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Twitter Private Messages Gets An Upgrade

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Mark Melin
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Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is working on its private messaging application, the question is will the company figure out that private messages might need more than 140 characters?

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Twitter reworking its direct messages

Twitter is reworking its direct messaging platform with the goal to make the messaging component of the micro-blogging site more relevant.  A report in VentureBeat said that users will be able to delete messages more consistently across platforms web and mobile.

Direct messages, as opposed to public tweets, are private messages sent between two Twitter users who follow each other.  A public tweet can be seen by all users on the system. Twitter has become a news...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.