Twitter application developers acquire Tweetie

Twitter announced that it has acquired Atebits Company, which is the iPhone application, Tweetie and Mac desktop application developers.

Tweetie's developer Loren Brichter also will join the Twitter team. The application will be renamed as "Twitter for iPhone", and in the next few weeks to become free from the charges 2.99 U.S. dollars to download. Evan Williams, Twitter's chief executive officer Evan Williams in a blog explaining this behavior.

Williams said: "We are very pleased to announce that we have become with the acquisition of Tweetie Atebits agreement. Tweetie will be renamed the Twitter for iPhone, iTunes AppStore within the next few weeks the price of 2.99 U.S. dollars from the current become a free download. Buruiqite our mobile team will be a key member. At present, this team has on the global equipment manufacturers and service providers have a huge impact. "

Twitter also made special mention of the official Twitter iPad application really is coming soon. Williams released a statement today said: "developers, service providers and publishers will be able to make comprehensive use of Twitter iPhone and iPad applications, for customers to create new creative tools and integrated applications."

Less than a week earlier, Twitter's investors and venture capital firm Union Square Ventures partner Fuleidewei Paulson (Fred Wilson) in his blog posted a highly controversial article. Wilson explained in the text, his view is in fact a number of external applications of Twitter applications to fill the existing "loopholes" (such as image sharing, mobile applications, etc.), Twitter should go beyond these applications, focusing on innovative products and "killer application." The blog attracted the attention developers, who fear that if Twitter themselves continue to develop external tools, third-party living space will become increasingly narrow.