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Twitter is a privately funded startup with offices in the SoMA neighborhood of San Francisco, CA. Started as a side project in March of 2006, Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices.

In countries all around the world, people follow the sources most relevant to them and access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends.

Website:
http://www.twitter.com
Address:
402 - 539 Bryant St
San Francisco, California, United States

Blog Posts About Twitter

#TwestivalTO returns to Toronto
  After raising $16,000 in 2009, the good folks behind Twestival Toronto are at it again.  As part of the global Twestival, the Toronto Twitter community will gather on March 25 at the... [more]
Mashable's Ben Parr keynotes 140 | The Twitter Conference
140 The Twitter Conference is underway at the Bell Harbour Conference Center in Seattle and Mashable's Ben Parr is being keynote interviewed by Tweet House's Steve Broback. Here they are on... [more]
140 The Twitter Conference in Seattle fast approaching
140 | The Twitter Conference is coming to Seattle on March 8th at the Bell Harbour Conference Center and Techvibes is proud to be a media sponsor. The schedule for the one-track conference is... [more]
Followformation curates Top Olympic Tweeters
Vancouver's Followformation unveiled their unofficial tool to help Twitter users find and follow top Olympic “Tweeters.” Followformation is a tool for Twitter users who want to follow... [more]
140 - The Twitter Conference comes to Seattle
140 | The Twitter Conference is coming to Seattle on March 8th at the Bell Harbour Conference Center and Techvibes is proud to be a media sponsor. The schedule for the one-track conference is... [more]
Statistics Canada joins Twitter
Statistics Canada, the government department in charge of gathering and publishing statistics on the Canadian economy, culture, population, resources and society has started micro-blogging on... [more]
Bill Gates now tweeting
The world's most famous geek is now tweeting. Sometime yesterday the founder of Microsoft joined the micro-blogging site Twitter.  His first tweet was, "Hello world". In his bio section, Bill... [more]
HootSuite makes $1.9 Million round official
HootSuite Media, Inc.'s CEO Ryan Holmes announced the finalization of USD $1.9 Million of financing today in a press release. The official announcement comes on the heels of rumors and two... [more]
Tracking tweets from CES
Although the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is winding down, there was such a flury of activity on Twitter from attendees that it may have been hard to follow. Ottawa interactive marketing... [more]
Twitalyzer 2.0 takes analyzing Twitter - and over analyzing yourself - to a whole new level
You may remember Twitalyzer from the bit of hubbub it caused last year, when the tool was used to select the top 100 Twitter users in Portland. Well, it turns out that Portland—the town that... [more]
Vancouverite joins Twitter
Vancouver has been a hotbed for Twitter-related development in 2009. In addition to a handful of Twitter apps, both Hootsuite and Nambu call the West Coast home along with their respective... [more]
Toronto start-up proposes to monetize Twitter.
As many of you know, Toronto is a brewing with young tech companies.  And with social media becoming more mainstream by the minute there are even more companies looking at how various... [more]
TweetUp for a good cause
This evening saw the grand opening of the Toronto exhibit of Pictures Talk at the Red Eye Studio Gallery in the historic Distillery district. In 2008, four years after the tsunami of 2004, 41... [more]
Can Tweets translate to Cash for Twitter
Most of us are probably focused on using micro blogging site Twitter to make money for ourselves. But is Twitter making money for itself? Twitter has become a veritable cultural phenomenon and one... [more]
This Is How Twitter Will Die. (And, thus, live forever.)
Perhaps the most difficult part of forecasting technologies’ pace is discerning which technologies will be short-lived fads and which will become ingrained in our lives. Often, millions of... [more]
Sonia Ryan with Shel Israel at Twitterville Book Launch
In September social media author Shel Israel did a whirlwind 5-day, 5-city book launch tour across Canada for Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods. His Vancouver... [more]
Twitter and LinkedIn unite.
Twitter-In is what Biz Stone refers to as the teaming up of the two platforms Twitter and LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business oriented social networking site used for professional use and with Twitter... [more]
Tweetup looks at How to use Twitter to Sell (video)
The Tech Valley Social Club hosted their second Meet & Tweet event last night and Stephen Jagger of Ubertor/Reachd/Outsourcing Things Done was their speaker. Justin Carlson of Carlson Media was... [more]
What Separates 37signals And Twitter ?
