Thursday, September 16, 2010

New-look Twitter promises to be faster, easier


Twitter users will have a brand new(and improved) interface after the micro-blogging site unveiled are vamped website to make it easier for users to check images and videos, besides helping the company attract more advertisers.

The “re-engineered” Twitter.com, aimed at providing an “easier,faster and richer experience” is expected to roll out across the world in the next few days.

The website is now split into two panes. One is devoted to messagesor“tweets” posted on Twitter each day, and the other will feature photos, videos, replies and other information related to aTweet’s author or subject.

“This is really a complete revamp... It is going to increase the value that people are getting out of Twitter, so in less time you can get more information and value,” Twitter’sco-founder and chief executive Evan Williams said. Users will now be able to see embedded photos and videos directly on Twitter,unlike previously when such multi-media was displayed on other websites or browser tabs.

The company has reached agreements to display content from more than a dozen online photo and video sites, including Google-owned YouTube,Yahoo’s Flickr, GoJustin.TV,Twitgoo, TwitPic, TwitVid, Ustream, Vimeo, and yfrog.

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