UberTwitter idea came from a businessman named Bill Gross. He sees Twitter with 200 million users can not have a profitable business.
Bill had decided to create a company that can sift through the ecosystem and highlights the user's Twitter and tweet the most important. Originally called TweetUp, this idea of Idealab, one of the investment companies that survived from the era of the 90s that exploded with the dot-com.
Company investors liked the idea. TweetUp directly received funds of U.S. $ 3.5 million from a number of ancillary funds, including Betaworks based in New York, First Round Capital and founder Steve Case and AOL investor angle.
One year later, TweetUp metamorphosed into a holding company for the expansion of portfolio Twitter add-on. However, now touted UberMedia has acquired web, one of the most popular twitter client.
A source denied that information, but other information call UberMedia is expanding its ambitions to become the center of All Things Twitter.
UberMedia CEO Jon Kraft says one main goal is to become the best partner UberMedia Twitter in their ecosystems, and help them develop and improve the ecosystem. "Our goal has evolved over the years," he said.
With the amount of 110 million per day tweet, Twitter now has exceeded the platform. Twitter is a fertile ground for outside developers who create tools to enhance and optimize the flow of tweets. "Innovation that we bring can make Twitter to grow and accelerate that growth," added Kraft
Along with building UberMedia Twitter ecosystem, contending the company complement, not compete with the microblogging service. "We do not currently compete, we have good relations with Twitter," said Kraft.
