CES Day One: Apple BUYS Twitter and Shows their Tablet Computer, the iSlate
Following directly on the surprise release of the Apple iSlate on opening day at CES 2010 in Las Vegas, Apple and Twitter announced Apple’s purchase of Twitter for 2 billion dollars in cash and stock. Jobs says they will phase out all non-Mac OS apps and access to the popular microblogging service. “We liked Twitter from the beginning. And we think people will like it more on a Mac so in 2011 we will begin phasing out all access to machines running non-Apple OS services.”
The Twitter Takedown Begins: Goodnight MyTwitterButler.com
My guess is the Tweet Police are working their way around to The Joker site and all of the JokerNetwork affiliates… as we speak. And it will sadden none of us here as the Tweet-Crap-Apps begin to go dark. One such app, August’s Award Winner TweetFlash would be our pick for next to go.
