Evan Williams handed over his post to Dick Costolo, he may have stepped aside as the CEO of Twitter, but according to several interviews with him, he should stay at the heart of Twitter. People in the tech world were not surprised by the news that Evan Williams has given up as chief executive of Twitter to focus on product strategy, and he will be replaced by Dick Costolo, former chief operating officer.

Evan Williams is a technological visionary. He may have stepped aside as Twitter’s CEO, but, based on

In a recent interview he explained that, Costolo is certainly the man to do this. However Williams will be playing the central role in the company. He is the man who provides the real product vision for the business according to his talks.

Under the guidance of Williams, the popularity of the site has grown around the world. Twitter has been enclosed into Google, Bing and respective search engines of Yahoo and in last couple of weeks it has undergone a major facelift which helps people to discover content across the service with flexibility.

Last year, Williams revealed his vision for the future for search, he said, try to imagine a world where you get answers to some questions that you were not aware of….search is a huge thing, not many are using the Twitter search engine but it is growing.


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