Friday, December 6, 2013

Report: Internet-Free Twitter Service Coming to International Markets

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Twitter will soon be available to some international mobile users without Internet access, according to Reuters


Twitter is partnering with U2opia, a Singapore-based mobile applications provider, to bring aspects of its Twitter service to users on phones that don't have Internet capabilities. Users will need to type in a short code and will then have access to trending topics on Twitter from their respective areas.



A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the partnership to Mashable but did not comment on how many international users will have access to the new service. According to Reuters, users will only have access to trending topics, meaning the majority of tweets will not be viewable. It does not appear users will be able to send tweets using U2opia's application. Read more...


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via Social Media http://mashable.com/2013/12/06/internet-free-twitter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-SocialMedia-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss

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