Twitter dampens news service rumours

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/images/twitter%20logo-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Biz Stone, the co-founder of Google, has been thinking aloud about ways to expand Twitter and inadvertently started a rumour that a Twitter news site is imminent.</P><br /><P>Talking to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AL57Z20101122">Reuters television</A>, Stone said that he always envisaged Twitter as a news outlet, explaining: "From the very beginning this has seemed almost as if it's a news wire coming from everywhere around the world.</P><br /><P>"I think a Twitter News Service would be something that would be very open and shared with many different news organisations around the world."</P><br /><P><STRONG>Real speculation</STRONG></P><br /><P>This Twitter news service is merely theoretical, but it did fuel speculation that one is in the works.</P><br /><P>Sean Garrett, who deals with communications at Twitter did quash the idea, though, on – you've guessed it – Twitter.</P><br /><P>He <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/SG">tweeted</A> about Stone's remarks: "No plans for 'Twitter news network" and "@Stone pondered how news orgs could do this on their own (or together). Perhaps w/ direct access to Twitter data all hypothetical."</P><br /><P>So, no news about a Twitter news service – looks like we'll just have to keep using the site's 140 characters for telling everyone what we have had for breakfast.</P>

Twitter dampens news service rumours

Biz Stone, the co-founder of Google, has been thinking aloud about ways to expand Twitter and inadvertently started a rumour that a Twitter ...

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