Twitter Celebrates 8th Anniversay( March 21,2006 -March 21,2014)

 On March 21,2014,on its 8th birthday Twitter lets users discover their #FirstTweet

Eight years ago on March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, posted the first ever tweet. "just setting up my twttr," read the tweet from @jack.  

About Twitter

is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters

was created in March 21,2006 by  -

 Clockwise from top left: Twitter co-founders Noah Glass, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, and Biz Stone.

• Jack Dorsey
• Evan Williams
• Biz Stone and
• Noah Glass

by July 2006 the site was launched

Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them

is based in San Francisco and has offices in NY City,Boston,San Antonio and Detroit

rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with 500 Million Registered Users in 2012, who posted 340 million tweets per day