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| {{dts|2008|7|15}}
| {{dts|2008|7|15}}
| Summize
| Summize
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/07/15/confirmed-twitter-acquires-summize-search-engine/ |title=Confirmed: Twitter Acquires Summize Search Engine |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2008-07-15 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/07/15/confirmed-twitter-acquires-summize-search-engine/ |title=Confirmed: Twitter Acquires Summize Search Engine |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2008-07-15 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2008|11|24}}
| {{dts|2008|11|24}}
| Values of n
| Values of n
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402842.html |title=Twitter Buys Start-up's Assets; Hires Founder Rael Dornfest |publisher=WashingtonPost.com |date=2008-11-24 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/24/AR2008112402842.html |title=Twitter Buys Start-up's Assets; Hires Founder Rael Dornfest |publisher=WashingtonPost.com |date=2008-11-24 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2009|12|23}}
| {{dts|2009|12|23}}
| Mixer labs
| Mixer labs
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-buys-geoapi-startup-to-help-with-geolocation-2009-12 |title=Twitter Buys Startup To Help With Geolocation |publisher=Business Insider |date=2009-12-23 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-buys-geoapi-startup-to-help-with-geolocation-2009-12 |title=Twitter Buys Startup To Help With Geolocation |publisher=Business Insider |date=2009-12-23 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2010|4|9}}
| {{dts|2010|4|9}}
| Atebits
| Atebits
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/09/twitter-acquires-tweetie/ |title=Twitter Acquires Tweetie |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2010-04-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/09/twitter-acquires-tweetie/ |title=Twitter Acquires Tweetie |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2010-04-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2010|4|23}}
| {{dts|2010|4|23}}
| Cloudhopper
| Cloudhopper
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Thau |first=Kevin |url=https://blog.twitter.com/2010/cloudhopping |title=Cloudhopping |publisher= Twitter|date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Thau |first=Kevin |url=https://blog.twitter.com/2010/cloudhopping |title=Cloudhopping |publisher= Twitter|date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2010|6|10}}
| {{dts|2010|6|10}}
| Smallthought Systems
| Smallthought Systems
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Van |first=Jennifer |url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/10/twitter-acquires-smallthought-systmes/ |title=Twitter Acquires Smallthought Systems to Integrate Analytics Tools |publisher=Mashable.com |date=2010-06-10 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Van |first=Jennifer |url=http://mashable.com/2010/06/10/twitter-acquires-smallthought-systmes/ |title=Twitter Acquires Smallthought Systems to Integrate Analytics Tools |publisher=Mashable.com |date=2010-06-10 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2010|12|21}}
| {{dts|2010|12|21}}
| Fluther
| Fluther
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/2010/fluther-flocks-twitter |title=Fluther Flocks to Twitter|publisher=Twitter |date=2010-12-21 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/2010/fluther-flocks-twitter |title=Fluther Flocks to Twitter|publisher=Twitter |date=2010-12-21 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2011|5|25}}
| {{dts|2011|5|25}}
| [[TweetDeck]]
| [[TweetDeck]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|first=Dick |last=Costolo |url=https://blog.twitter.com/2011/all-decked-out |title=All Decked Out|publisher=Twitter |date=2011-05-25 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|first=Dick |last=Costolo |url=https://blog.twitter.com/2011/all-decked-out |title=All Decked Out|publisher=Twitter |date=2011-05-25 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2011|6|1}}
| {{dts|2011|6|1}}
| AdGrok
| AdGrok
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/06/01/twitter-buys-adgrok/ |title=Twitter buys AdGrok to build its monetization platform &#124; VentureBeat &#124; Social &#124; by Tom Cheredar |publisher=VentureBeat |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/06/01/twitter-buys-adgrok/ |title=Twitter buys AdGrok to build its monetization platform &#124; VentureBeat &#124; Social &#124; by Tom Cheredar |publisher=VentureBeat |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2011|7|5}}
| {{dts|2011|7|5}}
| [[BackType]]
| [[BackType]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/05/twitter-acquires-social-analytics-startup-backtype/ |title=Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Platform BackType |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/05/twitter-acquires-social-analytics-startup-backtype/ |title=Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Platform BackType |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2011|8|8}}
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| Bagcheck
| Bagcheck
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bagcheck.com/blog/03-bagchecking-into-twitter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914070212/http://bagcheck.com/blog/03-bagchecking-into-twitter |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-14 |title=Down forever |publisher=BagCheck |date=2013-09-24 |access-date=2014-01-08 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bagcheck.com/blog/03-bagchecking-into-twitter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914070212/http://bagcheck.com/blog/03-bagchecking-into-twitter |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-14 |title=Down forever |publisher=BagCheck |date=2013-09-24 |access-date=2014-01-08 }}</ref>
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| {{dts|2011|9|21}}
| {{dts|2011|9|21}}
| Julpan
| Julpan
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/21/twitter-julpan/|title=Twitter Acquires Julpan, The Startup By The Guy Who Helped Perfect Google Search|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/21/twitter-julpan/|title=Twitter Acquires Julpan, The Startup By The Guy Who Helped Perfect Google Search|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2011|11|28}}
| {{dts|2011|11|28}}
| [[Whisper Systems]]
| [[Whisper Systems]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=McCarty |first=Brad |url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/11/28/twitter-acquires-mobile-data-security-gurus-whisper-systems/ |title=Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems |publisher=TheNextWeb.com |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=McCarty |first=Brad |url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/11/28/twitter-acquires-mobile-data-security-gurus-whisper-systems/ |title=Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems |publisher=TheNextWeb.com |date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|1|19}}
| {{dts|2012|1|19}}
| [[Summify]]
| [[Summify]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/twitter-acquires-summify/ |title=Twitter Acquires, Shuts Down Social News Startup Summify |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2012-01-19 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/twitter-acquires-summify/ |title=Twitter Acquires, Shuts Down Social News Startup Summify |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2012-01-19 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|1|24}}
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| [[Dasient]]
| [[Dasient]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Panzarino |first=Matthew |url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/01/24/twitter-acquires-ex-googlers-internet-security-company-dasient-for-revenue-engineering-team/ |title=Twitter Acquires Internet Security Company Dasient |publisher=Thenextweb.com |date=2012-01-24 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last=Panzarino |first=Matthew |url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/01/24/twitter-acquires-ex-googlers-internet-security-company-dasient-for-revenue-engineering-team/ |title=Twitter Acquires Internet Security Company Dasient |publisher=Thenextweb.com |date=2012-01-24 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|3|12}}
| {{dts|2012|3|12}}
| [[Posterous]]
| [[Posterous]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/2012/welcoming-posterous-team-flock |title=Welcoming the Posterous team to the flock |publisher= Twitter |date=2012-03-12 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/2012/welcoming-posterous-team-flock |title=Welcoming the Posterous team to the flock |publisher= Twitter |date=2012-03-12 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|4|16}}
| {{dts|2012|4|16}}
| Hotspots.io
| Hotspots.io
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |last=Rowley |first=Jason |url=http://techli.com/2012/04/breaking-twitter-acquires-hotspots-io/ |title=Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io |publisher=Techli |date=2012-04-16 |access-date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205401/http://techli.com/2012/04/breaking-twitter-acquires-hotspots-io/ |archive-date=2014-01-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |last=Rowley |first=Jason |url=http://techli.com/2012/04/breaking-twitter-acquires-hotspots-io/ |title=Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io |publisher=Techli |date=2012-04-16 |access-date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205401/http://techli.com/2012/04/breaking-twitter-acquires-hotspots-io/ |archive-date=2014-01-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|5|10}}
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| RestEngine
| RestEngine
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="techcrunch RestEngine">{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/twitter-acquires-restengine/ |title=Twitter Buys Personalized Email Marketer RestEngine To Deliver Best Tweet Digests |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2012-05-10 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="techcrunch RestEngine">{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/twitter-acquires-restengine/ |title=Twitter Buys Personalized Email Marketer RestEngine To Deliver Best Tweet Digests |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2012-05-10 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|6|4}}
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| Nclud
| Nclud
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="techcrunch RestEngine"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="techcrunch RestEngine"/>
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| {{dts|2012|8|13}}
| {{dts|2012|8|13}}
| Clutch.IO
| Clutch.IO
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/twitter-acquires-nclud-for-international-facelift-2012-06 |title=Twitter Acquires Nclud for International Facelift |publisher=WebProNews |date=2012-06-04 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webpronews.com/twitter-acquires-nclud-for-international-facelift-2012-06 |title=Twitter Acquires Nclud for International Facelift |publisher=WebProNews |date=2012-06-04 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|10|9}}
| {{dts|2012|10|9}}
| [[Vine (software)|Vine]]
| [[Vine (software)|Vine]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/16/twitter-acqui-hires-mobile-app-development-platform-cabana-shuts-its-down/ |title=Twitter Acqui-Hires Mobile App Development Platform Cabana, Shuts It Down |author=Ingrid Lunden |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2012-10-16 |access-date=2014-10-22}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/16/twitter-acqui-hires-mobile-app-development-platform-cabana-shuts-its-down/ |title=Twitter Acqui-Hires Mobile App Development Platform Cabana, Shuts It Down |author=Ingrid Lunden |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2012-10-16 |access-date=2014-10-22}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2012|10|16}}
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| Cabana
| Cabana
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20121009/twitter-buys-vine-a-video-clip-company-that-never-launched/ |title=Twitter Buys Vine, a Video Clip Company That Never Launched |author=Peter Kafka and Mike Isaac |publisher=AllThingsD |date=2012-10-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20121009/twitter-buys-vine-a-video-clip-company-that-never-launched/ |title=Twitter Buys Vine, a Video Clip Company That Never Launched |author=Peter Kafka and Mike Isaac |publisher=AllThingsD |date=2012-10-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2013|1|28}}
| {{dts|2013|1|28}}
| [[Crashlytics]]
| [[Crashlytics]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="xconomy">{{cite web|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2013/02/05/twitters-boston-acquisitions-crashlytics-tops-100m-bluefin-labs-close-behind/ |title=Twitter's Boston Acquisitions: Crashlytics Tops $100M, Bluefin Labs Close Behind |publisher=Xconomy |date= 2013-02-05 |access-date= 2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="xconomy">{{cite web|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2013/02/05/twitters-boston-acquisitions-crashlytics-tops-100m-bluefin-labs-close-behind/ |title=Twitter's Boston Acquisitions: Crashlytics Tops $100M, Bluefin Labs Close Behind |publisher=Xconomy |date= 2013-02-05 |access-date= 2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2013|2|6}}
| [[Bluefin Labs]]
| [[Bluefin Labs]]
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| {{dts|2012|11|01}}
| {{dts|2012|11|01}}
| [[We Are Hunted]]
| [[We Are Hunted]]
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-bluefin-labs-2013-2 |title=Twitter Makes Big Acquisition, Buys Social TV Analytics Company Bluefin Labs |publisher=Business Insider |date=2013-02-04 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rowghani |first=Ali |url=https://blog.twitter.com/2013/welcoming-bluefin-labs-flock |title=Welcoming Bluefin Labs to the Flock |publisher=Twitter|date=2013-02-05 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-bluefin-labs-2013-2 |title=Twitter Makes Big Acquisition, Buys Social TV Analytics Company Bluefin Labs |publisher=Business Insider |date=2013-02-04 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rowghani |first=Ali |url=https://blog.twitter.com/2013/welcoming-bluefin-labs-flock |title=Welcoming Bluefin Labs to the Flock |publisher=Twitter|date=2013-02-05 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| Ubalo
| Ubalo
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/twitter-acquires-palo-alto-based-scalable-computing-startup-ubalo/ |title=Twitter Acquires Palo Alto-Based Scalable Computing Startup Ubalo |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-05-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/twitter-acquires-palo-alto-based-scalable-computing-startup-ubalo/ |title=Twitter Acquires Palo Alto-Based Scalable Computing Startup Ubalo |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-05-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| {{dts|2013|5|13}}
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| Lucky Sort
| Lucky Sort
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pevc.dowjones.com/article?an=DJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v&from=alert&pid=32&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%3a80%2farticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v%26from%3dalert%26pid%3d32 |title=Twitter Acquires Data-Mining Startup Lucky Sort |publisher=DowJones.com |date=2013-05-13 |access-date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108221827/http://pevc.dowjones.com/article?an=DJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v&from=alert&pid=32&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%3a80%2farticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v%26from%3dalert%26pid%3d32 |archive-date=2014-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pevc.dowjones.com/article?an=DJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v&from=alert&pid=32&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%3a80%2farticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v%26from%3dalert%26pid%3d32 |title=Twitter Acquires Data-Mining Startup Lucky Sort |publisher=DowJones.com |date=2013-05-13 |access-date=2014-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108221827/http://pevc.dowjones.com/article?an=DJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v&from=alert&pid=32&ReturnUrl=http%3a%2f%2fpevc.dowjones.com%3a80%2farticle%3fan%3dDJFVW00020130513e95dqj94v%26from%3dalert%26pid%3d32 |archive-date=2014-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Spindle Labs
