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Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon Are In Talks With Twitter For a Potential Acquisition (cnbc.com)
Twitter is in conversation with a number of tech companies for a potential sale. The social company is in talks with Google and cloud computing company Salesforce (which also wanted to purchase LinkedIn), and may receive a formal offer soon, reports CNBC. TechCrunch corroborating on the report adds that Microsoft and Verizon are also in talks, albeit separately, with Twitter for the same. From CNBC report: Shares of Twitter were up 20 percent Friday. Twitter's board of directors is said to be largely desirous of a deal, according to people close to the situation, but no sale is imminent. There's no assurance a deal will materialize, but one source close to the conversations said that they are picking up momentum and could result in a deal before year-end. Suitors are said to be interested as much in the data that Twitter generates as its place as a media company.
They only have 140 characters to fill, so I guess they manage.
Do they mean the data generated by the estimated 20 million fake twitter accounts? Maybe they can use that data to feed the fake bots that are reported to be the next big thing. The utopian internet is emerging to be a huge pile of fake data moving back and forth for the sole purpose of generating fake ad revenue.
Given how yuuuuge the Donald has made Twitter, Ivanka, who runs their acquisitions, should be the one buying up the company, so that daddy can use a platform he owns
It can then be the Trump online channel! Screw Microsoft, Google, Verizon and... Salesforce (how on earth does Twitter have anything to do w/ Salesforce)?