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Monday, April 6, 2009

Viral Video: Forget Twitter, Google–How About Acquiring Nanoblogger Flutter?

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On Friday, amid all the hoopla around acquisition rumors swirling around Twitter, Slate put out a very funny spoof on a fictional new service called Flutter.

The online magazine’s mockumentary about a nanoblogging service is definitely more amusing than contemplating the fate of the real-life microblogging service.

It’s mascot, of course, is a hummingbird and its 26-character messages are called “flaps.”

Here’s one heck of a rumor: BoomTown is in “late-stage” discussions to buy it.

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Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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