Twitter: Social netwarkin service
X (stylisit 𝕏), formerly kent as Twitter, is an online social networkin service an microbloggin service that enables its uisers tae send an read text-based messages o up tae 140 chairacters, kent as tweets.
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| Teep o business | Private |
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Teep o steid | Social network service, microblogging |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Foonder(s) | Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams, Biz Stone |
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| Industry | Internet |
| Revenue |  US$3.46 billion (2019) |
| Operatin income | US$453 million (2018) |
| Net income | US$1.47 billion (2019) |
| Tot assets | US$10.16 billion (2018) |
| Total equity | US$6.8 billion (2018) |
| Employees | 4,600 (September 2019) |
| Wabsteid | twitter |
| Alexa rank | 11 (Global, Juin 2017[update]) |
| Registration | Required tae post, follae, or be follaed |
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| Launched | 15 Julie 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
Twitter wis creatit in Mairch 2006 bi Jack Dorsey an bi Julie, the social netwarkin steid wis launcht. The service rapidly gained warldwide popularity, wi ower 500 million registered uisers as o 2012, generatin ower 340 million tweets daily an haundlin ower 1.6 billion search queries per day. Syne its launch, Twitter haes acome ane o the ten maist visitit wabsteids on the Internet, an haes been describit as "the SMS o the Internet." Unregistered uisers can read tweets, while registered uisers can post tweets throu the wabsteid interface, SMS, or a range o apps for mobile devices.
Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, wi additional servers an offices in New York Ceety, Boston, an San Antonio.
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