Two recent developments have all but guaranteed Twitter’s successful crossover into the mainstream: First, the popular social networking site — and its bluebird logo — are included in a new Sprint national television ad campaign. Secondly, the network was the target of computer worm attacks apparently launched by a teenager over the Easter weekend. The latter security-related development buys the white-hot service the kind of publicity it would rather not have, especially as tech media chatter continues to focus on potential revenue-generation ideas in the works from Twitter’s founders.
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Twitter Birdie Chokes Down Worms
Posted by: Renay San Miguel April 13, 2009 11:16 AMTwo recent developments have all but guaranteed Twitter’s successful crossover into the mainstream: First, the popular social networking site — and its bluebird logo — are included in a new Sprint national television ad campaign. Secondly, the network was the target of computer worm attacks apparently launched by a teenager over the Easter weekend. The latter security-related development buys the white-hot service the kind of publicity it would rather not have, especially as tech media chatter continues to focus on potential revenue-generation ideas in the works from Twitter’s founders.