T3 - Tech 100

Before Evan Williams brought us the brilliant Twitter, we had no idea what 45 million people were having for tea. And that's just the start...

Twitter launched in 2006, had a slow start, then snowballed, 140 characters at a time, into the hottest social networking service of 2008 and 2009.

Twitter is the darling of the tech industry. So much so that it routinely goes down during tech conferences due to the sheer number and frequency of updates from users evangelising – or criticising – the latest gizmo. It’s proved invaluable for everyone from corporates and celebrities to your aunt Edna in Solihull to connect to others in real time.

Mr Williams, we salute you. Before your site arrived, we had no idea what over 45 million people are having for tea…