news.cnet.com - 3/9/2009
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Google has a short message for those wondering whether the search giant will soon buy micro-blogging site Twitter: "unlikely."
That was Google CEO Eric Schmidt's response Friday when queried on the topic during a wide-ranging interview with journalist Charlie Rose . Schmidt said:
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Google not looking to acquire Twitter
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... Google's Eric Schmidt has put the rumors regarding their acquisition of Twitter to rest. Google is not currently looking to acquire any companies, but will when the time is right. Schmidt went on to state that he was impressed with what Twitter has accomplished, while saying that its service could still use some improvements.
Schmidt went on to talk state that he
was impressed with what Twitter has accomplished, while saying that
it could still use some improvements. ...
Schmidt: Google 'unlikely' to buy Twitter soon
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... we're in the middle of a cycle. Google is generating a lot of cash. And so we keep that cash in extremely secure banks."
Rose didn't press Schmidt for more perspective on the micro-blogging site. But earlier in the week during an on-stage chat at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco, Schmidt called Twitter a "poor man's" e-mail system. "They have aspects of an e-mail system, but they do not have a full offering," he said at the conference.
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