That was quick: Twitter, Oneforty talking acquisition?

TechCrunch posts an uncomfirmed, “PURELY speculative” — note the all caps, that’s seriously speculative — rumor that Twitter is talking to Cambridge-based Oneforty about buying it.

The blog lists a few reasons: Twitter’s recent funding, and the obvious overlap. Buying Oneforty would save Twitter the effort of building its own app store.

Maybe most importantly TechCrunch notes that by acquiring Oneforty, Twitter would be buying itself a business plan, or at least part of one.

That would mean a pretty quick exit for media consultant Laura Fitton who founded OneForty earlier this year.

In a four-minute-old tweet, Fitton seems to be giving an Oscar speech — thanking people like Chris Brogan who believed in her early on, etc. Clearly she sold the company, or happened to feel like expressing spontaneous gratitude for no reason. It could be anything, really.

Posted by Brendan Lynch

Tags: Laura Fitton, Oneforty, rumors, TechCrunch, Twitter

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