Twitter 是一個廣受歡迎的社交網(wǎng)絡及微博客服務的網(wǎng)站,允許用戶將自己的最新動態(tài)和想法以移動電話中的短信息形式(推文)發(fā)布(發(fā)推),可綁定IM即時通訊軟件。所有的Twitter消息都被限制在140個字符之內。2006年,博客技術先驅創(chuàng)始人埃文·威廉姆斯(Evan Williams)創(chuàng)建的新興公司Obvious推出了大微博服務。在最初階段,這項服務只是用于向好友的手機發(fā)送文本信息。
2012年2月,Twitter稱有能力針對不同國家和地區(qū)實施網(wǎng)絡內容過濾,引發(fā)關注。10月,Twitter收購美移動應用開發(fā)工具廠商Cabana。
2013年9月,Twitter進行首次公開募股;11月7日晚,Twitter股票在紐約證券交易所掛牌,股票代碼“TWTR”。開盤45.1美元,較發(fā)行價大漲73.46%,目前市值接近400億美元。
2014年3月7日,Twitter支付3600萬美元收購IBM900項專利,終結雙方的專利權爭議。
Twitter is one of the most popular social networking and micro-blogging services in the world. It allows account users to send 140-character updates on anything they choose, and for people to follow different users. It was created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey and now has more than 100 million users. Dorsey describes the word “twitter” as being “just perfect”. He said it means "a short burst of inconsequential information… and that’s exactly what the product was.” Twitter is used to keep in contact with friends, to network and keep up-to-date professionally, and as a source of world news. One analyst described 41% of twitter messages as being “pointless babble”. Twitter is one of the 50-highest-ranked websites and is rising steadily. It has enormous growth and revenue potential.