What's Up Facebook's Sleeve?

By Rick Munarriz – Jun 18, 2013 at 8:30PM

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Facebook's media event promises a big idea from a small team.

Facebook (META 1.54%) has a new toy to show off this week.

"A small team is working on a big idea," reads the social networking website operator's invitation for an unveiling on Thursday, and TechCrunch is hearing that it may be the addition of video to Instagram. It's a move that makes sense given the market positioning of Facebook foes Twitter and Google (GOOGL 0.35%) when it comes to video these days.

In this video, longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz explores why the push for Instagram video -- even with Facebook already offering clips on its namesake site -- is a smart move.

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