Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. in talks to acquire Twitter Inc.

admin — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:58:28 +0000

Twitter is in “low-level” discussion with Google and Facebook about a possible acquisition with an estimated valuation of between $8 billion and $10 billion. Twitter’s revenues and valuation have risen even as the company continues to work on ways to translate its more than 200 million registered users into a profitable business.

“The company is having great ad-sales momentum right now, but we still think they need to do something big to increase usage and get more people seeing and interacting with tweets,” said Debra Aho Williamson, an eMarketer analyst.

Buying Twitter would give Facebook and Google a massive boost in terms of real-time social communication. Twitter is a real time communication network but its acquisition may slow down the race of real time social communication.

After Yahoo Facebook Connect Goolge Connect with Twitter this Morning

admin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:03:07 +0000

After Yahoo Facebook Connect Goolge Connect with Twitter this Morning. Google Friend Connect announced the inclusion of Twitter. These inclusions are good for the future of the web. Now you’ll be able to log in to any site that supports Google Friend Connect with your Twitter account. Now you can join one of over nine million Google Friend Connect sites using your Twitter login. Facebook and Twitter are becoming big Identity providers. Google didn’t add Facebook Connect, just Twitter, because Facebook is now Google’s leading challenger.

As Facebook Connect is slowly taking over the web Google had tried their Google connect with Twitter to take some ride on the web.

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Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. in talks to acquire Twitter Inc.

After Yahoo Facebook Connect Goolge Connect with Twitter this Morning