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X, formerly and colloquially known as Twitter, is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "posts" (formerly "tweets"), which are text messages limited to 280 characters. Registered users can read and post tweets but unregistered users can only read them. Users access X through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app. X was formerly an Independent company, as of April 23 2023, the company is owned by X Corp.

Acquisitions

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See also

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References

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  3. ^ Kincaid, Jason (November 24, 2008). "Twitter Acquires 'Values of n', Adds Rael Dornfest To The Team". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
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  6. ^ Gannes, Liz. "Looks Like Twitter Paid Mixer Labs $5.17M in Stock". Giga Om. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
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  13. ^ a b c Nosowitz, Dan (April 10, 2010). "Twitter Acquires Tweetie, the Best iPhone Twitter Client: What's Next?". Fast Company. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  14. ^ Miller, Claire Cain (April 29, 2010). "Twitter Acquires Atebits, Maker of Tweetie". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  15. ^ Moren, Dan (April 9, 2010). "Twitter acquires Tweetie developer Atebits". Macworld. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  16. ^ "Twitter Acquires Tweetie". TechCrunch. April 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  17. ^ a b "Twitter Buys Cloudhopper To Bolster Its SMS Service". TechCrunch. April 23, 2010. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  18. ^ McCarthy, Caroline (April 23, 2010). "Twitter acquires SMS service Cloudhopper". CNET. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  19. ^ Ricknäs, Mikael (April 26, 2010). "Twitter acquires SMS specialist". Computerworld. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  20. ^ Sarno, David (April 24, 2010). "Twitter acquiring text-messaging firm Cloudhopper". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  21. ^ Thau, Kevin (April 23, 2010). "Cloudhopping". Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ a b c McCarthy, Caroline (June 10, 2010). "Twitter acquires data firm Smallthought Systems". CNET. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  23. ^ Russell, Frank Michael (June 10, 2010). "Twitter buys software startup Smallthought Systems". Mercury News. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  24. ^ Wanless, Tony (July 19, 2010). "Twitter Gobbles Up B.C.'s Smallthought". BCBusiness. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
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  26. ^ Van, Jennifer (June 10, 2010). "Twitter Acquires Smallthought Systems to Integrate Analytics Tools". Mashable.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  27. ^ a b c Schonfeld, Erick (December 21, 2010). "Q: Why Did Twitter Acqhire Fluther? A: "Search Is Mature," Social Q&A Is Still "Wide Open"". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  28. ^ a b McCarthy, Caroline (December 21, 2010). "Twitter acquires new personnel from Fluther". CNET. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  29. ^ "Fluther Flocks to Twitter". December 21, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
  30. ^ a b c d Rushe, Dominic (April 18, 2011). "Twitter rumoured to be buying TweetDeck for $50m". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
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  33. ^ Costolo, Dick (May 25, 2011). "All Decked Out". Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
  34. ^ a b c Siegler, MG (May 31, 2011). "AdGrok Team Joins Twitter To Help With Revenue — Except Founder/CEO Who Goes To Facebook". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  35. ^ Tsotsis, Alexia (May 30, 2011). "Twitter Close To Acquiring AdGrok". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  36. ^ Oreskovic, Alexei (May 31, 2011). Bishopric, Carol; Dickson, Gunna (eds.). "Twitter acquires online ad team to help with monetization". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  37. ^ Cheredar, Tom (June 1, 2011). "Twitter buys AdGrok to build its monetization platform". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  38. ^ Cheredar, Tom (May 30, 2011). "Is AdGrok Twitter's next big acquisition?". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  39. ^ a b c d Cheredar, Tom (July 5, 2011). "Twitter acquires BackType for improved analytics". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  40. ^ a b Rao, Leena (July 5, 2011). "Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Platform BackType". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  41. ^ King, Rachel (July 5, 2011). "Twitter picks up BackType with BackTweets analytics platform". ZDNet. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  42. ^ a b c d Rao, Leena (August 8, 2011). "Twitter Acquires List Sharing And Discovery Platform Bagcheck, Sam Pullara Joins Engineering Team". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  43. ^ Niccolai, James (August 8, 2011). "Twitter snaps up Bagcheck, a social 'lists' site". Computerworld. