New York,
Sep 9 - There is a good news for Twitter fans in India as popular
micro-blogging site is all set to launch services in Hindi in the coming weeks.
Twitter, which came into existence five years
ago, now boasts of 100 million active users worldwide.
ÒAfter launching Hindi, Filipino, Malay and
Simplified and Traditional Chinese in the coming weeks, Twitter will support 17
different languages,Ó according to a company blog.
Both Twitter and social networking site Facebook have huge following in India. Among
others, Facebook already offers its services in
Hindi and five other Indian languages -- Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telugu and
Bengali.
Going by estimates, Twitter has around 200
million registered users.
ÒFor many, getting the most out of Twitter
isn't only about tweeting: 40 per cent of our active users simply sign in to
listen to what's happening in their world... Our 100 million active users range
from passionate early adopters to recent converts,Ó the blog dated September 8
said.
The micro-blogging site allows users to send
messages, with a maximum of 140 characters.
Global leaders, film personalities,
journalists and sports people, including Indian cricketers, are among the
diverse Twitter users.
According to Twitter, 35 global heads of state
such as Australia's Julia
Gillard and Argentina's
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, use the site.
ÒMore than 40 per cent of the top global
religious leaders are on Twitter, including @DalaiLama and the Pope...,Ó the
blog noted.
It said reporters share stories and photo from
the front lines on Twitter.
ÒOrdinary citizens break
news and give us a view we might otherwise miss, like the now-famous Space
Shuttle image that was re-tweeted over 2,300 times, and the first photo of the
US Airways plane that landed in the Hudson River
in 2009,Ó the blog said.
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