Google Wanted Twitter for about $2.5B: Source

Unmonetized and unable to live without, Twitter was courted by Google and Microsoft earlier this year, according to a repot at Silicon Alley.

Google is said to float $2.5 billion as a good starting point; Microsoft thought $4 billion was a nice, round number, apparently.

Now these were not formal offers, we're cautioned, but neither was Southwest Airlines when Herb Kelleher sat down in a bar, grabbed a napkin, grabbed a pen and -- bing -- the disruptive carrier was born.

Of course, with the way Silicon Valley brains move about, these -- and many more companies -- talk all the time. Still, with Twitter seeking a higher valuation, the two giants will surely be involved should "the Tweeter" be floated as attainable.

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