Twitter goes into battle mode in anticipation of Apple news
Microblogging service Twitter is a central hub of geek chatter, and if there’s anything geeks love to chatter about, it’s Apple news. Consequently, Twitter has bolstered its servers in anticipation of Monday’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), at which a healthy dose of Steve Jobs announcements are expected.
“We are expecting approximately ten times our normal daily traffic so we’ve made some plans to accommodate this dramatic surge,” a post on the company blog explained. Last year at WWDC, the service crashed–as it’s often prone to do.
In an extreme situation, the service can go into a “gray mode” that eliminates all but the most essential features. It’s also partnered with aggregation service Summize and is encouraging particularly news-hungry Twitterers to check there for updates from Jobs & co. rather than just hitting reload on Twitter–and hence swamping the servers.
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Twitter goes into battle mode in anticipation of Apple news
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