Twitter Looks to Purchase TweetDeck

Twitter executives are trying their all time best to broaden the appeal of the popular networking site through a number of ways.  According to The Wall Street Journal, Twitter is now looking to purchase TweetDeck, a widely-used cross-platform Twitter client, for a whopping $50 million!

Neither Twitter nor TweetDeck representatives were available to verify the possible purchase.  Although, very familiar sources have said that Twitter is taking another step toward controlling the very popular application.

TweetDeck has approximately fifteen full-time and contracted employees.  Most of these employees are based in the United Kingdom.  If Twitter buys TweetDeck, it won’t be such a huge deal.  Twitter has acquired Tweetie last year, which was just another step forward.  Purchasing TweetDeck will be just another step forward.

The bottom line is this, Twitter is looking to purchase TweetDeck.  What do you believe should happen?  Would you like to see Twitter purchase this “ever so popular” client?  Would you rather see Twitter shift to a model akin to Facebook?  Let me know in the comment section below.  http://techjohnson.com