Twitter Targets Revenue This Year From Starbucks, Whole Foods

Twitter plans to generate its first revenue this year from companies such as Dell Inc., Whole Foods Market Inc. and Starbucks Corp., which use the micro- messaging site to communicate with millions of customers. The San Francisco-based service could make money by verifying Twitter accounts, so users “following” brands would know it was really Whole Foods or Coca-Cola Co. sending Tweets, or instant messages that can be 140 characters long. Full Story : Bloomberg.com….