What is Twitter ?
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. The service is free over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices.
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Twitter Search - to search anything on twitter . Have a go !
Who Invented Twitter ?
Jack Dorsey is an American software architect and businessperson best known as the creator of Twitter BusinessWeek called him one of technology's "best and brightest . MIT's Technology Review named him to the TR35, an outstanding innovator under the age of 35.
In Oakland in 2000, Dorsey started his company to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the Web.His other projects and ideas at this time included networks of medical devices and a "frictionless service market".In July 2000, building on dispatching and inspired in part by LiveJournal and possibly by AOL Instant Messenger, he had the idea for the realtime status communication.
When he first saw implementations of instant messaging, Dorsey had wondered if the software's user status output could be shared among friends easily. He approached Odeo, who at the time happened to be interested in text messaging. Dorsey and Biz Stone decided that SMS text suited the status message idea, and built a prototype of Twitter in about two weeks.The idea attracted many users at Odeo and investment from Evan Williams who had left Google after selling them Pyra Labs and Blogger.
Dorsey, Stone and Williams co-founded Obvious which then spun off Twitter, Inc. As chief executive officer, Dorsey saw the startup through two rounds of funding by the venture capitalists who back the company.In October 2008 Williams took over the role of CEO, and Dorsey became chairman of the board.
So in Short :
Twitter is a Miniature Blog
Twitter is Social Messaging
Twitter is News Reporting
Twitter is Social Media Marketing
So we reached the conclusion : yes - What is Twitter? It is many different things to many different people. It can be used by a family to keep in touch, or a company to coordinate business, or the media to keep people informed or a writer to build up a fan base.
Im including the Twitter Story in an image . Courtesy :Infoshot
Hope , that will do :) . Start tweeting :)
Complete Idea of this post originated when i saw the Infoshot Image tweeted by Ralu ! Special Thanks to him !
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