There has been a flurry of news recently about Twitter raising $100 million at a $1 billion valuation from new investors including T. Rowe Price and Insight Venture Partners, alongwith from... [more]
Telling the story of a Twitterville: Shel Israel at Third Tuesday Vancouver
Ending his 5-day, 5-cities, whirlwind book launch tour in one of the hottest Canadian hubs of the information technology industry (Vancouver), renowned social media author Shel Israel launched his... [more]
Canadians representing at Twitter conference
Arguably one of the hottest upcoming "Twitter conferences" this year, 140tc next week in Los Angeles will be featuring an impressive speaker lineup that includes Biz Stone, Tony Robbins, Guy... [more]
Twestival Goes Local: Vancouver Twitterati to Raise Funds for BC Childrens Hospital Foundation
Twitter's potential for fundraising has become evident in the past few months. Globally, Twestivals have taken off as offline gatherings of people who "tweet, meet and give". As indicated by... [more]
Politicians and Twitter - all together in one place
CKA Networks' Trevor May hopes that his new PoliTwitter website that will change the way Canadians see politics. PoliTwitter is a non-partisan service that uses Twitter to connect elected MPs and... [more]
Kelowna wants to be first city to fully adopt Twitter
The Okanagan Science and Technology Council in now on Twitter and they want every business in Kelowna to join them. Through an initiative called Kelowna Twitter Business Day (@TwitBizDay), OSTEC is... [more]
Is Twitter Right for My Business?
I had a conversation with a photographer about social media the other day. He owns his business and has just started dabbling into the world of social media. Our conversation centered around... [more]
Twitter's Life Cycle & What it Means to Marketers
There have been few more exciting times to be a marketer than today. We are living in an age where the amount of mediums avaliable to us has never been larger, while metrics and analytics tell us... [more]
The true value of social media
With yesterday's Twitter and Facebook interruptions, we're faced with asking ourselves some difficult questions. There's the "What do I do all day?" question that you'll have to answer on your own.... [more]
Twitter Corporate Info Hacked And Sent To Bloggers
This is hard to believe. Twitter, a company which has received $55million in VC funding, has millions of celebrity users and probably valued in the billions - has had a security incident which is... [more]
OneRiot Unveils Slick API for Realtime Search
Boulder, Colorado startup OneRiot, makers of a neat realtime search engine, have taken a strong step today in announcing the general release of their first realtime web search API. Using it, third... [more]
What's all that Twitter about? Apparently not much
"Twitter gets a lot of press, and usage figures show impressive growth, when you look at its awareness and use among mainstream online Canadians, you get a completely different picture" - Mark... [more]
Twittergate in Portland
An entertaining debate is raging over the Top 100 Twitterer list in Portland at the SiliconFlorist blog. Local startup Twitalyzer and Rick Turoczy have conspired to drum up a little (good natured)... [more]
One Tweet Shopping with TinyMassive.com
Vancouver's TinyMassive.com announced today that it has launched a Twitter application to help users find the lowest product pricing on the Web. The integrated feature allows users to "tweet" their... [more]
Adarsh Pallian is Big on Twitter
Vancouver's Adarsh Pallian is doing some very cool stuff with Twitter. Last month we reported that Pallian's Chart.ly application had been acquired by StockTwits and WallStrip founder Howard... [more]
Vancouver Twitter app acquired by Howard Lindzon
Earlier today TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld wrote that "businesses that are being built on top of Twitter are starting to consume others that were in fact features of those very businesses to begin... [more]
The Twitter effect at Convergence 2009
Twitter’s phenomenal growth was reflected in “The Twitter Effect,” a packed session at Cossette West’s Convergence 2009 conference held at the new Vancouver Convention... [more]
Twitter Two-Way SMS returns to Rogers, Fido
In a bold move that show just how ahead of the curve they really are, Rogers and Fido have reached a deal with Twitter to bring back the ability to send and receive updates to the microblogging... [more]
Nambu named Best Multi-purpose Twitter App for the iPhone
Over the weekend, Vancouver's Nambu picked up "Best in Show" in the Multi-Purpose category when Mashable's Jennifer Van Grove covered 29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone. Nambu: Nambu’s iPhone... [more]
Top 10 Twitter Referrers for April 2009
