Bangalore: Have you ever wondered about the interesting names of technology giants like 'Twitter,' 'Yahoo!' and 'Android'? Apparently, some of these company names have exciting secrets behind them while some others brand themselves and products on big strategies.

Here are 10 interesting stories behind Tech’s Top Names which will satisfy your curiosity.

#10 Twitter

The name of world’s most famous microblogging site came right out of a Hat. The idea of Twitter was budded in a small San Francisco based podcasting startup Odeo.  A small group of employees was having a brainstorming session in which they were trying to come up with names that fit the theme of a mobile phone buzzing in your pocket, when it receives an update.

The options they came up with included Jitter and Twitter. The employees wrote the options down, put them in a hat and left the rest to fate. Amazingly, fate decided “Twitter” to be the name of what had became one of world’s most influential social networks.