But Twitter is testing a home field advantage for Vine, so when you expand a tweet with a Vine video embedded, the media does auto-play, but with the sound defaulted to mute.

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Oh, and the app is built to auto-scale the interface to play nice with hi-res Retina displays, too.

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Gerstein is still holding on to his SIRI (the stock and the service) because he finds it a great play on a recovering auto market and he likes the programming.

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Other titles, like "Resident Evil Revelations, " "Max Payne 3, " "Borderlands 2" and "Grand Theft Auto V" will also be must-play games in the upcoming year.

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"There has to be more to it than a purely passive play, " says Kevin Tynan, an auto analyst at Argus Research.

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He was visiting an advanced battery manufacturing plant in Holland, MI to highlight the key role that innovative technologies will play in the future of the U.S. auto industry.

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It is even conceivable that some Big Auto company might step up to an initiative like Google Fiber Redux or the Big Venture Play.

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"Ford should play first in line when looking for a recovery in the U.S. auto sector, " the analyst said.

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Most auto companies have placed big bets on one or two alternative propulsion technologies while they dabble or play catch-up in others.

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