The number doubled to
100,000 in just one month after Twitter won the Best Blog award at South By South
West conference.
Evan mentioned "Best Blog" was a weird category for Twitter, as Twitter is not a
blog. But Twitter's growth has been phenomenal. As Ewan Spence of The Podcast
Network puts it, "Twitter has got Americans texting!" And that included a US
Presidential candidate!
The way it works is very simple. Whenever you want to update your friends about
what you are doing, just pick up your phone, type an SMS, and send it to a special
shortcode number. Twitter broadcasts it to all your friends and posts it on your
Twitter page. Your friends will know what you are up to, whether they are online or
on the move.
If you have a lot of friends, you may love getting text messages about what they
are eating and what their cat is doing. Or you may hate the SMS beeps at all odd
hours. But it is a fact that Twitter is a big-time success. And it shows where things
are moving.
Things are moving mobile!
Broadtexter allows music bands to broadcast messages to their fans via SMS. With a
Broadtexter account, the band get a simple widget they can place on their site.
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