Amazing, isnât it, how microscopic organisms such as cold and flu germs can lay low hulking omnivores like us? Iâve been down with flu for the past two weeks. It has changed everything about me, from my personality âIâve been as dull as dry cleanerâs cardboardâ to my appetite, which right now is a one-trick pony.
Twitter was first called status until the group looked in the dictionary for names and found twitter which fit it perfectly. The original product name was twttr. The project work began on March 21, 2006, when Dorsey published the first Twitter message at 12:50 PM (PST): just setting up my twttr. The prototype for twitter was tested as an internal service for Odeo employees but later launched publically in July 2006.
Both social platforms want to be the 'digital watercooler' and host conversation around TV because the engagement and data about what media people consume can then be used to generate advertising revenue. As an open platform, conversation on Twitter is closely aligned with real-time events.In May 2013, it launched Twitter Amplify â an advertising product for media and consumer brands. With Amplify, Twitter runs video highlights from major live broadcasts, with advertisersâ names and messages playing before the clip.ost of these companies have since gone out of business or been acquired amid a wave of consolidation and the market has instead focused on the activities of the social media channels themselves-such as Twitter Amplify, Facebook Suggested Videos and Snapchat Discover-and the technologies that support them.