Apple in talks to buy Twitter for $700m

Re:Apple in talks to buy Twitter for $700m by swombat on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @06:49PM (#594855)

Digital media blogs, TechCrunch and Valleywag, both claim to have access to an inside source at Apple who believes the deal is already at the late stages of negotiation, with the hope of completion by June 8.

This is very partial reporting. The TechCrunch article went out of its way to point out that the rumours didn't check out with other sources.

So, effectively, despite the otherwise reputable source, it seems to me that this article is just echoing the same rumour around without adding anything to the discussion...

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Re:Apple in talks to buy Twitter for $700m by wheels on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @06:55PM (#594860)

Just fished out the link there:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/05/twitter-mania-google-go...

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Re:Apple in talks to buy Twitter for $700m by gabrielroth on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @07:25PM (#594882)

The British press is well-known for overhyping stories in this way.

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Re:Apple in talks to buy Twitter for $700m by jmtulloss on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @10:37PM (#595085)

Really? I didn't know that about them.

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