Twitter to Roll Out t.co URL-Shortening Service
Take it from Twitter: "Length doesn't matter." It may not be a universal maxim, but when it comes to the size of a link referenced within a tweet, at least, Twitter apparently doesn't believe that its 140-character limit poses much of a barrier. With that in mind, then, the company has begun rolling out its own URL-shortening service in the hopes of enhancing both user experience and safety.
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Twitter is no stranger to spam, so it shouldn't be of any great surprise that spammers are hitting one of tweeters' favorite utilities. According to the New York Times' Bits blog, URL-shortening services like TinyURL and Bit.ly have unintentionally provided spammers with a veil to cover the ugly face of their shady activities. By copy-and-pasting a Web address (a.k.a. URL) into one of these ...