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  44. ^ Cheredar, Tom (August 8, 2011). "Twitter acquires search and discovery startup Bagcheck". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  45. ^ "Down forever". BagCheck. September 24, 2013. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  46. ^ a b c Cheredar, Tom (September 21, 2011). "Twitter acquires Julpan, makes former Googler director of engineering". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  47. ^ Siegler, MG (September 21, 2011). "Twitter Acquires Julpan, The Startup By The Guy Who Helped Perfect Google Search". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  48. ^ Essers, Loek (September 21, 2011). "Twitter buys social analytics firm Julpan". Computerworld. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  49. ^ Orpaz, Inbal (November 30, 2013). "Israeli Who Helped Catapult Twitter to Fame and Glory Plans Next Move". Haaretz. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  50. ^ McCarty, Brad (November 28, 2011). "Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems". TheNextWeb.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  51. ^ "Twitter Acquires, Shuts Down Social News Startup Summify". TechCrunch. January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  52. ^ Panzarino, Matthew (January 24, 2012). "Twitter Acquires Internet Security Company Dasient". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  53. ^ "Welcoming the Posterous team to the flock". March 12, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
  54. ^ Rowley, Jason (April 16, 2012). "Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io". Techli. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  55. ^ a b "Twitter Buys Personalized Email Marketer RestEngine To Deliver Best Tweet Digests". TechCrunch. May 10, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  56. ^ "Twitter Acquires Nclud for International Facelift". WebProNews. June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  57. ^ Ingrid Lunden (October 16, 2012). "Twitter Acqui-Hires Mobile App Development Platform Cabana, Shuts It Down". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  58. ^ Peter Kafka and Mike Isaac (October 9, 2012). "Twitter Buys Vine, a Video Clip Company That Never Launched". AllThingsD. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  59. ^ a b "Twitter's Boston Acquisitions: Crashlytics Tops $100M, Bluefin Labs Close Behind". Xconomy. February 5, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  60. ^ "Twitter Makes Big Acquisition, Buys Social TV Analytics Company Bluefin Labs". Business Insider. February 4, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  61. ^ Rowghani, Ali (February 5, 2013). "Welcoming Bluefin Labs to the Flock". Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
  62. ^ "Twitter Acquires Palo Alto-Based Scalable Computing Startup Ubalo". TechCrunch. May 9, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  63. ^ "Twitter Acquires Data-Mining Startup Lucky Sort". DowJones.com. May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  64. ^ "Twitter to Acquire U.W.-Madison Start-Up Locomatix". Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  65. ^ "Twitter buys Boston startup, Spindle Labs, its third local acquisition this year". The Boston Globe. June 19, 2013. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  66. ^ "Twitter Buys Open Source Training Company Marakana To Power New "Twitter University" For Engineers". TechCrunch. August 13, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  67. ^ "With Trendrr Acquisition, Twitter Continues To Beef Up Its Social TV Efforts". TechCrunch. August 28, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  68. ^ "Twitter Buys MoPub For $350M To Up The Ante In Mobile Advertising". TechCrunch. September 9, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  69. ^ a b Lunden, Ingrid (March 31, 2014). "Twitter Buys France's Mesagraph And UK's SecondSync To Ramp Up Social TV Efforts In Europe". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  70. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (April 17, 2014). "Twitter Acquires Android Lockscreen App Cover, Moves Deeper Into Mobile Services". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  71. ^ Wagner, Kurt (August 11, 2014). "Twitter Paid $134 Million for Gnip". Recode. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  72. ^ Etherington, Darrell (April 15, 2014). "Twitter Acquires Longtime Partner And Social Data Provider Gnip". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  73. ^ "Twitter Buys Mobile Native Ad Startup Namo Media For Around $50M". TechCrunch. June 5, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
  74. ^ "Twitter Acquires TapCommerce as It Rolls Out Mobile-App Install Ads". The Wall Street Journal. June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  75. ^ Etherington, Darrell (June 19, 2014). "Twitter Acquires SnappyTV To Expand Offerings For Live Media Partners". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  76. ^ "SnappyTV is joining the flock". June 19, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
  77. ^ "Twitter Acquires Payment Startup CardSpring For Real-Time Commerce". Business Insider. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  78. ^ "Welcoming CardSpring to the Twitter team". July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014 – via Twitter.
