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Tue, Mar 10th, 2009 |
Each year, around the time of the SXSW festival people start wondering out loud what the "next Twitter" will be. You see, the quickly spreading micro-messaging service really got its start at the Austin,Texas-based festival two years ago, and has been growing ever since. Of course, last year's Twitter was, well, Twitter. But this year there may be another service that catches on - if it can get approval in Apple's App Store.
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