Twitter Introduces Bit.ly-Baiting URL Shortener, T.co

Say goodbye to the bit.lys that pervade your Twitter stream--along with all the other custom URL shorteners from your favorite publications--Twitter is rolling out its own way to shorten those unruly Web site addresses.

As early as this summer, any links shared via Twitter will be shortened and wrapped into Twitter's new t.co URL shortener, which will seem to have some smart capabilities when viewed on online:

A really long link such as...