“Tomorrow just became a very big day. (Sorry for the teaser–more later.)” When Twitter CEO and co-founder Evan Williams posted to his Twitter account on Thursday morning, the Twitter universe buzzed with excitement. When co-founder Biz Stone posted this to his account, the buzz increased: “It’s almost midnight in Boston–did I really agree to get up before 6am? Tomorrow is going to be a long and interesting day!” What could the big news be, everyone wondered. Did Google finally decide to buy Twitter? Did Twitter buy Facebook? Is it related to the worm attacks of last weekend? Nope. It’s Oprah.
Yes, that’s right. According to some leaked info on Friendfeed, tomorrow Oprah’s Twitter account goes live. Are you excited? So far many are less than impressed and don’t consider Oprah opening a Twitter account to be news at all. Granted, it may not be what people were expected, but it could give Twitter a huge boost and make them even more popular. Just asked Jeff Bezos.
When the Amazon CEO appeared on Oprah’s show last October with the Kindle E-reader, she gushed over it, calling it her favorite gadget. The result? The device sold faster than Amazon could make them, leading to long backorder delays. Now the Kindle 2 is one of the hottest gadgets out there.
So maybe Evan and Biz have the right idea. Of course we won’t know for sure if the leak is correct until tomorrow, so leave us a comment with your guesses as to what the big news could be!
Read [CNet]
yep – she is pretty BIG!