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Twitter Goes Mainstream

by Ellyssa

Jessica E Vascellaro writes for the Wall Street Journal Technology section about the mainstream appeal of the Twitter microblogging application.

“Doctors are using Twitter to update patients about office hours. Local groups such as the Los Angeles Fire Department are using it to share details about service calls with interested residents, occasionally with graphic descriptions of the victims’ conditions. And dozens of major companies, like computer maker Dell Inc., use Twitter to share deals and product news with people who sign up for the service.”

Is Twitter mainstream? According to a recent Nielsen report it’s the fastest growig social networking site on the Web today. It’s also an application that Army Intelligence is looking into as a potential terrorist tool.