVid, yFrog and Vodpod may soon become a thing of the past.  Twitter is rumored to be considering building their own video-hosting technology to let users upload and host videos directly on the microblogging site.

Mike Isaac of AllThingsD reports, “Twitter is considering building its own video-hosting technology, according to sources.”  This move follows Twitter’s recent decision to remove support for third-party image hosts, moving image hosting in-house in the most recent updates to their app.

Isaac explains that, “While these video services take some of the heavy lifting off Twitter, they also create difficulties. 

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