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Twitter was founded on July 15, 2006

Twitter was founded on July 15, 2006 . The man who brainstormed the idea of Twitter was named Jack Dorsey. The original project name was Twttr , inspired by the website flickr.com. A social networking service Allows its users to send and read other users' messages called “tweets.”

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Twitter was founded on July 15, 2006

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  1. Twitter was founded on July 15, 2006 • The man who brainstormed the idea of Twitter was named Jack Dorsey • The original project name was Twttr, inspired by the website flickr.com

  2. A social networking service • Allows its users to send and read other users' messages called “tweets.” • Tweets are texted posts of up to 140 characters • Tweets are open text to the public

  3. Twitter can be accessed by anybody who has internet access • To start an account, you simply create a username and you are ready to tweet • Twitter has more than 175 million users • Twitter is very popular with celebrities, who utilize the site to reach out to fans and speak their minds

  4. Sources: • http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/08/twitter-190-million-users/ • http://twitter.com/jack/status/20 • http://blog.compete.com/2009/02/09/facebook-myspace-twitter-social-network/ • http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1902604,00.html

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