続報 – Twitter による TweetDeck の買収 « Agile Cat

May 26, 2011

続報 – Twitter による TweetDeck の買収

Filed under: Mobile,Twitter — Agile Cat @ 4:32 am
Tags: acquisition, TweetDeck, Twitter

予想通りだったわけですが、それなりの報道が・・・

Twitter といえば、昨年の 9月に Even Williams がオフシャル･デスクトップ･クライアントを否定したように、サードパーティとの連携によるビジネス･モデルを模索してきたわけです。それが、API に課金するようになり、ついに TweetDeck を買収という形に落ち着いたわけですが、その理想が高かっただけに、ちょっと寂しい感じもしてしまいます。以下のリストは、日本時間の 2011年 5月 26日 4AM ころに、[ twitter tweetdeck ] でググった結果です。やはり、大騒ぎという感じですね。ーーー

＜関連＞ Twitter が、TweetDeck の買収を発表

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Twitter buys TweetDeck, an application for reading and writing tweets‎
Washington Post – 17 minutes ago
The San Francisco company said in a blog post Wednesday that the TweetDeck team has joined Twitter. TweetDeck will continue to be based in London and its …
Twitter confirms TweetDeck acquisition‎ – The Guardian
Twitter acquires popular client TweetDeck‎ – CNET
Twitter Buys TweetDeck‎ – Wall Street Journal (blog)
TIME – PC Magazine

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Twitter Confirms TweetDeck Acquisition: It’s All About The Power Users
Washington Post – 14 minutes ago
By TechCrunch.com, Comments our editors find particularly useful or relevant are displayed in Top Comments, as are comments by users with these badges: . …
Twitter and TweetDeck: What it Means for Businesses
PCWorld – Sarah Jacobsson Purewal – 2 hours ago
Being able to manage multiple social networking accounts–such as Facebook and LinkedIn–in one place is a dream come true, but if Twitter rolls TweetDeck …
31 Free Tools for Brand Monitoring‎ – Practical Ecommerce
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Twitter officially acquires TweetDeck client
ZDNet (blog) – Rachel King – 1 hour ago
Dodsworth boasts that Twitter bought out TweetDeck is because of the client’s “unwavering focus on providing high-quality tools and services for the …
TweetDeck ‘Bought By Twitter‘
Sky News – 10 hours ago
It is thought he will become a millionaire if his Old Street-based company has been bought up Twitter. TweetDeck has not commented on the buyout, …
iFive: Amazon Chokes On Gaga, Apple Defends Coders, Twitter Buys…
Fast Company – Kit Eaton – 1 day ago
Twitter has continued its inward-pulling development and has bought third-party appTweetDeck for over $40 million in cash and stock, ending weeks of …
Morning Tech Wrap: Microsoft, Twitter, Apple‎ – Forbes (blog)
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5 awesome uses for TweetDeck
CBS News – 4 hours ago
TweetDeck can bypass the pesky 140-character limit and send longer messages to your Twitter followers using their new Deck.ly service. We’re so cool, …
How Tech Legend Bill Gross Blew The TweetDeck Deal
San Francisco Chronicle – Nicholas Carlson – 1 day ago
With today’s news that Twitter has acquired TweetDeck for ~$40 million, it has be come clear: UberMedia’s Bill Gross – the Bill Gross who’s famous for …
THE NEWS WRAP: Twitter finalises $US40 million purchase of Tweetdeck
StartupSmart – Oliver Milman – 20 hours ago
Twitter is set to finalise its $US40 million purchase of UK-based start-up Tweetdeck, in a cash and shares deal. …
Twitter Confirms TweetDeck Acquisition: It’s All About The Power Users
TechCrunch – Matt Graves – 3 hours ago
“TweetDeck is a great example of a third-party developer that designed tools for the incredibly important audience of Twitter power-users and, in turn, …