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Stephen Downes

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Twitter started throwing unrelated advertisements into the #EdStartUp course today, showing again how Twitter is becoming more of a media company, and less of a communications company. Dave Winer writes, "I think Twitter and Apple are headed to the same place -- halfway between TV networks and the Internet. More video, more programming, users pressing Like buttons, making wheels spin, watching celebrities and of course commercials." For me, Twitter is on the bubble - and with the way it is clamping down on content sources and software vendors, it might not be long for my desktop.

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