Twitter has acquired via web, an application to hold the exhibition of "tweets" of more than $ 40 million in a mixture of cash and stock, according to sources close to the deal.
TweetDeck has been the subject of speculation about offers of months. TechCrunch reports surfaced, quoting an acquisition of 40 million $ 50 million. The agreement has not yet been announced but documents the completion of the agreement signed on Monday.
While Twitter representatives were unavailable for comment, the account of the company's PR Twitter, "For those who may be curious, we do not comment on rumors." Betaworks, a key investor in TweetDeck, was not immediately available for comment.
Twitter has been known to either downplay or purchase third-party applications. In the past, Twitter has collected popular Twitter application for the iPhone Tweetie, and was associated with a photo of add-on TwitPic, as it launched its new interface.
After an administrative reorganization, co-founder Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey back as head of product, the company is focusing on building and have more attractive features of Twitter and interfaces.
In February, reports surfaced that UberMedia, the leading developer of applications and Web-based services to users of Twitter and other platforms of social media, was in talks to buy Tweetdeck.
But the deal never closed.
Around the time of discussions with UberMedia, Twitter suspended UberTwitter UberMedia and twidroyd, two popular applications used for mobile access to Twitter, citing policy violations.
TweetDeck has been the subject of speculation about offers of months. TechCrunch reports surfaced, quoting an acquisition of 40 million $ 50 million. The agreement has not yet been announced but documents the completion of the agreement signed on Monday.
While Twitter representatives were unavailable for comment, the account of the company's PR Twitter, "For those who may be curious, we do not comment on rumors." Betaworks, a key investor in TweetDeck, was not immediately available for comment.
Twitter has been known to either downplay or purchase third-party applications. In the past, Twitter has collected popular Twitter application for the iPhone Tweetie, and was associated with a photo of add-on TwitPic, as it launched its new interface.
After an administrative reorganization, co-founder Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey back as head of product, the company is focusing on building and have more attractive features of Twitter and interfaces.
In February, reports surfaced that UberMedia, the leading developer of applications and Web-based services to users of Twitter and other platforms of social media, was in talks to buy Tweetdeck.
But the deal never closed.
Around the time of discussions with UberMedia, Twitter suspended UberTwitter UberMedia and twidroyd, two popular applications used for mobile access to Twitter, citing policy violations.