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Now that Twitter has expressed an interest in selling itself<\/a>, everyone, it seems, has said they just might like a bid. Current names include Google, Salesforce, Verizon, Microsoft, and others, all of whom have something to gain from the social networking site, most often around data and data mining. Who ultimately prevails in the bidding war that’s to come is at this point uncertain, but Google and Salesforce are listed as the clear frontrunners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that Twitter has expressed an interest in selling itself, everyone, it seems, has said they just might like a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Twitter_bird_logo_2012.svg_-800x450.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4lA9R-1w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":426,"url":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=426","url_meta":{"origin":94,"position":0},"title":"Amazon cuts off Parler\u2019s web hosting following Apple, Google bans","date":"January 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"At this point, Parler is now scrambling to find new hosting that won't boot it instantly. 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