Right on the heels of Google+, another site supported by the search engine giant is up and running, although it’s also currently in invite-only mode.
Photovine is a new image sharing service created by Slide which, according to the site’s Privacy Notice, is part of Google Inc. The concept seems relatively simple – create an account, download the app (apparently for both iPhone and Android smartphones, if the image on the service’s initial web page is any indicator) and share with friends and family. As people connected with you upload their own photos, the images can be linked based on common user-created captions, until you’ve gone from a single picture “seedling” to a full-grown photo “vine” that’s growth is virtually limitless.
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If you’re wondering whether Google plans to connect this new service to Google+, it’s unclear so far. With the obvious and enthusiastic interest in garnering a Google+ invite from the general public though, it’ll be interesting to see how the two new web apps might end up being connected. For the time being, Photovine is taking requests from interested web users on its main page and promising to roll out invites later this month on a first-come first-served basis.
