Julius F

Earlier this week Twitter announced that it has acquired Tweetie and will be re-branding the app as the official Twitter app for Apple’s app store.

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve entered into an agreement with Atebits (aka Loren Brichter) to acquire Tweetie, a leading iPhone Twitter client. Tweetie will be renamed Twitter for iPhone and made free (currently $2.99) in the iTunes AppStore in the coming weeks. Loren will become a key member of our mobile team that is already having huge impact with device makers and service providers around the world. Loren’s work won the 2009 Apple Design Award and we will eventually launch Twitter for iPad with his help.

This is an obvious move by Twitter. Why develop your own app when someone else has already built the best?

Congrats Loren!

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