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The service is free, and you can respond to that question by web, cell phone or PDA. Other Twitter users can follow your entries, or tweets, and you can follow theirs.
It is yet another social networking service, but one that has staked out new territory....
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Since you can update Twitter as often as you'd like, or as often as your cell phone plan will allow, you will always be connected to those you care about.
Twitter acts much like a virtual water cooler; a chat room with only those you've invited.
Nashville blogger Katherine Coble likened it to passing notes in class.
In case of emergency, Twitter is capable of some phenomenal new advances in communication due to its unique platform.
For example, if Virginia Tech had maintained a Twitter feed, any student who subscribed to its regular updates, could have been informed en masse about the shootings.
In diresituation, Twitter could be infinitely helpful.
When you need to inform lots of people at once of something urgent.
Now, even marketers and politicians are trying to find a way to harness the power of twitter.
Presidential Candidate John Edwards has a Twitter feed that updates his followers on his most recent happenings.
The Wall Street Journal and CNN have a Twitter fed.
Even William Shatner's in on the act.
If twittering appeals to you, try your hand and sign up at Twitter.com .
To learn more about twitter or other technology trends, visit www.nashvilleistalking.com ...
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