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In a separate incident, a group calling itself Iranian Cyber Army hacked into Twitter and defaced their homepage. They replaced the page with a bold pro-Iranian and anti-American message.<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/18/twitter-dns-attack-iran/ Twitter Hack: Part Of Broader Iranian Strategy, Techcrunch.com, December 18, 2009]</ref>
 
In a separate incident, a group calling itself Iranian Cyber Army hacked into Twitter and defaced their homepage. They replaced the page with a bold pro-Iranian and anti-American message.<ref>[http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/18/twitter-dns-attack-iran/ Twitter Hack: Part Of Broader Iranian Strategy, Techcrunch.com, December 18, 2009]</ref>
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==Jack Dorsey==
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Dick Costolo became CEO in 2010.  He was formerly a [[Google]] executive.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Beyond Tech Geeks and Narcisssists: Twitter Aims to Boost Site's Utility|work=Wall Street Journal|first=Shira|last=Ovide|date=July 24, 2012|page=B1}}</ref>
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[[File:Twitter office space.jpg|thumb|Twitter office space (Photo by Jennifer Woodard Maderazo).]]
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In a July 2012 interview with the ''Wall Street Journal'' Twitter's CEO explained his future plans. The paper noted, "Twitter executives still fight a perception that the service is only for tech geeks or narcissists, and there remain doubts about how big the San Francisco company can grow."<ref name=wsj/>  Twitter wants to encourage users to communicate about particular events while they happen. Twitter plans to encourage independent application developers to use Twitter as a platform.  It hopes to add tools to allow companies to analyze messages that discuss particular companies and events.<ref name=wsj/>
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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