On March 21st, 2006, work started on the project ‘twttr’. Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams worked on Odeo podcast at the time, and started toying with the idea of creating a multi-user SMS service, which then evolved into a social media used by several hundred million users. The very first post on then ‘Twttr’ came from Jack Dorsey (@jack), simply stating: It took more than a year for the team to grab the domain name Twitter.com, which then became the default URL (www.twttr.com today redirects to Twitter). On July 11th, 2007, Twitter.com came to life. Thus, Twitter/Twttr have two birthdays and regardless of the
Jack Dorsey Returns As CEO Of Twitter
Jack Dorsey, one of the Twitter co-founders, is taking back the reigns of the company. Jack’s return as CEO was announced yesterday morning, as the quest to find a suitable company executive after their rocky summer seems to finally be over. While this may come as a surprise for some, Dorsey was actually the acting CEO ever since then-chief Dick Costolo stepped down from the position this summer. This announcement will certainly make Twitter investors and fans alike, rather happy. “I’ve been CEO of both companies for over 3 months now. I have the smartest, strongest, and most determined leaders in the world on my