Yes, Apple really is taking to Twittering..

Seth Weintraub
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March 20, 2009
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Update: both accounts were suspended...

Following up on yesterday's Twittering Apple post, 9to5mac reader Hard-Hat-Mac points us to two more Apple Twitter feeds.

twitter.com/appleconcierge is Apple's Store concierge Twitter page.  Apple geniuses are available for an easy 140 charater q/a.  It looks like it is getting answered every minute or so but there are currently only 6 followers.  This might someday beat the support forums for finding trends on bad Apple parts or getting a quick answer from a Genius.

Additionally, Apple PR has their own Twitter Page at twitter.com/ApplePR.  Currently it has 18 followers.  We expect that to increase pretty quickly.  How many is it at now?

9to5mac.com has it own Twitter feed at twitter.com/9to5mac but frankly we've been slacking.  We'll try harder to keep it fresh.

Comments (8)

Macdimar (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 9:39am

The AppleConcierge is a fake i.m.h.o.
An official Apple employee would never use a crappy comprimized jpeg like that (http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/483...)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 10:24am

Both accounts are now suspended dues to "user name squatting".
Mystery solved then. Mosey along now, nothing to see here.

Benjamin Dobson | March 20, 2009 - 9:43am

To me, they're all fake - nothing is mentioned of them on the Apple website.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 10:17am

fake

Jody (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 10:18am

Both twitter accounts have been taken down. Due to strange activity.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 10:22am

Surely if Apple really did start Twitter accounts, they wouldn't have shitty background templates like that?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 10:24am

I was kinda excited about this. Would have been a unique way for Apple to reach people, and vice-versa. I did question its long-term sustainability, especially WRT the genius.

Chris Devers (not verified) | March 20, 2009 - 2:57pm

Weirdly, there was a different ApplePR account a few months ago.

It acted like it was legit -- would actually do Q&A sessions during & after keynotes etc -- but it seems to be gone now, so it must have been fake.