History of Twitter
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Origins
Twitter was started as a social networking website in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Evan Williams and Biz Stone
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Name
The initial name of Twitter was twttr, an idea that Williams came up with and suggest to Noah Glass because the domain twitter.com was already in use
Popularity
Twitter became popular in 2007 at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference, where the tweets increased from 20,000 to 60,000 per day
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Revamping Twitter
From 2010 to 2014, the company started rolling out the new version of Twitter with users being able to see images and videos without leaving the website
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Elon Musk and X
Elon Musk acquired Twitter on October 27, 2022, for $44 billion; appointed Linda Yaccarino as the CEO on June 5 to succeed him; rebranded it on July 25 to `X`
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