2. Background Started as side project in March of 2006 Jack Dorsey Obvious Privately funded Offices in San Francisco, CA Grown to be a short messaging service Works in multiple networks and devices
3. “What’s Happening?” The #1 question Twitter asks Answers for the most part are rhetorical Don’t expect a response when sending a message to Twitter
4. Finances Venture Capitalists $57 + million Union Square Ventures Spark Capital Insight Venture Partners Digital Garage Bezos Expeditions Projected Revenue 2013 $1.54 Billion
5. Ruby on Rails Company base program Allows easy website set up Helps web developers Develop code Use web framework With any questions
6. Twitter API Summize Inc. REST API Search API JSON (JavaScript Objective Notation) Atom
8. User Knowledge Turning off and on Fun with Twitter Following Posted Tweets Picture Posting Spam
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