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I'm unclear why they would buy it. Twitter is not a heavy technology thing, Google could easily roll their own very quickly. The userbase also could quite quick
by axod 18y ago
I'm unclear why they would buy it.
Twitter is not a heavy technology thing, Google could easily roll their own very quickly.
The userbase also could quite quickly be built up from googles existing users.
The brand obviously has value, but I'm skeptical google would offer what Twitter would be wanting.
- peregrine 18y agoThey've already got it. On Google chat you can have a status and on Google latitude you can have a status. Google WANTS the users and the information they provide.
- axod 18y agoI disagree. The reason twitter works is because that's all it is - a simple status update. Rather than a feature to set your status on an existing product. So google don't have it.
- gojomo 18y agoPortraying it as a feature on another product is an interface choice -- and Google could choose to ape the Twitter simplicity.
- sachinag 18y agoIf only they hadn't killed Jaiku. Google's wonderful at competing when they can change the experience paradigm (Gmail, Google Maps). They're terrible when they can't (Google Answers, Google Video). If Google tried to ape the look and feel of Twitter ("but better!"), they'd fail.
- herval 18y agoJaiku was (relativelly speaking) stillborn - just like pownce...