07/06, 11:25am
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.
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04/14, 9:40pm
Twitter may get edge on Google phones
Twitter as part of its first Chirp conference today said it would have an official Android app. When asked about the platform, chief Evan Williams was clear the company would take the same approach used for the BlackBerry and iPhone, where a Twitter-branded download would compete against third-party rivals. He stopped short of explaining whether this would involve buying another company or developing a new app entirely.
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