• D: All Things Digital, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45 AM

Google, Apple, Microsoft and News Corp. are all poking their noses around Twitter, reports Kara Swisher. "Because this is America, a bid for Twitter could come at any time and in any amount." But Twitter's co-founders don't want to sell, she says. "There is a sense when you talk to its founders and investors that they truly believe they are onto some very important interactive communications paradigm shift in the Internet arena with their start-up."

Twitter's co-founders may not seem like they want to sell, but if Google, Apple, Microsoft or News Corp. were to table a hefty $700 million offer, Swisher says "an epic free-for-all wrestling match to the death would break out among all of them, most especially Google and Microsoft. Sounds like fun to us!

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