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Twitter Last modified: Wednesday, November 04, 2009
A free social messaging tool that lets people stay connected through brief text message updates up to 140 characters in length. Twitter is based on you answering the question "What are you doing?" You then post thoughts, observations, and goings-on during the day. Your update is posted on your Twitter profile page through SMS text messaging, the Twitter Web site, instant messaging, RSS, e-mail, or through other social applications and sites, such as Facebook. See "Cool Twitter Tools for Better Tweeting" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia. See also "Social Media Tips for Online Marketing Plus 30 Social Media Sites" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia. Sponsored listings Use Social Networking to Generate Leads - Increase your Twitter presence and generate leads. Engage your target audience across social media. Create your own Cost Per Click Campaign Today!
(Twitter) @ DevX_Com Follow DevX.com on Twitter. (Twitter) @ WebReference Follow WebReference on Twitter. (Twitter) @InternetNews.com Follow internetnews.com on Twitter. Text Messaging Abbreviations This Quick Reference Guide provides an overview and examples of text messaging abbreviations and smilies. Twitter Twitter is a service for friends, family, and cob .workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Twitter Support: What are @replies? People say lots of things on Twitter, and sometimes you want to say something back. Twitter Support: What is following? Followers are people who receive other peoples' Twitter updates. When you post an update to your Twitter account, your followers will get it on their home page and/or phone. Twitturly Whether people use, TinyURL, Snipurl (snurl), or link directly to the final URL in their tweets, we always count the "votes" correctly because our spiders actually visit every single site before it gets displayed here. Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" Section Use this Webopedia knowledge section for an in-depth overview of specific technologies and occurrences in the areas of Computer Science, The Internet, and Computer Hardware and Software.	Related Categories Social Media Web 2.0 Web Services Related Terms @reply Facebook Fail Whale microblog microblogging online social network social networking site social software Tweeple tweet twewbie Twitter following Twitter Sparq Twitterers Twittermaps Twitturly Twittworking Shopping Twitter Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Clothing 38 Store Offers Pets 0 Store Offers Digital Cameras 795 Store Offers Books 24 Model Matches Toys 131 Store Offers