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Sources: Google Not In Talks To Buy Twitter

TechCrunch's report that Google is in late stage talks to acquire Twitter may sound exciting, but "it isn't accurate in any way," says Kara Swisher, citing numerous sources. As one says, the companies have merely been engaged in "some product-related discussions" about real-time search and Google doing a better job crawling the microblogging service.

Said the Twitter source: "There was a discussion [Google executive Marissa Mayer's] group about real-time search and about product stuff. It was a couple weeks ago. It was very preliminary...and that was that." Said another: "Seriously, no negotiations, no deal, nada." That doesn't mean that Google shouldn't attempt to buy Twitter -- it should, says Swisher -- it just means that Google isn't making such an attempt at this point in time. Partnership is what the company is most interested in right now, she says, adding that you could also add Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and News Corp. to that list.

Meanwhile, another source close to Twitter raised the very valid point that now would be a curious time for Twitter to sell. "Why would the company do something like this right now? The company's on a tear right now."

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