Twitter

Twitter is a microblogging free service that allows users to send micro-text-based entries, called “tweets.” The sending of these messages can be performed either by the Twitter website, via SMS as a mobile phone, from instant messaging programs, or even from any third party applications, such as Twidroid, Twitterrific, Tweetie ,Facebook or Twinkle.

Jack Dorsey, the father of this web application and current Chairman of the Board of Twitter, Inc, a company that grew out of Obvious, LLC and the success of Twitter.

Among the most popular applications are: monitoring of live events, broadcasts of lectures and presentations to which few people have access, exchange of views during an event in which people attend as an audience or even film reviews or debates broadcast on television (for example, the discussion of Rodriguez and Rajoy in Spain’s general elections 2008, closely followed by exchange of views via Twitter). Twitter is also used to do interviews.

Services and related applications

There are many services and applications that work with Twitter. Many are designed to allow easy access to Twitter from specific devices such as iPhone or BlackBerry, while others are designed to make it easier for users to access and update your Twitter account.

Sources:

• Wikipedia, La Enciclopedia libre: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter