Computers and the Internet – Page 245

Enough With Our Twitter Obsession

The platform just doesn’t matter as much as we seem to think it does.

It’s highly unusual to move from a “poison pill” to a $44 billion deal in under two weeks. But Twitter’s board ran out of options.

The grocery delivery start-up changed its leadership, slashed its valuation and shifted its strategy after sales slowed.

Elon Musk has invested heavily in China, where officials are willing to influence or punish companies that cross political red lines.

The Twitter bid is a power play in the attention economy.