History: -Twitter originally was a micro-blogging platform created in San Francisco California in March

2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass launched July 2006. NAME: Based of
Flickr, started as Twittr, definition of actual, was 'a short burst of inconsequential information,' and 'chirps
from birds. Exactly what the site became, from simple blogging to posting status updates, the users
changed it to the SMS of the internet and were posting news and information as well as their social life.
FIRST TWEET: just setting up my twttr. Twitter's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming session" held by
board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at New York
University, introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small
group.The first Twitter prototype, developed by Dorsey was used as an internal service for Odeo
employees. full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006.In October, the team formed Obvious
Corporation and acquired Odeo, together with its assets including Odeo.com and twitter.com from the
investors and shareholders Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007.From business industries
to celebrities and schools as a way to get out information quickly whether it be the death of a celebrity or
an important event and users continue to use it as they wish. The most popular users are celebrities and
the popularity increased from major events. World cup, NASA and Jackson. Challenges: -Continous
privacy complaints. -users not satisfied with the founders using their site simply for money and not
focusing on improvement. Their layout has remained fairly the same. -Arguments between the team itself
which lead to the firing of many members. -Un active accounts. -over capacity on site In May 2013,
Twitter announced a two-factor login verification as an added measure against hacking. Triumphs:-had
400,000 tweets posted per quarter in 2007. This grew to 100 million tweets posted per quarter in 2008. By
March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000 registered applications.As of June 2010, about 65 million
tweets were posted each day, equaling about 750 tweets sent each second, according to Twitter. As of
March 2011, that about 140 million tweets.Gained worldwide popularity, with more than 100 million users
who in 2012 posted 340 million tweets/day. 1.6 billion search queries /day. "the SMS of the Internet, top
10 sites. 2014, Twitter has more than 500 million users.Spread viral across the internet. they had 8, have
more than 400 workers.Twitter acquired application developer Atebits had developed the apple design
winning Tweetie for the Mac and iPhone. The app, now called "Twitter" free of charge, client for the
iPhone, iPad Mac. 60% of tweets became mobile. Functionality: easy to use. free acc. Terminology:
When you post something, its a tweet write it on the website from your laptop or even on the app
available on all Apple devices (free). When you repost something from another user, its a retweet or RT.
Trending topics, or TT, are topics discussed by many users at a given time use hashtags that you can
create or search to read and discover. You can Favourite a tweet by clicking on the star. That is a great
way to recognize someone for sharing your content. Explore. See who is on Twitter and what people are
tweeting. Engage. Now, Twitter even has a feature that allows you to post photos and share videos
without leaving the site simply navigate through the icons to do so. set up is made easy by being able to
click what you want to change on your profile and upload whatever you feel like changing it to.
Comparing Twitter VS Tumblr: Functionality- Tumblr is harder to design. A user has to understand
HTML codes and do research if they arent already experienced in order to design their blog. twitter and
tumblr are alike because of their purpose, to share information and post whatever the users wish.
Whether it be a personal blog where status updates and questions are posted or an account specifically
dedicated to something. Twitter was originally a microblogging site as well which changed with time
however it wasnt as complex as tumblr because tumblr allowed you to create a blog entirely to ur desire.
Pictures and videos can be posted with the touch of a button on all apple devices and the websites as
well as links. The user can write however long they want on tumblr vs the 140 character limit. AudienceTumblr is not intended for younger children because of its complexity and topics discussed. not fit for
children under 18. The same goes for Twitter however with its easy access and functionality
understanding it isnt quite difficult and youll find that even some 10 year olds are posting about what
they had for lunch. Market value- 51.94 billion twitter (mention prince of saudi 300 mil) Tumblr= 1.1 billion.
Dangers: -trolling and abuse -copy wright tweets:Claims for damages for loss suffered and criminal
charges with prison sentences of up to two years can result from a tweet that infringes copyright law.harrassment &abuse & threats (murder) -In April 2013 Twitter warned news organizations around the
world to secure their Twitter accounts after a number of high-profile hacks of official accounts, including
those of the Associated Press and The Guardian. How to avoid them: watch what you post, who you follow and how much info you give away.