Carlsbad - Carlsbad Yesterday at the seventh conference D, All Things Digital, the people of the Internet and dell'Infocom paid tribute to the heroes of the new network, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, the founders of Twitter. For two reasons, we have demonstrated that the network can always be overtaken by a new phenomenon explosive. And because they have to dust, just today, in times of crisis, humble downsizing, the postulate of "irrational assessment 'for Internet products revolutionaries: Twitter traffic has tripled in the past months, rose to 34 million visitors (but in the corridors Season Four of Carlsbad was already talking about 60 million) a year ago had just one million visitors. It is still in early stage: it has a structure of 45 people including the founders, not...
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"Twitter is proving a real social tool, and becomes a pillar of Iranian protests. Meanwhile, the army marching on Theran." Recent elections in Iran, as you know, have generated mass movements that the country did not see for some time, and that the government tries to stem in all ways, including limiting access to the network. The limits applied to many websites, but also the sending of SMS, but have not been able to stop Twitter, which continues to host thousands and thousands of tweets of opponents of the government. Through the use of proxy, in some cases specially made online, Twitter continues to be the umbilical cord that connects the Protestants among themselves, and the rest of the world. The latest news, the army marching on the capital. Click to enlarge. While...
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