Twitter has acquired the San
Francisco-based Marakana to launch a technical training tool tagged Twitter
University.
The Senior Vice President of Engineering at Twitter, Mr. Chris Fry made
this disclosure to DigitalSENSE
Business News penultimate Tuesday, on the company blog
post, indicating that the social media company has acquired an open-source
training company, Marakana, to propel its launch of a technical training tool
called Twitter University.
Although no price for the transaction was given, Fry pointed out
that both companies have been working together for several months lately.
According to report by Silicon Business Journal, Fry was quoted
as saying "To help our engineers grow, it’s important for them to have
access to world-class technical training, along with opportunities to teach the
skills they’ve mastered."
Fry also disclosed that the new programme would be for Twitter
employees, stressing they plan to release some of the Twitter University
content online for anyone to use.
Details on specific educational topics or the structure of the
new programme are still forthcoming. The company already offers training for
engineers on topics ranging from iOS development to distributed systems, in
addition to hosting periodic hackathons.
DigitalSENSE
Business News, further gathered that Marakana's website has since been replaced
with a message explaining the move to Twitter's engineering division.
The message says the company had provided training to 100,000
professional engineers and 3.5 million total users who watched more than
350,000 hours of free online educational videos over the last decade.
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