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Since 2006 Twitter has carved itself into a niche market between SMS (or text messages) and blogging, and with its ever increasing popularity has taken microbloging to new levels.
A typical blog is a website which is consistently updated and allows users to post comments and interact with content and the authors. Twitter allows users to send and receive messages from cellphones in the form of text messages or "tweets" as they are called. This means that they have only 140 characters available and even the best of ideas have to be compacted into a quick and easy blurb.
To get your own twitter account for free, you simply visit http://www.twitter.com and register with your e-mail address. You do not need a cellphone number when you register, but that will mean you cannot have updates sent to your phone.
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The greatest benefit of Twitter is the speed with which information is distributed across networks. With only a cellphone and a text message, users can share information about current events faster than traditional news agencies. However, even independent journalists and large news corporations use twitter to send information to their followers.
If you have your cellphone, and no access to the Internet, radio, or television, you can still be connected to the world.