Twitter continues to be our good friend and thanks to Google Analytics we can drill down into the Twitter stats and look at who is sending eyeballs our way. Here are the Top 10 Twitterati sending... [more]
Embracing Social Media: The Good, The Bad and the Just Do It
There is an interesting article in Canadian Business Online today about how Canadian companies are learning to embrace their new online personalities on social media sites, like Twitter, and how... [more]
Vancouver’s top Twitterers close in on John Chow
Vancouver’s own John Chow is king of the heap for local Twitterers, according to a Twitterholic.com breakdown by location of the top 100 Vancouver twitterers. And that makes sense, given that... [more]
One Stop Shop: Edit in Picnik and Post to Twitter
Did you know that now you can now post pics to Twitter that you just edited in Picnik without having to venture off the site to make the changes?  The Seattle startup now lets you link up your... [more]
PostRank Announces Twitter Newsroom
PostRank has added their blog discovery engine to Twitter by providing feeds of its most popular topics. The company has dubbed their service “Twopics”, which enables Twitter users to... [more]
Vancouver's Web Based Twitter Client TweetLens is Released
I came across TweetLens on bmann's blog (Boris Mann).  TweetLens is a rich web based Twitter interface that is in alpha preview release built by Vancouver's Ben Wong @mostlygeek. ... [more]
Twitter and Oprah: It's Friday a Show You Can't Miss
Anything Oprah talks about, reviews and touches turns to gold.  And today, during her Friday show, which is in a real-time discussion panel format, she is going to make her first tweet! ... [more]
Toonlet captures your Twitter comedic genius for posterity
There are some pretty witty folks on Twitter. I, for the record, do not happen to be one of them. But they are there. I’m talking about people like former Portlander Simon... [more]
Waterloo Regional Police Now On Twitter
It seems like everyone and everything is signing up for Twitter these days, even police stations. Police across North America are using Twitter to keep the community updated on their activities,... [more]
Electronic Arts backs Ashton Kutcher's Twitter Ego
A couple days ago, actor and Twitter-fanatic Ashton Kutcher promised to punk CNN founder Ted Turner if he beats CNN to be the first Twitter user with one million followers. Kutcher is currently... [more]
Honest Advice for Startups: Do Something Awesome
I really like this post from TC about Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams' advice for startups. He was recently interviewed at the Web 2.0 Expo and someone asked him about starting up.  His... [more]
Twitter causing a backlash?
Are longtime Tweeps really getting fed up with an increasing number of fail whales caused by Twitter's mainstream acceptance? CNN's John Sutter seems to have put his finger on a creeping... [more]
Vancouver-born Twitter Apps
Building applications on the Twitter API is all the rage and there are now hundreds of Twittter Apps competing for mindshare in the Twittersphere. Every developer community seems to have their... [more]
You've Made It When a Ghost Writer Tweets For You
I want to be Guy Kawasaki's next ghost writer. Maybe I'll ask him in person what I need to do to get the gig when he comes to Vancouver next week. And after reading this article in today's New... [more]
Twitter Search Not Useful at #SXSW?
According to a post by CNET's Daniel Terdiman, this year's SXSW is so oversatured by tweets that it's almost impossible to find anything valuable when searching for news from the geekfest. He says... [more]
Twitter gets grouped with Tweetizen
One of the great unsung features of Twitter is its ability to form de facto groups of like-minded people, all determined on what you tweet about. If you’re a Canucks or Maple Leafs fan,... [more]
Twitter was Stupid: Game On
Heard in a boardroom: "Twitter is stupid." "Twitter is a waste of time." "I don't get the exhibitionist SMS fetish that Twitter users have."This is understandable given the way that most people... [more]
Top 10 Twitter Referrers for February 2009
As blogged last month, we've noticed that Twitter has been working its way up the list of referring sites when looking at traffic sources - it's #1 (excluding search engines) according to our... [more]
Twitter and the thought maelstrom
Ian Andrew Bell is a Techvibes Guest Contributor and this post orginally appeared on his blog. When I was a boy growing up in Burnaby, we would gather each March in the parking lot at the Crest... [more]
Twitter: Micro-Thinking?
I remember Evan Williams, the founder of Twitter, addressing the Web 2.0 Summit 2007 on the value of simplicity in site design and use. Williams quoted with approval from Tantek Celik: “the... [more]
To what purpose do you put Twitter?
