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Twitter Rejects Facebook Buyout Offer

Although the economy is struggling, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams didn’t accept a reported buyout offer by Mark Zuckereg’s Facebook of $500 million. Williams became Twitter’s CEO in October and immediately had to decide whether to sell or not. This is similar to the dilemma faced by Yahoo’s CEO Jerry Yang who turned down Microsoft bid [...]

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Aww, Say It Ain’t So, Pownce!

Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I’m a little bit bummed about this news: it looks like my favorite little micro-blogging platform, Pownce, will be shutting its doors. The company was bought by Six Apart Media, who are keeping its talent but dismantling its service.
To be honest, I feared this might be coming [...]

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Twitter Nixes Outbound SMS For Those Up North

I’m sorry to report a little bit of bad news for Canadian Twitter enthusiasts — they will no longer be able to receive outbound SMS updates from the service. This is largely due to the large cost involved, and, in fact, Twitter has stated in the past that it can cost over a thousand dollars [...]

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