Twitter has filed to become a publicly traded company . Comment: This year 's Super Bowl peaked at 268,000 tweets per minute .
Twitter has filed to become a publicly traded company . The first tweet was sent in 2006 ; co-founder Jack Dorsey called it `` Twttr '' In 2009 , Ashton Kutcher beat CNN 's breaking news feed to 1 million followers . This year 's Super Bowl peaked at 268,000 tweets per minute .