Comments on: Twitter shuts down SMS in all but 3 countries. What next?!

By: prerok

prerok — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:46:33 +0000

So, if SMS was/is such a must-have feature, then I the users are willing to pay something for it. It also seems that MNOs should be interested in generating SMS traffic to/from Twitter as they charge the end users for it. Does anyone know whether Twitter still allows integration with MNOs and if so what are the terms?

By: Twitter enables SMS for Canadians using Bell Mobility! | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:06:08 +0000

[...] weren’t Twitter-ers missing SMS on the micromessaging blog? Twitter is being kind to its users in Canada using Bell Mobility by [...]

By: Missed Twitter SMS updates; get them now with Twe2 | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:50:33 +0000

[...] must have been a sad day when Twitter ceased to send updates via SMS to many countries. It may have been disheartening but not anymore as in comes Twe2, a startup that lets you have your [...]

By: Twitter + 10 more words = Koornk | Startup Meme

Twitter + 10 more words = Koornk | Startup Meme — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:41:29 +0000

[...] well given that Twitter is up implementing its business model and has already dropped out the SMS service it offered for free. Koornk and the likes can capitalize on these and grab the users that always [...]

By: Is Twitter up to implement ‘the business model’? | Startup Meme

Is Twitter up to implement ‘the business model’? | Startup Meme — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:07:37 +0000

[...] week they came out with another blast; that of cutting down Twitters prime service, outbound text messages in every country except for the U.S, Canada and India. What exactly pushes Twitter to all this, the [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:53:20 +0000

How these companies get millions for non profitable business models is beyond me. I have profitable businesses and I don’t have people banging on my door to throw millions at me, I don’t get it, maybe I need to start associating with VCs I guess.

By: TweetSMS and ZygoTweet jumps in to fill the void created by twitter to abandon SMS in UK | Startup Meme

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:15:34 +0000

[...] is no dearth of opportunistic people out there, the day twitter announced that it is discontinuing its SMS service in all countries except U.S., Canada and India, we are seeing two startups rush to offer services [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:19:29 +0000

The real question is: Who are the venture cap firms that are dumping cash into a company with no business model? I don’t understand that in the slightest.

There’s so much potential for monetization: location-awareness displaying local ads, ads related to “what you are doing right now” and similar interests. Those are two things Twitter can really leverage.

That being said, any of the venture cap firms who have invested in Twitter and are looking to get some rate of return on their investment want to hire me to put the pressure on Twitter?