Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Social Media Profile Meet the Founders What Is Twitter How Twitter Began What's in a Name Public Launch Early Explosion Tweeting Tags and Hashtags Viral Tweets World Events Effects and Safety Future of Twitter A Guide to Twitter Glossary Websites Index
SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE Twitter URL https www twitter com MARCH 2006 Twitter is launched as twttr com PURPOSE Twitter is an online social networking service that allows users to post short messages CURRENT CEO Jack Dorsey NUMBER OF USERS More than 300 million MARCH 2007 Twitter is featured at the South by Southwest festival greatly increasing its popularity AUGUST 2007 The hashtag appears on Twitter for the first time JANUARY 2013 Twitter launches the video service Vine
Meet the Founders JACK DORSEY was born in Saint Louis Missouri on November 19 1976 Dorsey attended college in Missouri and then New York He then moved to California to work in technology EVAN WILLIAMS was born on March 31 1972 He grew up on a farm in Nebraska He attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln But Williams left college to start working He moved to California and created a software company called Pyra Labs CHRISTOPHER BIZ STONE was born on March 10 1974 in Boston Massachusetts He attended college in Massachusetts before leaving school to work at technology companies in California Jack Dorsey Christopher Biz Stone Evan Williams
