Articles tagged with: Microsoft and Twitter

Twitter becomes mutual friend of Google, Microsoft

Twitter is selling the rights to mine its communications hotbed to both Internet search leader Google and Microsoft in dueling deals that underscore the growing importance of being able to show what's on people's minds at any given moment. more

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What Would You Do With... $25 Billion?

Apple and Microsoft have a problem other companies wish they had. Each is sitting on cash and short-term investments worth $25 billion. more

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Facebook-Twitter talks break down

Opinion piece by Madan Sheina, principal analyst at Ovum

What would have been the first major consolidation between two social networking giants has failed to materialise, as FacebookÃ's attempts to woo Twitter with an all-stock offer fell on deaf ears. FacebookÃ's valuation seems to have been the sticking point. But with neither company as yet able to demonstrate that it can make money on a scale that matches its number of users, the outcome might not be a bad thing.  more

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