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Published Nov 21 2009 by PC Magazine

Twitter's Identity Crisis

11.20.09

The micro-blogging platform's new prompt, 'What's happening?', is also a redefinition.

Few things in the Web 2.0 world are more frustrating than attempting to justify Twitter to a nonbeliever. Sure, plenty of arguments can be made in favor of the service—it's...

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Twitter now wants to know "What's happenin... [Tech Chronicles - Nov 19 2009] Twitter has just changed the question it asks users for status updates from "What are you doing?" to "What's happening?" ...
Twitter Opens Up People Search for Twitter Apps [Mashable! - Nov 17 2009] Twitter apps can do almost everything that Twitter.com can: search Twitter, follow and unfollow users, and even manage Twitter lists (well, only a few apps so far). ...
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Yes, we are serious: Twitter is no longer inter... [The Next Web - Nov 19 2009] The fundamental concept of Twitter and the one thing that lead to its tremendous success is that it does not require people to become “friends”. “Friending” in ...
Twitter Confirms Plans for Paid Accounts by Yea... [The Next Web - Nov 20 2009] During a shared a Nesta panel in London today. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone confirmed to the attendees that Twitter still plans to sell “corporate ...

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Obama: I Have Never Used Twitter [ABC News Video: Politics - Nov 16 2009]
Twitter to follow Google's lead [Reuters Video: Technology - Nov 20 2009]
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