2010 Twitter Timeline: 10/10-1/11

A YEAR OF TWITTER THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY 2010 SAN ITS SHARE OF TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDNES. NO WHERE WAS THAT MORE APPARENT THAN ON TWITTER. WITH THE MICRO-RLOGGING SOCIAL NETWORK BALLO0ONING FROM A MERE75 MILLION OSERS TO NEARLY I80 MLLION N JUST A FEW MONTNS, 2010 MARNED TWITTER'S EMERGENCE FROM AN INTERNET CORNOSITY TO A DMY TO DAY NEGESSITY. 3REVENUE OR ACQUISITION VISITORS RELATED NEWS TWITTER NEWS UNIQUE VISITORS SYSTEM UPDATE NEW FEATURE NEW USER 01.10 VISITS: 201,765,005 UVISITS: 24,813,434 WYCLEF JEAN USES TWITTER TO RAISE MONEY FOR HAITI TWITTER IMPLEMENTS T SUGGESTED USER BY TOPIC A BILL GATES JOINS TWITTER 75,000,000 USERS 3 TOTAL FUNDING AT $160.000.000 02.10 VISITS: 195,210,565 U VISITS 23,867,354 E ANNOUNCES NEW LOCATION SERVICE CONAN O'BRIEN JOINS TWITTER LAUNCHES DIRECTORY OF ALL OPEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS 50 MILLION TWEETS A DAY DALAI LAMA JOINS TWITTER TWITTER STRIKES A DEAL WITH YAHOD TO SHARE DATA 03.10 VISITS: 258,300,144 U VISITS: 27,385,280 ANNOUNCES NEw GANYWHERE BILLY IDOL JOINS TWITTER (1) O TWITTER ROLLS OUT NEW GEOLOCATION FEATURE 10 BILLIONTH TWEET QUEEN NOOR JOINS TWITTER TWITTER TURNS 4 TWITTER LAUNCHES D NEW HOMEPAGE SHARESPOST VALUES TWITTER AT $750 MILLION 04.10 VISITS: 234,382,643 U VISTS: 27,711,024 ACQUIRES ATEBITS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SAVES TWEETS 105,779,710 USERS OFFICIAL BLACKBERRY APP LAUNCHES TWITTER'S FIRST DEVELOPER CONFERENCE 'CHIRP 55,000,000 TWEETS A DAY ACQUIRES TWEETIE 175 TWITTER UPOATES ARE ADDED TO REALTIME SEARCHES EMPLOYEES TWITTER LAUNCHES NEW AD O PLATFORM "PROMOTED TWEETS HUGO CHAVEZ IOINS TWITTER VISITS: 229,216,050 U VISITS: 28,235,647 3 ACQUIRES CLOUDHOPPER 05.10 DEEPWATER HORIZON RESPONSE TURNS TO TWITTER FOR HELP 205 EMPLOYEES ALEX PAYNE QUITS TWITTER 1 OFFICIAL IPHONE TWITTER APP LAUNCHES LINKEDIN BECOMES A FULL FLEDGE TWITTER CLIENT VISITS: 230,305.268 UVISTS: 28,026,876 06.10 ACQUIRES DABBLE DB BPGLOBALPR JOINS TWITTER 190,000,000 USERS ACQUIRES SMALLTHOUGHT SYSTEMS 65,000,000 TWEETS A DAY TWITTER MOVES FROM MYSOL TO CASSANDRA FTC BARS TWITTER DUE HACKER ATTACKS IN 2009 $5.2 MILLION IN ACOUISITIONS 07.10 VISITS: 230,768,122 U VISITS: 28,887,203 O WHO TO FOLLOW ROLLS OUT KANYEWEST JOINS TWITTER TWITTER BEGINS TESTING INLINE PHOTOS AND VIDED (1 GEARLY BIRD GOES LIVE 08.10 VISITS: 232,993,916 U VISITS: 28,638,357 TWITTER ACQUIRES DAN COUGHLIN LAUNCHES OFFICIAL SHARE BOOKMARKLET TWITTER TAKES OVER TWEET BUTTON FROM TWEETMEME E FILES U.S. TRADEMARK FOR TWEET TWITTER LAUNCHES NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN TWITTER TALES ADAM BAIN HIRED AS PRESIDENT OF REVENUE LADY GAGA GAINS 5,771,492 U FOLLOWERS 09.10- VISITS: 212,714,160 UVISITS: 28,353,704 O TWITTER FOR IPAD LAUNCHES NEWLY DESIGNED TWITTER ANNOUNCED NEW REPLY TO ALL'AND AUTO D COMPLETION FEATURES FILES TRADEMARK FOR BIRD EIN FLIGHT ICON TWITTER SETS ASIDE GEARLYBIRO NEW TWITTER IS ABOUT 50% ROLLED OUT KOSUKE TSUNEOKA USES Y TWITTER TO ESCAPE CAPTIVITY 10.10 VISITS. 186,046,399 U VISITS: 25,677,370 300 TWITTER LAUNCHES PROMOTED ACCOUNTS EMPLOYEES DICK COSTOLO TAKES OVER AS CEO TWITTER HANDLES MORE THAN E A BILLION QUERIES A DAY RUMSFELD OFFICE JOINS TWITTER 160,000.00 USERS NOW E HAVE NEW TWITTER 11.10 VISITS: 176,744,079* UVISITS: 24,907,049* TWITTER VALUED AT S3 BILLION 29 BILLION 1 TWITTER TESTS NEW NAVIGATIONAL PEDPLE TAB TWEETS VERIZON BUYS ACYBERMONDAY S FROM TWITTER BIDDING WAR RAISES TWITTER VALUE TO $4 BILLION 90,000,000 TWEETS A DAY TIGER WOODS JOINS TWITTER 12.10 VISITS: 178,334,776* U VISITS: 25,128,811* TWITTER VP OF PRODUCT, E JASON GOLDMAN STEPS DOWN NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH BLIP.IV, ROIO, SLIDESHARE AND DIPORIVE ANONYMOUS LAUNCHES OPERATION PAYBACK VIA TWITTER "ESTIMATES BASED ON UNIQUE VISITOR AND TOTAL VISITOR PERCENT CHANGE DATA FROM PREVIOUS YEAR. CELEBRITY DIGITAL DEATH Flowtown. SOURCES. NYTIMES I TECHCRUNCH I COMPETE I GIGATWEET I TIME I TWITTER HUFFINGTON POST I CNET I GOGLENEWS