Will Twitter Crumble Under the Apple Tablet’s Weight?

Courtesy Mashable!  Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:04

We’re still a couple of hours away from Steve Jobs taking the stage to unveil Apple’s tablet , but Twitter appears to already be feeling the weight, with timeline delays hitting the service this morning.

As of 11:00am ET, timeline delays for many users have swelled to 4-5 minutes.

That means the whole “real-time” aspect of using Twitter for breaking news is out of play at the moment, which is especially damaging on a...


 

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