TweetUp snaps up Twidroid, popurls in Android push
updated 11:25 am EDT, Tue July 6, 2010
TweetUp gets Twidroid to help search results
TweetUp today said it had bought Twidroid, maker of what's touted as the most popular Twitter client for Android. It plans to rebadge the app as Twidroyd, purportedly to avoid conflicts with Lucasfilm over trademarks. The deal would let TweetUp better identify very popular Twitter users for its own search business.
The startup is also acquiring the related popurls project, a guide site that unifies the most popular news and videos. It could show the most popular users and would also be an avenue for user feedback.
Twidroid remains free and is available for most any Android phone. It currently faces stiff competition from both the official Twitter client on Android 2.1 devices as well as Seesmic.
