Google close to buying Twitter?

Google is in negotiations to buy Twitter according to reports out of the US last night.

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Google is in negotiations to buy Twitter, according to reports from the US last night.

The ‘late stage’ negotiations to acquire the micro-blogging service come as its user numbers top 55m a day.

In 2008 Facebook was reported to be in talks with Twitter, but nothing came of the discussions.

Twitter, which lets people post messages of 140 characters, is reportedly valued at $250m (£170m).

This story first appeared on newmediaage.co.uk

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