Twitter, Inc is an American communications company based in San Francisco, California.
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28 Facts About Twitter Inc
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Twitter Inc operates the microblogging and social networking service Twitter.
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The first Twitter Inc prototype, developed by Dorsey and contractor Florian Weber, was used as an internal service for Odeo employees.
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In June 2017, Twitter Inc revamped its dashboard to improve the new user experience.
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Twitter Inc has stated intention to remove the spam bots, and to authenticate all real humans.
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On September 13,2022, Twitter Inc shareholders voted in favour, to approve Elon Musk's takeover of the company.
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Twitter Inc is a microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".
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On October 5,2012, Twitter Inc acquired a video clip company called Vine that launched in January 2013.
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Twitter Inc released Vine as a standalone app that allows users to create and share six-second looping video clips on January 24,2013.
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On October 27,2016, Twitter Inc announced that it would disable all uploads, but that viewing and download would continue to work.
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On January 20,2017, Twitter Inc launched an Internet archive of all Vine videos that had ever been published.
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On March 13,2015, Twitter Inc announced its acquisition of Periscope, an app that allowed live streaming of video.
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In October 2014, Twitter Inc announced Fabric, a suite of mobile developer tools built around Crashlytics.
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In early 2016, Twitter Inc announced that Fabric was installed on more than 2 billion active devices and used by more than 225,000 developers.
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On January 28,2013, Twitter Inc acquired Crashlytics in order to build out its mobile developer products.
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On June 4,2014, Twitter Inc announced that it would acquire Namo Media, a technology firm specializing in "native advertising" for mobile devices.
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On June 19,2014, Twitter Inc announced that it had reached an undisclosed deal to buy SnappyTV, a service that helps edit and share video from television broadcasts.
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Twitter Inc was helping broadcasters and rights holders to share video content both organically across social and via Twitter's Amplify program.
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In July 2014, Twitter Inc announced that it intended to buy a young company called CardSpring for an undisclosed sum.
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On July 31,2014, Twitter Inc announced that it had acquired a small password-security startup called Mitro.
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On February 11,2015, Twitter Inc announced that it had acquired Niche, an advertising network for social media stars, founded by Rob Fishman and Darren Lachtman.
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On January 26,2021, Twitter Inc acquired Revue, an email newsletter service to compete with platforms like Substack.
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In November and December 2021, Twitter Inc acquired and immediately shut down two competitors: threader.
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In October 2012, Twitter Inc announced it had hired former Google executive Matt Derella to become their new director of business agency development.
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Twitter Inc is backed by Union Square Ventures, Digital Garage, Spark Capital, and Bezos Expeditions.
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On September 12,2013, Twitter Inc announced that it had filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of a planned stock market listing.
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Twitter Inc planned to raise US$1 billion as the basis for its stock market debut.
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In November 2017, the Paradise Papers, a set of confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investment, revealed that Twitter Inc is among the corporations that avoided paying taxes by using offshore companies.
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