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By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley

The move comes at an important time for Twitter as it moves to boost profitability

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who was pushed out of the company as chief executive in 2008, is to return full time to lead product development.

He will replace fellow co-founder Evan Williams, who has stepped back from daily involvement with Twitter but will remain on the board.

The announcement was tweeted by chief executive Dick Costolo who wrote that he was “excited” by the return.

Mr Dorsey followed up the tweet, saying that he was “thrilled”.

He says he intends to remain chief executive of a mobile payments service called Square, which is located near Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.

“As executive chairman, Jack will dive into work with more than 450 people, led by an experienced executive team,” Twitter said in a company statement.

“The timing is fortuitous; not only is Twitter experiencing record growth, but we also now have a new infrastructure that will keep us ahead of that growth and enable us to launch products that will make Twitter more instant, simple and always present,” the statement said.

The move comes at an important time for the information and communications platform.

Despite the phenomenal take up by around 200 million users, the company faces challenges ahead as it proves itself to be a profitable business.

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US state department spokesman PJ Crowley has resigned from his post following controversial comments involving the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

The news on Sunday came two days after Crowley was reported to have criticised the Pentagon’s treatment of detained US soldier Bradley Manning.

Crowley said the defence department’s handling of Manning, who is accused of leaking confidential US documents to WikiLeaks, was “stupid” and “counterproductive”.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said she had accepted Crowley’s resignation.

“It is with regret that I have accepted the resignation of Philip J. Crowley as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs.

“PJ has served our nation with distinction for more than three decades, in uniform and as a civilian. His service to country is motivated by a deep devotion to public policy and public diplomacy, and I wish him the very best.”

Clinton named principal deputy assistant secretary Michael Hammer to replace Crowley temporarily.

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2011/03/201131317356184984.html

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