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All of them, that is.
Limited access is open to anyone and everyone who wants to play.
According to the company, some 50,000 are using the rate limited APIs.
More people pulling in data means more server load, something which Twitter always has too much of.
Whatever is true, Twitter is finally loosening their grip, andgiving somenew companies access to the firehose.
All the data as it comes in, its a potential goldmine.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
Twitter claims that each company is focused mainly on exploring the incredibly rich field of real-time search and discovery.
Twitter is still on the sort and discover trend.
Twitter is growing past its content deals with Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo.
Twitter agrees, their post was called Enabling A Rush of Innovation.
What would you build with access to the firehose?
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