Twitter is a social media platform launched in 2006 that allows users to share messages called tweets. Tweets can be up to 280 characters and can include links, images or videos. Users can follow other accounts on Twitter to see their tweets and send direct messages to followers. Since its launch, Twitter has grown significantly with over 200 million users and tweets sent per day in 2011 along with 1.6 billion daily search queries.

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2. Historical FactsPrototype introduced in March 2006Commencement of operations in July same year

3. OriginInternet company Based in San Francisco, California

4. Jack Dorsey 34Noah Glass27Evan Williams39Biz Stone37

5. Twitter: What Is It? “Twitter is a real-time information network powered by people all around the world that lets you share and discover what’s happening now.”

6. CREATIONIntroduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small groupAlso called as SMS of the Internet.

7. Tweets

8. TweetWhat are you doing?Tweets = 140-character posts / updates Tweets can include links to websites, pictures, videos, etc.

9. Twitter: “Follow” OthersFollow other Twitter users - - e.g., CNNLogin to your account and search for individuals, organizations, companies, etc.See WeFollow (http://iplindia.com)

11. Twitter: Direct Message (DM)Private communication between Twitter users who are respectively “following” one another.

12. Growth

13. Today 2011200 Million users (In a Day)200 Million Tweets (In a Day)1.6 Billion Search queries (In a Day)

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