Google is talking to Twitter about buying them. This is so Google. Therefore it must be a good strategy. Much like they did with the maps market they have waited for the startup companies to fight it out over who will dominate the micro blogging market and now they are just going to buy them.

The price may seem steep, like the 1.6 billion paid for YouTube, but the risk is far less than doing a startup in an unproven space. Who knew micro blogging would take off?

Sources: Google In Talks To Acquire Twitter (Updated)

Here’sa heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million …

Originally posted 2009-08-04 09:13:10. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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