The Guardian's Digital Content Blog asked a simple yet very interesting question: "What do you use Twitter for?" (Blogger's Note: Out of style snobbery regarding the ending of sentences in... [more]
BrightKit follower-sources new HootSuite name
After being online for less than three months, Twitter toolbox BrightKit premiered on the Vancouver Startup Index today in the #23 spot - very impressive. Now, I've just learned that they've... [more]
Top 10 Twitter referrers to Techvibes.com
January 2009 was a record traffic month at Techvibes - thanks to everyone for reading. Over the past couple of months we've noticed that Twitter has been working its way up the list of referring... [more]
1,000 Twitter Followers and counting
Thanks to a wave of follows from 6S Marketing employees on Twitter, Techvibes has hit the 1,000 mark for followers on Twitter. Not a surprise really considering 6S' Chris Breikss was responsible... [more]
Twestival is coming to a city near you on February 12th
Over 100 cities around the world will be hosting events called Twestivals on February 12th, 2009. The Twitter community in each city will come together to meet and interact with one another, and to... [more]
Twitter apps start to get funded
On the day that a Twitter tool closed an angel round worth almost $500K and Techvibes nears the 1,000 mark for Twitter followers, Felipe Coimbra of Monteal-based twtapps continues pumping out... [more]
Twittering for business: goldmine or waste of time?
In the world of social media marketing, Twitter is being touted as the new hot tool to add to your marketing mix. At this month's High-Tech Communicators' Exchange event Twitter guru Stephen... [more]
Grab your Twitter ID before someone beats you to it
The Vancouver Sun's Gillian Shaw is a big Twitter fan and today she's warning her readers to grab their Twitter name before someone squats on it. We're in complete agreement and can be found here... [more]
Twitter heads featured in the Vancouver Courier
Michael Mccarthy of the Vancouver Courier sat down for a Twitter tutorial with Steve Jagger (Ubertor & Reachd) last week and the article is worth a read. In honor of Twitter, here are the first... [more]
BrightKit - the ultimate Twitter toolbox
Vancouver's Invoke Media is at it again. Today they launched a Twitter app called BrightKit - the ultimate Twitter toolbox. BrightKit allows Twitter users to manage multiple Twitter profiles and... [more]
Costs Cause Twitter to Cut Off SMS to Canada
The thing one must admire about Twitter is how far they can cut back service while still retaining a rabid user base. This morning comes news that outbound SMS messages to Canada have been disabled... [more]
Twitter buys Values of n, snags CEO
Portland-based Values of n announced on November 24 that they will be closing its doors on Monday, December 8. The good news? Their intellectual property has been bought by Twitter, so fans of... [more]
Supreme Court Bans Man From Twitter
The Daily Seagull, Vancouver's equivalent of The Onion, reported today that the Supreme Court has finalized stepped in to take down one of Toronto's Twitterati. The Supreme Court of Canada has... [more]
Twitter To The Future With TweetLater
140 characters seems short, but managing a Twitter account can be time consuming. Especially if you're operating an account for your business, you may not be able to send messages and respond to... [more]
Twitter is the new black, according to Kevin Rose
During his presentation at the recent Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Digg founder Kevin Rose encouraged startups to communicate cheaply and with immediacy: "I really believe that email... [more]
Introducing Techvibes on Twitter
I'm not a huge Twitter user myself, preferring to try and actually work during the day, but I appreciate the value of the service and the people I've been able to interact with through it. Instant... [more]
Twitter for Reputation Management
Steve Jagger of Reachd.com and Ubertor knows a thing or two about getting PR. In advance of his co-hosted seminar on The Case for New Communications Tools at the Vancouver Board of Trade tomorrow... [more]
Vancouver Board of Twitters?
The Vancouver Board of Trade has a great panel on board next week for a seminar called Tough Talk for Tender Causes, The Case for new Commnuncations Tools: Blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Social... [more]
Marketing, Customer Service, and Brand Management with Twitter
Jason and Linda of Elastic Path were recently down in San Jose for the Search Engine Strategies conference, and shot a number of video interviews for the Get Elastic blog. In this video, they talk... [more]
Conversations A-twitter
A web app that comes up often in social media discussions is Twitter. It's also probably the one service that people have the most trouble understanding the nature of it's use. It's often called... [more]
Vancouver’s CTV Fumbles Social Media
We were watching the news with half an eye the other night, when the announcement of a “new feature” caught our attention. The new “web correspondent” Heron Hanuman was... [more]