Comments on: Facebook Tries to Buy Twitter, Thinks Status Updates are Very Important

By: How a small change to Facebook could kill Twitter | Lava Row

How a small change to Facebook could kill Twitter | Lava Row — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:39:09 +0000

[...] nothing left. Make no mistake about it, these social networks are fierce competitors. Remember that Facebook attempted to acquire Twitter back in 2008, believing that status updates were vital to the future of information sharing. Twitter spurned [...]

By: Breaking: FriendFeed Acquired by Facebook

Breaking: FriendFeed Acquired by Facebook — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:41:21 +0000

[...] year, Facebook was in heavy discussions to acquire Twitter, but those talks fell through. Now, it will be the FriendFeed shareholders that will be exchanging [...]

By: How to use your status updates profitably? | Indian Social Media Landscape

How to use your status updates profitably? | Indian Social Media Landscape — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:36:56 +0000

[...] like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google in Gtalk are offering it as a feature. In fact Facebook even offered to buy out Twitter for that [...]

By: A Look At Recent Convergence Between Facebook and Twitter

A Look At Recent Convergence Between Facebook and Twitter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:00:51 +0000

[...] since Twitter gained strong media coverage after a few months of solid growth. Having previously tried to buy Twitter, the suspicion has been that Facebook is adopting many of the features of the microblogging [...]

By: Social Source Commons Blog » Blog Archives » Facebook vs. Twitter for Nonprofits

Tue, 05 May 2009 16:07:12 +0000

[...] which has gained increasing popularity among celebrities. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder has expressed his feeling that status updates are going to be very important in the future of community [...]

By: Zuckerberg Tweeting About the Future of Facebook @finkd

Zuckerberg Tweeting About the Future of Facebook @finkd — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:40:31 +0000

[...] and Twitter may have held unsuccessful acquisition talks a few months ago, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from using Twitter [...]

By: Facebook changes it’s homepage… Again « Random to Reason

Facebook changes it’s homepage… Again « Random to Reason — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:41:06 +0000

[...] something new for its users. The move on a twitter like feed has been expected as Facebook tried to buy Twitter a while [...]

By: Facebook Investor Details Recent Twitter Acquisition Attempt

Facebook Investor Details Recent Twitter Acquisition Attempt — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:08:10 +0000

[...] months ago, reports surfaced that Facebook and Twitter were in discussions for a $500 million takeover, but couldn’t get a deal done. Today, early Facebook investor and board member Peter Thiel of [...]

By: What does your status update read? « Windchimes - a social media agency

What does your status update read? « Windchimes - a social media agency — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:23:21 +0000

[...] like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google in Gtalk are offering it as a feature. In fact Facebook even offered to buy out Twitter for that [...]

By: Twitter CEO – The Road Ahead For Twitter… | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:45:28 +0000

[...] heard couple of week’s ago, some news that Facebook would be buying out Twitter, but we never heard public comments from Twitter’s [...]