10 Ways Twitter Could Put All Of Its Dependants (And Most Of Its Rivals) Out Of Business

I read with interest earlier this week that Ubermedia has purchased popular Twitter client TweetDeck for $30 million in equity, following acquisitions of UberTwitter (Blackberry), TwidRoid (Android) and EchoFon (various, mostly iPhone).

TweetDeck is a common choice for many Twitter users, but it only commands about 3% of the user market – according to data Twitter themselves provided back in September – and that’s counting all of its platforms (desktop, mobile etc). However, all of these purchases give Ubermedia a big overall hold on the Twitter ecosystem – probably around 10% of all users.

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