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Twitter is a social networking service that enables the users to send and read short messages up to 140 characters called tweets. It is one of the 10 most visited websites in the world and the website is based in San Francisco, California and also has 25 offices arounds the world. Registered users use Twitter to read and post tweets. Their wall will display the tweets of the people they follow on twitter. Twitter also has its own application for smart phones and Twitter by Short Message Service (SMS) is also available in certain countries. Twitter is also used as an amateur and professional news source. Created in 2006, Twitter now has more than 300 million users and it is also described as the SMS of the internet. Brainchild of the programmers working at the podcasting company Odeo Inc. in San Francisco, Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone. The board members of the Odeo Company had a daylong brainstorming session and during the meeting Jack Dorsey introduced the idea of one person communicating with a small group using an SMS service. They named the project Twttr as it fit the five character length of American SMS as well as it sounded similar to Flickr. Dorsey sent the first Twitter message on 21st March 2006 and the tweet was just setting up my twttr. The first version of Twitter was used only for the Odeo employees. On 15th July 2006 they introduced the complete version for anyone to use. A new company called Obvious Corporation was started by Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Dorsey and other members of Odeo in October 2006 and they bought Odeo and all the property including odeo.com and Twitter.com. in April 2007, Twitter became a separate company. Twitter started gaining popularity in the 2007 South by Southwest festival and during the event, the Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets per day to 60,000. The company set up two large computer screens in the hallways of the conference that showed the Twitter messages and people started to tweet as well as look at the tweets done by other people. The panelist as well as speakers talked about Twitter and appreciated it in a positive way. Bloggers like Scott Beale appreciated Twitters effort at the festival and the Twitter staff won the festivals Web Award prize and they said "we'd like to thank you in 140 characters or less. And we just did! The company experienced rapid growth and t had 4,00,000 tweets posted in every quarter of 2007 and this grew up to 100 million tweets posted per quarter in 2008. In February 2010, Twitter users started to send 50 million tweets per day and by March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000 registered applications. As of March 2011, 140 million tweets were sent per day. Twitter experienced high usage during major events. For example, during 2010 FIFA World Cup, fans wrote 2940 tweets per second after Japan Scored against Cameroon on June 14. The record was broken in the 2010 NBA Finals when 3085 tweets per second were posted and then the record was broken when 3283 tweets per second at the Japans victory over Denmark. Twitters servers crashed after users were updating their status to include the words Michael Jackson at a rate of 100,000 tweets per hour after the death of Michael Jackson. Twitter has been identifiable worldwide by its signature bird logo. However, the original logo was the words twitter written in blue and it was in use from its launch in March 2006 until September 2010. A slightly different version was launched after the website underwent its first redesign. On 5th June 2012, Twitter unveiled its third logo redesign with an updated icon named Twitter Bird. As of this logo, the word twitter wasnt used and the bird became the sole symbol of the company.

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India.com News Desk | December 3, 2022 9:07 AM IST
Sharing the picture on twitter, Taibbi writes in Caption, "You can see the confusion in the
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Alert! Your Follower Count on Twitter May Witness a Massive Dip. Reason Here
India.com News Desk | December 1, 2022 4:52 PM IST
Musk is also planning to up Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1000. A few days ago a Twitter
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India.com News Desk | December 1, 2022 12:55 PM IST
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Weeks After Restoring Trump’s Account, Twitter Begins Reinstating Over 60,000 Suspended Accounts
Manmath Nayak | November 30, 2022 4:33 PM IST
Notably, the step to restore 62,000 banned Twitter accounts is being referred to internally as "the
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Twitter Ends Enforcement of COVID Misinformation Policy
Associated Press | November 30, 2022 9:58 AM IST
While Twitter's efforts to stop false claims about COVID weren't perfect, the company's decision to
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Twitter Data Breach: Emails, Phone Numbers Of 5.4 Million Users Leaked Via Internal Bug
India.com News Desk | November 28, 2022 3:52 PM IST
In a recent development, it has been reported that that atleast 5.4 million Twitter user records
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Victor Dasgupta | November 27, 2022 5:59 PM IST
According to a blog post, the company will use users' Gmail search activity to enhance results when
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Twitter 'Verified' To Come Next Friday, Says Elon Musk. Know His Colour Coded Checklist Here
India.com News Desk | November 25, 2022 4:01 PM IST
The new Twitter owner had earlier paused its $8 Blue subscription service with verification after
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India.com Entertainment Desk | November 25, 2022 10:20 AM IST
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Twitter Shuts Down Brussels Office, European Union Raises Concern
India.com News Desk | November 25, 2022 8:53 AM IST
Twitter continued with its job cuts spree as the company shut down its office in Belgium's
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Richa Chadha Under Fire For Tweeting 'Galwan Says Hi' And Allegedly Mocking Indian Army
India.com Entertainment Desk | November 24, 2022 8:06 AM IST
Richa Chadha's tweet has invited a new controversy on social media. She writes 'Galwan says hi' as
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Elon Musk Says Users Will Be Put In Twitter’s Virtual Jails For Violating Its Policies
India.com News Desk | November 23, 2022 8:15 PM IST
The suggestion from Elon Musk came after a Twitter follower shared a suggestion for him to improve
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Indian Workers In US Most Affected During Layoff Season Amidst 195-Year Wait For Green Card
Shrimansi Kaushik | November 22, 2022 9:10 PM IST
Amidst mass layoffs at tech companies and slow hiring, Indians appear to be suffering the most as
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After Laying Off Employees, THIS Company CUTS Their Perks. Deets Inside
India.com News Desk | November 22, 2022 7:07 PM IST
Moreover, after firing about two-thirds of the micro-blogging platform's 7,500 employees in only
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Twitter Layoff Ends: Elon Musk Ready To Hire Again In Engineering, Sales, Check Eligibility Criteria
India.com Business Desk | November 22, 2022 7:01 PM IST
The micro-blogging platform does not currently have any open positions advertised on its website,
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Elon Musk Puts Relaunch Of Twitter Blue On Hold. Here's Why
India.com News Desk | November 22, 2022 7:57 AM IST
Twitter Blue was supposed to be relaunched on November 29.
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Goodbye... What an Adventure! Twitter's France Head Damien Viel Quits
Victor Dasgupta | November 21, 2022 5:43 PM IST
Twitter has had a bumpy ride since Musk, the world's richest person, took charge. It has cut staff
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How To Plan For Recession And Job Cuts
Tahir Qureshi | November 21, 2022 5:36 PM IST
Now, as there are unofficial reports about impending recession and job cuts, one has to be prepared
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My Firstborn Child Died in My Arms, Felt His Last Heartbeat: Elon Musk
Surabhi Shaurya | November 21, 2022 4:59 PM IST
"My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat. I have no mercy for anyone who
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