Apple buying Twitter????

spazby

Posted Apr 26, 2012 at 11:43 am in Threads > Rumors

I just read that Apple is close to buying Twitter. What do you guys think about that?

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49 bolanrox 04/26/12 11:44 AM

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really? did they feel left out after FB bought instagram?

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94 B2L 04/26/12 11:45 AM

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It wouldn’t bother me, I have a Twitter account but never use it. It almost seems perfect, iOS users seem to have a thing for Twitter.

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37 Chris Clark 04/26/12 11:45 AM

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I think they are a little slow catching on to social. Twitter is slowly being replaced, but that’s not really a problem.

The problem is in iOS itself. They built in Twitter sharing, but that’s it. If you want to write an app to share with any other service you have to manually figure out each individual API.

Android is so much better with the Intents system. Any app can share with any other app that makes itself available. Boom, suddenly social everywhere!

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49 bolanrox 04/26/12 11:54 AM

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don’t get me wrong i enjoy twitter for what it is: facebook updates with no game requests :) i guess with adverts it generates some good revenue, but what would you really gain from it, blocking it off to only iOS / mac devices?

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100 Taylor Wimberly 04/26/12 12:09 PM

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If you read something, include a source link to the article next time :)

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98 spazby 04/26/12 1:38 PM

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/04/23/why-the-next-shoe-to-drop-post-instagram-is-apple-buying-twitter-for-10-billion/

sorry about that. also, i tried to reply to this but my reply would not post – is that because I started the thread or is your site having some issues? when i tried to post it again, i got a message duplicate post even though my original post was not showing… strange

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14 Theolonious 04/26/12 2:12 PM

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This may just be the push Google needs to get Google+ out there a bit more. Although I love twitter, let’s hope Apple doesn’t screw it up and Google takes advantage of this opportunity.

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8 TopherM21 04/26/12 2:17 PM

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Apple is great about closing things to only their platforms… I wonder what will happen the the twitterverse if they are acquired

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17 tnnm 04/26/12 2:42 PM

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As a shareholder, I’d be underwhelmed if such a transaction were to occur – I struggle to see the strategic value here unless Apple wants to eventually offer other online services like search. From a financial standpoint this transaction would destroy shareholder value in the near term (admittedly, not by much given Apple’s size).

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- 98 spazby 04/26/12 3:53 PM
  
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  well, the idea is that twitter has a lot of data on its users and is not using it yet to make $s. apple can make it happen. this would be medium/long term play for them. This would actually be more beneficial to google as they can make money out of ads tailored to users very quickly…
  
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96 Bryan Stoner 04/26/12 4:10 PM

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Twitter is my outlet for Apple rage half the time. They would be inderectly owning the shit I talk about them. -A way to cope for the possibility.

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13 danferan 04/26/12 7:41 PM

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…that article really means nothing. That’s just some schmuck doing an opinion piece. I don’t think there’s a real valid business case (despite what it said in the “article”) for Apple to do such a thing.

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