Microsoft or Google Will Buy Twitter in 2010

Original Article from Seeking Alpha Editor’s Pick

Ashkan Karbasfrooshan submits:

Admittedly, that is not a major statement to make, as few companies have the firepower to make a $1 billion + purchase. But I do see this playing out in 2010.

Here’s why.

Complete Story »

Read more articles from Seeking Alpha Editor’s Pick

Sony Launches Words Move Me, A Literary Clone of Twitter

Erick Schonfeld submits:

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Top 50 June Websites: Facebook Rises, Twitter Cracks List

Marketing Charts submits:

Though Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO) were still the most visited web properties in the US in June, Facebook rose to #6, and Twitter – which has displayed astronomic growth over the past year – has cracked the list for the first time at #46, according to the monthly analysis of US web activity at the top online properties from comScore’s Media Metrix service.

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Top Social Media Sites: Facebook’s #1, Twitter Leaps 1,989%

Marketing Charts submits:

A June 2009 analysis of the top-10 social media properties by Nielsen reveals (pdf) that Twitter.com was again the fastest growing site for the month, increasing 1,928% year-over-year, from one million unique visitors in June 2008 to 21 million unique visitors in June 2009.

Complete Story »
Go to Source

More Thoughts on the Twitter Security Breach, Location Based Security and Cloud Computing

BlindReason submits:

Just a quick commentary on the hack into Twitter’s corporate records on Google (GOOG) Apps, that were recently published on Tech Crunch. I don’t think they used any unique hacking skills, they just guessed someone’s password and got access to all corporate documents (salary info, competitive threats like facebook, Yahoo, deals with Google, Microsoft etc). They also have financial projections, cap tables pretty much bad bad stuff to have public.

Pretty much a catastrophic loss of security. That’s got to be a super grumpy board right about now. The CEO tried to get Arrington to not post this stuff and some of the exchange can be found on Twitter in real time as Techcrunch revealed it had all the documents and a publishing event was imminent.

Complete Story »
Go to Source

The Twitter Hack: Don’t Blame Google

Sam Diaz submits:

Have you been following this controversy surrounding some confidential documents swiped from Twitter and sent to the folks at TechCrunch? The site’s editors have been engaging in a discussion over ethics, specifically whether or not to post these “stolen” documents.

For what it’s worth, this is a discussion that mainstream news outlets have been having for generations. If I were part of those discussions, I’d skip anything in those documents that has no value – such as a document that does nothing more than embarrass someone. But I would definitely consider posting information about business strategies, revenue projections and so on – after confirming their authenticity.

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Twitter Theft: It’s Really All About Google

Benchmark VC Michael Eisenberg submits:

Lost in the brouhaha Michael Arrington stirred up on Techcrunch about the ethics of posting to Techcrunch the documents stolen by a hacker from Twitter, is a most important nugget that Arrington brings out in the comments:

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Twitter Not Profitable – Media Elites

George Gutowski submits:

Twitter is not profitable say media elites. Allen & Co., a major venture capital power house is hosting a no media media conference at the posh location of Sun Valley. Major business news outlets all are reporting that the participants on a panel moderated by media writer Ken Auletta of The New Yorker magazine predict Twitter will face major challenges when they finally try to generate revenue. Mr. Auletta confirmed the tenor of the Twitter talk afterward.

What was not confirmed is how the established elites plan on making money right now.
Two of the panel participants, veteran media executive Barry Diller who is CEO of InterActiveCorp (IACI) and cable television magnate John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media Corp. (LCAPA), reiterated their skepticism about Twitter’s moneymaking potential in separate interviews. Secret code for we do not want to over pay like we have done in the past.

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Tech Report from Sun Valley: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter

Sam Diaz submits:

There’s plenty of high-profile buzz coming from Sun Valley, Idaho, where media executives have gathered for the annual Allen & Co. conference, considered to be an exclusive event for the who’s who in the world of media and technology. Among the big questions capturing some attention:

• Will News Corp.’s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch broker a deal to buy Twitter?
• What does Bill Gates (MSFT) think of Google’s Chrome OS?
• Will Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt be recusing himself from more discussions on the Apple (AAPL) Board of Directors? And what did he know about Steve Jobs’ liver transplant?

Of course, these are the questions being asked. That doesn’t mean there will be any answers.

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Twitter Twademarking Tweets

Andy Beal submits:

Twitter is attempting to gain some kind of control of the use of "Twitter" and "Tweet" in a way that reminds me of Google’s (GOOG) attempt back in 2006.

TechCrunch got its hand on an email that was sent out to one Twitter app developer:

Complete Story »
Go to Source

Next Page »