That way anyone in the company who wanted to hear the voice mail (particularly the ones who wanted to cover their butts) could do so just by accessing the right record in the CRM system.

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Twitter, however, is quick to point out that it is still seeing record traffic in terms of tweet volume, a result of users accessing the site through third-party clients and mobile devices instead of its website.

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