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{{Infobox_Software |
#REDIRECT [[X Corp.]]
  software_name  = X|
  software_image  = [[File:Twitter X logo.png|300px]]|
  developer      = [[X Corp.]]|
  publisher      = [[X Corp.]]|
  systems        = [[Android]], [[iOS]], [[Roku]], [[Xbox One]]|
  release        = March 21, 2006|
  added_to_museum = Android: June 10, 2018|
}}
'''X''', formerly known as '''Twitter''', is a social media network.


==First versions at Odeo==
[[Category: Companies and organizations]]
While an undergraduate, [[Jack Dorsey]] came up with an idea to use [[SMS|SMS messages]] to communicate in a small group.
[[Category: Companies and organizations based in the United States of America]]
 
[[Category: Companies and organizations closed in 2006]]
The original codename for the product was twtter. The name was conceived by [[Noah Glass]], inspired by [[Flickr]] as well as the five-character length of American SMS short codes.
[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 2005]]
 
[[Category: Mergers and acquisitions in 2006]]
The first prototype was developed on March 21, [[2006]] by Jack Dorsey and an independent contractor named [[Florian Weber]]. It was used as an internal messaging service by employees at the [[podcasting]] company [[Odeo]].
 
The full version of Twitter was released to the public on July 15, [[2006]].
 
==Acquisition by Obvious Corporation==
Jack Dorsey, [[Biz Stone]], [[Evan Williams]], and Noah Glass founded [[Obvious Corporation]] in October 2006. It acquired Odeo as well as its assets including Twitter. Afterward, Evan Williams fired Noah Glass. Glass was not credited for his part in the early history of Twitter until he spoke out in [[2011]].
 
==Twitter, Inc.==
Obvious Corporation became [[Twitter, Inc.]] in April 2007. The rights to Odeo were transferred to [[Sonic Mountain]].
 
===Blue checkmarks===
Blue checkmarks were a system on Twitter for verified accounts of celebrities, organizations, and politicians.
 
Twitter Blue is a subscription service that was launched in June [[2021]] for $2.99 USD a month. It was originally a subscription service that allowed users to undo tweets before they were sent, group together saved tweets, view replied tweets more quickly, use several different colored themes, and get access to dedicated customer service. The price was raised to $4.99 in July [[2022]] and subscribers gained the ability to edit tweets within a longer timeframe.
 
==Acquisition by Elon Musk==
Twitter, Inc. was purchased by [[Elon Musk]] on October 27, 2022. Musk fired the top three executives immediately after the purchase and fired approximately half of the company's nearly 7,500 employees the next week.
 
On November 9, 2022, Musk launched a reorganized Twitter Blue on [[iOS]], giving a checkmark to anyone who paid $8 USD for the subscription. Immediately after the service went live, accounts began abusing the system by impersonating companies and celebrities.
 
==Replacement of the bird logo and rebranding to X==
[[File:Twitter bird logo.png|100px|left]]
Twitter was merged with X Corp. on March 9, [[2023]]. The resulting company retained the name X Corp. Musk's X.com domain was redirected to Twitter on July 23, 2023. The domain was originally started in March [[1999]] as an [[X.com|online bank]] before merging with [[Confinity]] to form [[Paypal]].
 
Twitter's bird logo was replaced with an X on July 23, 2023. On July 26, 2023, the [[Android]] application was changed from Twitter to X on the [[Google]] [[Play Store]].
 
[[Category:Application software]]
[[Category:Application software published by X Corp.]]
[[Category:Application software released in 2023]]
[[Category:Application software released for Android]]
[[Category:Application software released for iOS]]
[[Category:Application software released for Roku]]
[[Category:Digital items owned by WEC Museum]]
[[Category:Social media]]

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