Biz Stone Hypes His ‘Twttr’ Texting Service in Historic 2006 Video
Twitter has joined the ranks of Facebook and Google as an iconic Web entity, having given pop culture such widely recognizable terms and phrases as "micro-blogging," "tweet," and "140-characters-or-less." Few people probably remember the site's humble origins, though, particularly its once vowel-less name.
Say OMG has unearthed an amazing video of historical Net significance that features Twitter co-founder Biz Stone touting the benefits of his new "social texting service based on the contents of your mind." The site originated as 'Twttr,' a sort of mass-texting service that enabled users to share messages with selected cell phone friends by texting a "short code." Check out the video after the jump for a glimpse of social networking history, or if you just want to see Biz Stone doing a hilariously ridiculous Regis Philbin-Ludwig Von Drake impersonation. [From: Say OMG, via: Mashable]
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