One week after conflicting
rumors that Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) was or was not trying to buy Twitter Inc. flooded the blogosphere, Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed the
benefits of making a deal with the hot microblogging service during the search giant's better-than-expected but cautious-looking forward-earnings
call on Thursday.
Twitter illustrates that "innovation is alive and well" in Silicon Valley, said Schmidt.
"Without commenting specifically about Twitter," continued Schmidt, "you could imagine that ... it could be a channel for product information, marketing information, real-time information for which you can hang advertising products, whether it's a text ad or a video ad or so forth off of it. ... It strikes me that's a logical strategy for them to pursue and something that we would be very happy to pursue with them and all other players in that space."
Venture-backed Twitter has had yet another banner week, thanks to the highly hyped race to become the first entity with 1 million followers, which Ashton Kutcher won against CNN on Thursday. As pledged, to celebrate his victory, Kutcher donated $100,000 to
Malaria No More.
Friday
appearances by Kutcher and Twitter co-founders on Oprah and CNN's Larry King are due imminently. On Twitter, you can follow Kutcher
@aplusk, wife Demi Moore
@mrskutcher, CNN
@CNNbrk, Oprah Winfrey
@oprah and me
@MKFlynn. --
Mary Kathleen Flynn
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