Twitter Buys Tweetie App
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Twitter announced on Friday that they have offically purchased Atebits, the company which produces the Tweetie iPhone application along with a desktop application for Mac’s. It’s the first time Twitter has linked up and purchased a fellow company, which is just sign at how well the social network is doing.
Loren Brichter is Tweetie’s creator, and will be part of the Twitter mobile team. In a blog post last Friday, Twitter said that the iPhone app will change it’s name from Tweetie to “Twitter for iPhone, and will be made free within the next several weeks.