Twitter Considering Charging for Tweets


	Twitter Considering Charging for Tweets

asseenontv

8-25-2009 10:52 AM

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asseenontv says:

I just heard about this briefly on the news last night. Twiiter may start charging for tweets. It will be interesting to see how current twitters react to this. Twitter launched in 2006 and since then has become extremely popular. Who knew it would take off like it did.

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