Twitter
is a website dedicated to sending short bursts of information. Founded in 2006
by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams and Biz Stone,
the company has grown to $140 million. It’s famous line: "What are you doing in
140 characters" is a mainstay for years.
You only get 140 characters. How do you get your point across in that amount? Well, sometimes, you have to make some sacrifices. Great becomes Gr8. Punctuation sometimes is taken out. message names and hashtags are implemented. Proper grammer is – well, not proper twitter. This weeks Bitstrips takes us to Twitter U, where you […]
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Bloomberg reports on gathering clouds in Twitter Land. Aggressive attempts by companies to use Twitter to market themselves are turning Twitterers off and fostering the growth of third-parties to help Twitterers control who can follow them. Read the full story here. The story goes on to describe some of the actions Twitter is taking to […]
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The Guardian considers reports that Google is negotiating to buy Twitter. Read the full story here. An excerpt: I freely confess that, as regards Twitter, I just don’t get. But I still think Usenet is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Update: Kara Swisher at Boomtown reports that Google and Twitter were, indeed, talking, but […]
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