<p>Officially, Twitter doesn't do video, relying instead on third-party services. That may soon change, according to Mike Isaac of AllThingsD, who reports that Twitter has just bought Vine, a tiny video-sharing startup.</p><p>Today, if you want to tweet a video to your followers, you can post it on YouTube, Vimeo, Twitvid, or similar sites. Those videos will play on Twitter's website without requiring an extra click.</p><p>So it's not clear what Twitter will gain from taking on the cost and complexity of running its own video-hosting, except for a greater level of control.</p><p>Twitter has made several moves to take back control of features it previously let third-party developers run for it. One notable example: photo hosting. Twitter used to rely on companies like Twitpic and Yfrog to host users' pictures, tweeting links to their sites, but it now runs its own photo-hosting service through a partnership with Photobucket.</p><p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Twitter-May-Soon-Offer-Video-3933737.php">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20121009/twitter-mulls-an-in-house-video-hosting-service/?refcat=news">Twitter Mulls an In-House Video-Hosting Service</a> (All Things Digital)</p><p><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/twitter-video-hosting-service/">Next on the Twitter kill list may be video hosting services</a> (Digital Trends)</p><p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/twitter-wants-to-host-your-videos-report-2012-10">Twitter Wants to Host Your Videos [REPORT]</a> (WebProNews)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dlZanHDWbOHg_6MxhgCDdB2y3nfmM&ned=us">25 additional articles.</a></p>