A Brief History of Twitter
Twitter began in a ” brainstorming session” that was held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo in an attempt to break out of a creative slump. At meeting it was Jack Dorsey who introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group.The original product name was twttr, inspired by Flickr and the fact that American SMS short codes are five characters. It was in October two thousand six, that Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Dorsey and other members of Odeo formed Obvious Corporation and acquired Odeo and all of its asset including Odeo.com and twitter from the investors and other shareholders.
