On Tuesday, Twitter confirmed that it is working on new features designed to help companies use the microblogging site to grow their business.

A Twitter spokeswoman Carolyn Penner said in an e-mail message to Computerworld that a couple hundred companies are testing the features in a closed beta process.

Twitter would not disclose details about the new features.

Last December, though, a company blog post disclosed plans for a feature called Contributors that would allow companies to better communicate with potential customers by allowing multiple bylined tweets.

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