Days before the match, PBS producers proposed that instead of broadcasting short updates on the match, Lyman should appear from 1 until 3 in the afternoon.

Users send short updates, or mini-blogs (known as tweets), that are no more than 140 characters long.

Two years later, the bulletin was axed again and replaced by short one-minute updates broadcast throughout the day.

Twitter, an SMS-friendly micro-blogging service that's used to quickly disseminate short updates to followers, led the pack with 343 percent growth, reaching 2.3 million users in September 2008.

The "D" segment (duration 8:59) is typically composed of two to three stories focusing on health news, international events, or short updates on national stories.

"L-Aħbarijiet TVM" is broadcast nightly at 8pm as well as various short updates throughout the day.

Southern Cross Nightly News is the station's flagship news program, broadcast live every night at 6:00pm from the Launceston studios with short updates throughout the day.

Soon their once-lengthy conversations became short updates, rarely lasting more than five minutes.

They can use Twitter for shorter updates and announcements.

Wavii developed an iPhone app that allowed users to follow topics (e.g., a company, celebrity, politician, athlete, city, etc.) and receive short updates about them in their feed.