Twitter starts commercial operations in the UAE

Twitter has started commercial operations in the UAE with the Egyptian advertising agency Connect Ads after tripling the number of users in the region over the past year.

"It is one of our fastest-growing regions," said Shailesh Rao, a vice president of international operations at the social network and blogging site. "Twitter is used when events in the real world spark conversations online, be it unplanned events, natural disasters, politics or TV shows."

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