[ Thanks to LinuxLinks for this link.
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“Micro-blogging is all the rage these days. It
is a webservice which allows the subscriber to send short text
updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish
them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which
can be chosen by the user. Subscribers can read microblog posts
online or request that updates be delivered in real time to their
desktop as an instant message or sent to a mobile device as an SMS
text message. “With micro-blogging, posts are brief (typically 140 – 200
characters) and can be written or received with a variety of
computing devices.“Twitter is a popular social networking utility which has gained
enormous popularity as a micro-blogging tool, with millions using
the service across the globe. Indeed, Twitter is pretty much
constantly in the news. It enables friends, family, and
co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the
exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What
are you doing?”