Recent rumors, announcements, and acquisitions have been rampant around Twitter lately. The recent announcement of Twitter’s estimated $40 million acquisition of Tweetdeck followed up months of speculation and rumors anticipating this move as Twitter reigns in 3rd party apps.
Just this week, Twitter announced plans to launch its own photo and video sharing service built on Photobucket technology. After leaving photo and video sharing services to the likes of Twitpic and yFrog for years, Twitter is finally moving to integrate photo/video sharing technology into its platform, a good move when you look at all the other moves Twitter is making to reign in 3rd party services.
The new Twitter search functionality is especially appealing, given my search affiliation. I love the integration of photos and video in search, but I wonder what affect it will have on traffic and usage of the actual Twitter.com platform. Having been a loyal Tweetdeck user for years, I am looking forward to seeing what improvements Twitter can make to the platform. I love new Twitter, but as a self-proclaimed “power user,” I need the ability to view multiple streams at once.
Now go tweet!
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