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Speak 2 Tweet Service
Established in January 2011, this service allows users to leave a Tweet by calling a designated international phone number and leaving a voice message. Engineers at Google, Twitter and SayNow, a voice-messaging startup company acquired by Google in January 2011, created the service in response to the Internet shutdown by the Egyptian government in January following protests in the country leading to the historic revolution.

Publicly announced on January 31 2011, Google stated its official blog that the goal of the service was to help Egyptian protesters stay connected during the Internet shutdown. Users could phone in a Tweet by leaving a voicemail and use the Twitter hashtag #egypt. These Tweets can be accessed without an Internet connection by dialing the same designated phone numbers. Those with Internet access can listen to the Tweets by visiting twitter.com/speak2tweet.