The New Twitter is Here ~ THEGAMETECH

Today was an exciting day for geeks and Internet users everywhere, as microblogging giant Twitter unveiled the redesigned Twitter.com homepage, which will be rolled out as a preview for users over the next few weeks. Here’s what the New Twitter has in store for us.

The first thing that comes to mind when you look at the New Twitter is: “Awesome!” The next thought is: “So what happens now to all those third-party Twitter clients/apps?” (Of course, for the said third parties, this was probably the first thing that came to mind.) The redesigned Twitter.com gives the two-paned experience already familiar to users of Twitter clients such as Hootsuite, TweetDeck and Seesmic. Everything is in one place, and it’s a much better user experience. Of course, Twitter is interested in having people go to the actual Twitter site and stay there.

Not only that, but Twitter is now offering a true multimedia experience, allowing users to directly see embedded photos and videos on Twitter. To make this possible, Twitter has signed up partnerships with different media hosting services, such as Flickr, Dailybooth, DeviantArt, Etsy, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, Twitvid, USTREAM, Vimeo, Yfrog, and YouTube.

Twitter is also asking content providers to partner with it, once more underscoring how serious the company is in becoming a platform for bringing content to users and keeping them engaged.

Twitter’s latest move will have profound implications for different content providers such as online news organizations, as well as advertisers. It’s obvious that Twitter wants people to spend more time on the actual site instead of just accessing it via third-party clients.

from Yahoo! News Philippines