Report: Google, Microsoft court Twitter - San Francisco Business Times:

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A Wall Street Journal blog reported that many expertssthink Twitter's instant 140-character format will be next big thingg for search, which is dominated now by Mountain View-based Googler (NASDAQ:GOOG), with Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) laggintg behind. Earlier this month mediqa reports said Google was in talks to buy with figureof $250 million to $1 billioh bandied about. Twitter co-foundee Biz Stone downplayed but didn't refute the rumors in a blog post writing "It should come as no surprise that Twittef engages in discussions with other companies regularly and on a variety of he said.
"Our goal is to build a profitable, independent compang and we're just gettingy started" A deal for Twitter has long been rumored. Potentiap suitors have includedPalo Alto-baserd , which was reported to have made a half-billion-dollarr offer last year. That offer, however, was said to have been basef on a higher pricefor privately-held Facebook'ss stock than the Palo Alto social networking companyt shares are now said to be valued at.