Hack Twitter, Hacks!
So now, everyone seems watching Twitter curiously!
Twitter Fast Growing Beyond Its Messaging Roots
Thanks to its open-ended design and a thriving user community, Twitter is fast outgrowing its roots as a simple, easy-to-use messaging service. Enterprising hackers are creating apps for sharing music and videos, to help you quit smoking and lose weight — spontaneously extending the text-based service into one of the web’s most fertile (and least likely) application platforms.Hardware hackers have set up household appliances to send status alerts over Twitter, like a washing machine that tweets when the spin cycle is through, or a home security system that tweets whenever it senses movement inside the house. Others have incorporated Twitter into their DIY home automation systems. Forgot to turn off the lights? Send a tweet to flip the switch by remote control.
After received funding for about $20 million and refused the $500 million Facebook acquisition offer, what the heck, they must be keeping a big secret of their recipe of business model.
