Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service launched in July 2006, created by Jack Dorsey and others, rapidly gaining global popularity with 500 million registered users by 2012. The platform allows users to post short messages, known as tweets, with a character limit of 140, and features functionalities like retweeting, following, and trending topics. Twitter's recognizable bird logo has undergone several redesigns, and the service is ranked among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide.

1. ENGLISH
FINAL PRESENTATION
BS-Mass Comm & Psychology
Instructor : Sir Amar Ellahi
Submitted by
Zambeela Azam
Rabeka Farrukh

3. Introduction
• Online social networking and microblogging service.
• Created in March 2006.
• Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass.
• Launched- July 2006.
• Worldwide popularity
500 million registered users in 2012
340 million tweets per day.
• 1.6 billion search queries per day.
• In 2013 Twitter was one of the ten most-visited websites
• “The SMS of the Internet”.

4. Brief History. . .
• Dorsey, introduced the idea.
• The original project code name for the service was twttr.
• Work on the project started on March 21, 2006
• The definition of twitter
'a short burst of insignificant information,'
‘chirps from birds’
• Full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.
• Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007.
• In August 2010, Adam Bain was appointed as President of
revenue.

5. LOGO
• Twitter has become internationally identifiable by its
signature bird logo.
• Original logo was in use from March 2006-September
2010.
• February 27, 2012, "Larry the Bird" logo was revealed that
it was named after Larry Bird of the NBA's Boston Celtics
fame.
• June 5, 2012–present. Twitter unveiled its third logo
redesign, replacing Larry the Bird with an updated icon
simply named as the "Twitter Bird."

6. FEATURES

7. • Short messages which users post
• Limit-140 characters.
• Publicly visible by default.
• Users can restrict them to their followers only.
• Retweeting (RT) is when a tweet is forwarded via
Twitter by users.
• Users may subscribe to other users' tweets – known as
"following“.
• Users can also block others users.

8. Format
• Users can post by use of hashtags – words or
phrases prefixed with a "#" sign.
• "@" sign followed by a username is used for
mentioning or replying.
• To repost a message from another the retweet
function is symbolized by RT.

9. Trending
• A word, phrase or topic that is tagged at a
greater rate than other tags is said to be a
"trending topic".
• These topics help Twitter and their users to
understand what is happening in the world

10. Verified Accounts
• A verified Twitter account lets users know the
person or company that owns the account is who
they say they are.
• A small blue checkmark by the top-right corner
of a user’s page.
• Twitter chooses who gets a verified blue
checkmark.
• Famous people in politics, music, movies, business,
fashion, government, sports, media etc.

11. Ranking • Twitter is ranked as one of the ten-most-visited websites
worldwide.
• Daily user estimates vary as the company does not publish
statistics.
• Twitter as the third most used social network based on their
count of
6 million unique monthly visitors
55 million monthly visits.
• March 2009, a Nielsen.com blog ranked Twitter as the
fastest-growing website.
• 2009, Twitter had a monthly user retention rate of forty
percent.