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Twitter Reportedly in Talks With Google, Salesforce for Potential Sale

posted by CoolHand on Saturday September 24 2016, @12:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-big-boys-get-bigger dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Twitter is reportedly in conversation with a number of tech companies for a potential sale. According to CNBC, the social company is in talks with the likes of Google and cloud computing company...

The suiters [sic] courting Twitter are said to be interested in the data the company generates from its 313 million active users. However, sources say that, while conversations are ongoing and picking up steam, there's no assurance that a deal will be inked. As a result, Twitter's stocks have soared as high as 23 percent based on the news. Meanwhile, TechCrunch reports that the company has just lost two key staffers, including head of TV Andrew Adashek.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/23/13028616/twitter-sale-talks-google-salesforce

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  • (Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:10AM

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:10AM (#405790)

    but it's getting harder and harder as this company is well on its way to owning the entire internet...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:28AM (#405798)

    I don't see Google on this list of Tier 1 Networks [wikipedia.org].

    Hint: the World Wide Web is not the Internet.

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:39AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:39AM (#405802)

      Because AT&T is so much better.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:51AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:51AM (#405807)

        Back in the day you could get free stuff from AT&T with a little trick involving the number 2600. There are other tricks you can do to AT&T today since everything went digital. Haven't you filled your bag of tricks yet? I snicker in your general direction.

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:51AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday September 24 2016, @01:51AM (#405806) Homepage

    Twitter is crap from the get-go, and Salesforce is a good idea mitigated by crap programmers who still haven't figured out 19th century computer science. It's a match made in India.

    No, Twitter and Salesforce don't "own" anything. They're merely portals for those who think that Dilbert isn't funny to gain an understanding why Dilbert is funny to those who've worked in the 'biz.