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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google, Eric Schmidt, finally opened an account at Twitter and began to interact in these Microblogging network. Schmidt commented controversial since previously mentioned Twitter as a “mail system owned by the poor”.

According to a spokesperson at Twitter Twitter messages, Monday (7 / 12), as quoted by the AFP, Schmidt nge-tweet with account “@ ericschmidt”. Accounts are activated starting December 1. Schmidt has sent two tweet, one of which is connected with an opinion he wrote last week in The Wall Street Journal. His account has brought together nearly 7500 follower in less than a week after the message appears.

Schmidt had insulted Twitter in the Morgan Stanley Technology conference in San Francisco in March. But then he quickly turned his words were in further comment, saying, “We admire Twitter. We think Twitter has done a very good job by showing a new way to communicate thoroughly,” he said.

Twitter as a potential of search engines has led to immediate speculation that Google might be interested in buying the company. Twitter that makes its users can send messages with 140 characters or less, soared in popularity since its launch in August 2006.