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Twitter
Image:Twitter.png
URLTwitter.com
Commercial?Yes
Type of siteMicro-blogging
RegistrationRequired
Available language(s)English, Japanese
OwnerTwitter, Inc. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it Micro-blogging is a form of Blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them either to be viewed by anyone or by a In the Philosophy of language, a natural language (or ordinary language) is a Language that is spoken or written in phonemic-alphabetic or phonemically-related English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities
Created byObvious[1]
LaunchedJuly 13, 2006

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter web site, via the Twitter web site, short message service (SMS), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Micro-blogging is a form of Blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them either to be viewed by anyone or by a Short Message Service ( SMS) is a Communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices. Facebook is a social networking Website launched on February 4 2004

Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to those in his or her circle of friends (delivery to everyone is the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email or through an application. Short Message Service ( SMS) is a Communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices. RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as Blog entries news headlines audio and video – in a standardized For SMS, four gateway numbers are currently available: short codes for the United States, Canada, and India, as well as a United Kingdom number for international use. Short codes, also known as short numbers, are special telephone numbers significantly shorter than full telephone numbers which can also be used to address SMS The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Several third parties offer posting and receiving updates via email.

In April 2008, Twitter was used by graduate student James Karl Buck, who was covering an anti-government protest, to alert friends of his arrest in Egypt. With only one word, "Arrested," colleagues became aware of his status and were able to free him from jail. [2]

Contents

Origin

Twitter began as a research and development project inside San Francisco start-up company Obvious, LLC in March 2006. The phrase research and development (also R and D or more often R&D) according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city It was initially used internally by the company, and officially launched in October 2006. [3]

The service rapidly gained popularity and in March 2007 won the 2007 South by Southwest Web Award in the blog category. South by Southwest ( SXSW) is a set of interactive, Film, and Music festivals and conferences that take place [4] Jack Dorsey, widely acknowledged as the man behind the concept of Twitter, gave the following playful acceptance speech at SXSW: "We'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did!"

In April 2007, Obvious, LLC spun off the service as a separate entity under the name Twitter, Inc. ,[5] with Jack Dorsey as its CEO.

Prominent users

Availability in other languages

On April 22, 2008 Twitter announced on their blog that they recently created a version of Twitter for Japanese users, due to the reason that [they] are prominent users of the service, despite being a completely English interface. Brook Busey (born June 14 1978 better known by the Pen name Diablo Cody, is an American Academy Award & BAFTA -winning Screenwriter Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977 in California After dropping out he worked for the Department of Energy, at the Nevada Test Site, Phoenix is a Robotic spacecraft on a Space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [15] One week after its launch, it has been reported that the Japanese version of Twitter has started gaining traction. [16] Unlike the US service, the Japanese service is advertising supported. Twitter users in Japan have embraced the advertising in a way that is hard to imagine in the US, according to the person who launched Twitter in Japan. [17]

Similar services

A number of services exist with a similar concept but adding country-specific services (e. g. , frazr) or combining the micro-blogging facilities with other services, such as filesharing (e. g. , Pownce, Jaiku). Pownce Jaiku is a Social networking, Micro-blogging and Lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. Most of these have emerged due to Twitter's success.

In May 2007, one source counted as many as 111 such "Twitter look-alikes" internationally. [18] Despite Twitter efforts to localize, Chinese-language Twitter clones have far outstripped Twitter's own progress in China. [19]

Reactions

In 2007, Twitter began experiencing numerous challenges related to its growing user base. The Wall Street Journal wrote, "These social-networking services elicit mixed feelings in the technology-savvy people who have been their early adopters. A social network is a Social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations that are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency such as Fans say they are a good way to keep in touch with busy friends. But some users are starting to feel 'too' connected, as they grapple with check-in messages at odd hours, higher cellphone bills and the need to tell acquaintances to stop announcing what they're having for dinner. "[20] The Industry Standard has pointed to its lack of revenue as limiting its long-term viability. The Industry Standard was a weekly Magazine based in San Francisco which began publication in the spring of 1998 [21]

Security

The first Twitter security vulnerability was reported on April 7, 2007 by Nitesh Dhanjani. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The problem was due to Twitter using the SMS message originator as the authentication of the user's account. Nitesh used fakemytext.com to spoof a text message, whereupon Twitter posted the message on the victim's page. SMS spoofing is a relatively new technology which uses the Short message service (SMS available on most Mobile phones and Personal digital assistants to This vulnerability can only be used if the victim's phone number is known. [22] Within a few weeks of this discovery, Twitter introduced an optional PIN that its users can specify to authenticate SMS-originating messages.

Technology

Twitter is written in Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails is an Open source Web application framework for the Ruby programming language. [23] The Twitter API itself allows the integration of Twitter with other web services and applications. [24]

In late April 2008, some sources reported that due to downtime related to scaling problems, Twitter would abandon Ruby on Rails as their web framework and start from scratch with PHP or Java. [25] However, this was soon debunked by Evan Williams, in a Tweet that he sent on May 1 2008. [26]

Twitter achieved approximately 98% uptime in 2007, or about 3 full days of downtime. [27][28] Twitter's downtime was particularly noticeable during events popular with the technology industry, such as the 2008 Macworld Conference & Expo keynote address. Produced by Boston -based IDG World Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo is a trade show dedicated to the Apple Macintosh platform with conference tracks held [29][30]

During May 2008 Twitter's new engineering team implemented neccessary architectual changes to deal with the scale of growth. Stability issues resulted in down time or temporary feature removal. http://status.twitter.com/

Social justice implications

Twitter is being used in creative and important ways as a social justice tool to connect groups of people in critical situations. Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than On April 10 2008, UC Berkeley graduate journalism student James Karl Buck and his translator, Mohammed Maree were arrested in Egypt for photographing a local anti-government protest. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. On his way to the police station, Buck used his mobile phone to twitter the message “Arrested” to his 48 followers who contacted the UC Berkeley, the US Embassy and a number of press organizations on his behalf. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley While being detained Buck was able to send updates about his condition to his followers. As a result of the message and the efforts of his Twitter friends, he was released the next day from the Mahalla jail after the college hired a lawyer for him. [31][32] Research published in New Scientist magazine in May 2008 found that blogs, maps, photo sites and instant messaging systems like Twitter did a better job of getting information out during emergencies such as the shootings at Virginia Tech than either the traditional news media or government emergency services. New Scientist is a weekly International science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English -speaking Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic University in The study -- done by researchers at the University of Colorado also found that during the fires in California in October 2007, those using Twitter kept their followers, who were often friends and neighbors, informed of their whereabouts and of the location of various fires on a minute by minute basis. Additionally, organizations that support relief efforts are also using Twitter. The American Red Cross uses Twitter (http://twitter.com/RedCross) to exchange minute-to-minute information about local disasters, including statistics and directions. The American Red Cross (also known as the American National Red Cross) is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance disaster relief and education inside [33][34]

See also

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Dictionary

twitter

-noun

  1. (the sound of) a succession of chirps as uttered by birds

-verb

  1. (intransitive) to utter a succession of bird's chirps
  2. (intransitive) (of a person) to talk in an excited or nervous manner
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