Micro-blogging is a relatively new craze that's sweeping through online early adopters, and looks set to explode as more people embrace Social Media and learn of its existence. It is essentially a short-message broadcast service that let's keep their 'friends' up to date via short text posts (usually less than 160 characters). Twitter (www.twitter.com) is the biggest player in this place, with similar services being offered by the Google-acquired Jaiku (www.jaiku.com) and Pownce (www.pownce.com), a services that marries micro-blogging short-messaging concept with file sharing and event invitations. Leading Social Network sites, like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn , also offer a kind of micro-blogging functionality within their 'walled garden' networks through their 'status updates' features.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What is Micro-blogging?
Micro-blogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links".These small messages are sometimes called micro-posts.
- What is Short Text-Message Service.
Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices.

