Google's working on some sort of photo-related service called Photovine, but there aren't very many details available about the project at this point. There is a placeholder website, a mocked-up app screenshot, and a vague description though.
Mashable reports that the Photovine website recently popped up to tease us with an image of an iPhone app and a little explanation of what's coming:
What is Photovine?
Photovine is a community that's about creating fun and unique collections of photos that we call Vines.
How does Photovine work?
In Photovine, vines connect you with people through the ideas and themes expressed in your photos.
A vine is like a constantly growing family of photos connected through a common caption created by you, your friends, and people all over the world.
Some examples of vines could be: "What Weekends Are Made Of", "Secret Stuffed Animal", "Party People", or, "Love of My Life".
As people add photos to vines, they tell their own stories about the moments, images, and ideas that define our lives in a way that's social, creative, and fun.
Start a vine by taking a photo and creating a new caption, or add to an existing vine. Other people will see your vine and join in by adding their own photo, showing their own take on the caption.
Based on what the service's sparse "Support" page tells us, Photovine users will "follow" each other just as they might on other social-media services. But there is also a warning that points out that unlike some other places, "the Photovine community is uber public. Anyone can see your photos, even if they're not following you. Being able to find like-minded strangers and make new friends is part of what makes Photovine so fun and unique."
So basically there'll soon be yet another way to share silly — and occasionally inappropriate — images with the Internet. While we're rather curious about further details regarding Photovine, the general concept is almost all we need to hear to turn on our heels and return to Instagram, Color, and other existing photo-sharing services.
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