Twitter Enters E-Commerce Space with Sales Offer System, 'Earlybird'

Twitter, which once had everybody and their dog wondering how it was going to make money, seems to be doing okay at last. Better than okay, probably: It's just announced a new scheme for e-commerce dubbed "earlybird." 

The idea as Twitter's blog explains it: "@earlybird Exclusive Offers are special time-bound deals, sneak-peeks, and events that are promoted by the official Twitter @earlybird account". Which means that Twitter's opening a very simple e-store that has a single advertising...