Microsoft May Acquire Twitter In Future
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Speaking at the Search Marketing West Expo in California, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer indicated that the software giant might buy micro-blogging giant Twitter in a not so distant distant future. He also discussed the future of the search deal with Yahoo Inc in order to take on search engine behemoth Google. Surprisingly, Ballmer believes in the importance of Twitter being an independent company and looks forward to benefiting from the deal with popular web...
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