By Tom DunlapGoogle may be in talks to buy Internet start-up Twitter, the free micro-blogging service that allows people to send short text messages to a network of friends, the TechCrunch Web site said late Thursday.Stone posted a non-denial blog about the rumors this morning, entitled "Sometimes We Talk." (Makes me think of some 80s song, and I'm dating myself here, "sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much.")
TechCrunch's article by Michael Arrington said the two companies are also considering working together on a Google real-time search engine.
Google would pay for Twitter in cash or stock or a combination of the two, the website reported.
Industry experts say Arrington has a mixed record but was the first to report the rumor that Google would buy video-sharing site YouTube in late 2006.
Hi-jinks aside, the sale would be a massive feather in Google's cap. The Twitter phenomenon is exploding faster than anything I've seen in ages and it's just going to grow in value.When Stone went on about how Twitter planned to be a "strong, profitable, independent company," Colbert was ready with a zinger.
"You and Pets.com."
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