Contemporary · North America · Technology

2006

Twitter takes flight

March 21, 2006

Jack Dorsey sent a 24-character message reading "just setting up my twttr" from a small San Francisco office. A platform built on enforced brevity would within a decade rewire the metabolism of news, politics, and outrage across the globe. Revolutions and presidencies, careers and reputations, would all soon be made and unmade in 280 characters.

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Also in 2006 (5 other events on record)

Israel-Hezbollah war · Middle East · War
North Korea's first nuclear test · East Asia · War
Saddam Hussein hanged · Middle East · War
Pluto demoted · Europe · Science
PlayStation 3 and the HD console war · East Asia · Culture

Before and after in North America

Before: August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina drowns New Orleans
After: January 9, 2007: iPhone unveiled

Before and after in Technology

Before: February 14, 2005: YouTube is born
After: January 9, 2007: iPhone unveiled

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.