  79. ^ "Twitter acquires deep learning startup Madbits". Gigaom. July 29, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  80. ^ "Mitro is joining Twitter and is now open source". Mitro Labs. August 1, 2014. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  81. ^ D'Orazio, Dante (October 25, 2014). "Twitpic saved by Twitter just hours before planned shut down". The Verge. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  82. ^ "Twitter acquires Indian mobile platform startup ZipDial". The Next Web. January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  83. ^ Yuthika Bhargava (January 20, 2015). "Twitter acquires Indian start-up ZipDial". The Hindu. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  84. ^ Saritha Rai (January 20, 2015). "Twitter Acquires India-Based 'Missed Call' Startup ZipDial". Forbes. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  85. ^ Vardaan. "It's Official, ZipDial Acquired By Twitter In A Deal At $30–$40 Million". IndianWeb2. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  86. ^ Ha, Anthony (February 11, 2015). "Twitter Acquires Niche, A Startup That Helps Advertisers Work With Social Media Celebrities". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  87. ^ "Welcoming Niche to the Twitter team". February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
  88. ^ Shontell, Alyson (March 9, 2015). "Twitter quietly bought a video startup that hasn't launched yet, Periscope". Business Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  89. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (April 2, 2015). "Confirmed: Twitter Buys TenXer For Under $50M To Improve Its Tools For Engineers". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  90. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (February 29, 2016). "Twitter Ended Up Paying $479M For Ad Tech Startup TellApart, 10-K Reveals". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  91. ^ "Twitter Acquires Machine Learning Startup Whetlab". TechCrunch. June 17, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  92. ^ Weinberger, Matt (October 21, 2015). "Twitter buys Fastlane, a popular tool for building iPhone apps, and adds Android support". Business Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  93. ^ "ZeroPush has joined Twitter!". ZeroPush. October 21, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  94. ^ "Developer tool ZeroPush gets acquired by Twitter". Technically Philly. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  95. ^ Weber, Harrison (April 8, 2016). "Twitter acquires employee feedback tool Peer". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  96. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (June 20, 2016). "Twitter pays up to $150M for Magic Pony Technology, which uses neural networks to improve images". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  97. ^ "Twitter buys startup Yes, Inc. and scores a new VP of product in the process".
  98. ^ Perez, Sarah (June 21, 2018). "Twitter acquires anti-abuse technology provider Smyte". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  99. ^ Constine, Josh (April 17, 2019). "Twitter acquihires highlight sharing app Highly". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  100. ^ "Twitter acquires Fabula AI to strengthen its machine learning expertise". Retrieved June 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
  101. ^ "London Martech Firm Aiden.ai Acquired by Twitter". November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  102. ^ "Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma Labs". February 18, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  103. ^ "Twitter acquires mobile adtech firm CrossInstall". May 13, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  104. ^ "Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad". December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  105. ^ "Twitter bought a startup that lets you virtually hang out with your friends". December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  106. ^ "Squad, the 'anti-bro startup,' is creating a safe space for teenage girls online". August 6, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  107. ^ "Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad". December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  108. ^ "Twitter bought a startup that lets you virtually hang out with your friends". December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  109. ^ "Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces". January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  110. ^ "Twitter acquires Breaker podcast app, will integrate its team to Spaces". January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  111. ^ "Twitter Acquires Podcast App 'Breaker' To Improve Its New Chatroom Platform Called Spaces". January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  112. ^ Perez, Sarah (January 7, 2021). "Twitter acqui-hires creative agency Ueno to help design new products". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  113. ^ "Twitter Consumes DriveScale". January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  114. ^ "Making Twitter a better home for writers". Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  115. ^ "Twitter acquires newsletter platform Revue". January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  116. ^ "Twitter acquires distraction-free reading service Scroll to beef up its subscription product". May 4, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  117. ^ "Twitter acquires group chat app Sphere". October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  118. ^ "Twitter acquires Threader, an app that compiles and shares threads". November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  119. ^ "Twitter acquires mobile engagement platform OpenBack". TechCrunch. April 12, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  120. ^ Kokalitcheva, Kia (May 15, 2023). "Twitter makes its first acquisition with a recruiting startup". Axios. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
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