Since its creation, Twitter has become a massive hit, not only with regular consumers but with celebrities and businesses too. Google, not one to be left behind, has noticed this and rumors are flying that the search giant is currently in talks with Twitter regarding a buyout.Multiple sources have told TechCrunch that the negotiations are in early stages, as well as late stages. That is, different sources are reporting different rumors, but one thing is clear: chances are high of Google owning Twitter. Recently, Twitter turned down offers of Facebook buying them out, for $500 million dollar. This suggests that Google is offering a price far more significant than this. Additionally, one of the TechCrunch sources has stated that Google and Twitter are also working together to make a "Google real time search engine."
So, why would Google want to own Twitter? Well, they currently don't have anything that is like what Twitter offers. Not only that, but as mentioned, Twitter is very well established. Personally, I would have liked to see Twitter remain independent, but perhaps an acquisition would be a good thing. What does Neowin think?
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I use twitter daily to keep up with friends, as well as some celebrities that I know, and with Google... they could easily keep up with server loads, since that has been a problem with Twitter since the get-go. (Yes, they have gotten better, but I still get errors from too many people updating their status. Also with Google, the new search function would get enhanced a great deal. So good luck Google. Just don't trash this site like the last attempt at a social network please.
I fail to see how it's a waste of money. Twitter is just getting bigger and bigger, and yes... it could be a fad... but it's still going to gain Google more $$$ in the long run.
Though a lot of it seems like a waste of time, it's excellent at disseminating news quickly.
That is simply your opinion, and your post should be altered to reflect that. Your opinion is not the opinion of everyone, yet your post reads as if you're pointing out the gospel truth. That is very bad form, and is disappointing on many levels.
crap and a waste of bandwidth ? - wow, you ought to let Google know before they invest in the most increasing popular service on the internet right now.
Whilst you're at it, perhaps you could email the millions that don't think it's crap that they should stop using it.
Well done my friend.
Whilst you're at it, perhaps you could email the millions that don't think it's crap that they should stop using it.
Well done my friend.
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It is, indeed. But 99% of internet people love to waste time :-)
Same as I say: Rumor: MS to aquire ad network soon
Same as I say: Rumor: MS to aquire ad network soon
Two sources have said it's happening; that, to me, is a rumor.
Same as I say: Rumor: MS to aquire ad network soon
Two sources have said it's happening; that, to me, is a rumor.
And 2nd one took info frmo techcrunch as well, right?
Same as I say: Rumor: MS to aquire ad network soon
Two sources have said it's happening; that, to me, is a rumor.
Remember when TechCrunch said Google was buying Digg? It's all bull****.
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090403/sorry-...ogging-service/
Twitter are suffering from lack of funds and decent servers, quite often the service goes down, so a buyout would help improve the service (short term anyway!
Indeed it was. Why are still thinking about it then? April 1st is so 2days ago.
+1
Personally I don't care about twitter but most of the stuff Google does fails, even youtube became abysmal lately, with endless buffering issues and localized content that fails, with half the results ending up to be faux videos.
Did I mention gmail in my comment? of course I did not because gmail is good.
Google knows what it is doing with the net.
As much as i like things to stay small and independent, Twitter is way past that stage already and will flounder under it's own weight without financial and helpful back up.
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