| Spindle Labs
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/12883-twitter-to-acquire-u-w-madison-start-up-locomatix.html|title=Twitter to Acquire U.W.-Madison Start-Up Locomatix|access-date=2014-03-27}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/12883-twitter-to-acquire-u-w-madison-start-up-locomatix.html|title=Twitter to Acquire U.W.-Madison Start-Up Locomatix|access-date=2014-03-27}}</ref>
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| Locomatix
| Locomatix
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boston.com/business/innovation/blogs/inside-the-hive/2013/06/19/twitter-buys-boston-startup-spindle-labs-its-third-local-acquisition-this-year/7jFwai3mL8aleMdrvFy4DP/blog.html |title=Twitter buys Boston startup, Spindle Labs, its third local acquisition this year|publisher=Boston.com |date=2013-06-19 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boston.com/business/innovation/blogs/inside-the-hive/2013/06/19/twitter-buys-boston-startup-spindle-labs-its-third-local-acquisition-this-year/7jFwai3mL8aleMdrvFy4DP/blog.html |title=Twitter buys Boston startup, Spindle Labs, its third local acquisition this year|publisher=Boston.com |date=2013-06-19 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| Marakana
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/13/twitter-buys-open-source-training-company-markana-to-power-new-twitter-university-for-engineers/ |title=Twitter Buys Open Source Training Company Marakana To Power New "Twitter University" For Engineers |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-08-13 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/13/twitter-buys-open-source-training-company-markana-to-power-new-twitter-university-for-engineers/ |title=Twitter Buys Open Source Training Company Marakana To Power New "Twitter University" For Engineers |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-08-13 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/28/twitter-continues-to-beef-up-its-social-tv-efforts-with-trendrr-acquisition/ |title=With Trendrr Acquisition, Twitter Continues To Beef Up Its Social TV Efforts |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-08-28 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/28/twitter-continues-to-beef-up-its-social-tv-efforts-with-trendrr-acquisition/ |title=With Trendrr Acquisition, Twitter Continues To Beef Up Its Social TV Efforts |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-08-28 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/twitter-said-to-acquire-mopub/ |title=Twitter Buys MoPub For $350M To Up The Ante In Mobile Advertising |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-09-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/twitter-said-to-acquire-mopub/ |title=Twitter Buys MoPub For $350M To Up The Ante In Mobile Advertising |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-09-09 |access-date=2014-01-08}}</ref>
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|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/twitter-buys-frances-mesagraph-to-ramp-up-social-tv-work-in-euroupe/|title=Twitter Buys France’s Mesagraph And UK’s SecondSync To Ramp Up Social TV Efforts In Europe|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2014-03-31|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/twitter-buys-frances-mesagraph-to-ramp-up-social-tv-work-in-euroupe/|title=Twitter Buys France’s Mesagraph And UK’s SecondSync To Ramp Up Social TV Efforts In Europe|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2014-03-31|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/04/07/twitter-acquires-android-lockscreen-app-cover-moves-deeper-into-mobile-services/|title=Twitter Acquires Android Lockscreen App Cover, Moves Deeper Into Mobile Services|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2014-04-17|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/04/07/twitter-acquires-android-lockscreen-app-cover-moves-deeper-into-mobile-services/|title=Twitter Acquires Android Lockscreen App Cover, Moves Deeper Into Mobile Services|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2014-04-17|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recode.net/2014/8/11/11629758/twitter-paid-134-million-for-gnip|title=Twitter Paid $134 Million for Gnip|last=Wagner|first=Kurt|date=2014-08-11|website=Recode|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/04/15/twitter-acquires-longtime-partner-and-social-data-analytics-provider-gnip/|title=Twitter Acquires Longtime Partner And Social Data Provider Gnip|last=Etherington|first=Darrell|date=2014-04-15|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recode.net/2014/8/11/11629758/twitter-paid-134-million-for-gnip|title=Twitter Paid $134 Million for Gnip|last=Wagner|first=Kurt|date=2014-08-11|website=Recode|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/04/15/twitter-acquires-longtime-partner-and-social-data-analytics-provider-gnip/|title=Twitter Acquires Longtime Partner And Social Data Provider Gnip|last=Etherington|first=Darrell|date=2014-04-15|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/twitter-buys-namo-media-to-expand-its-native-ads-offering/ |title=Twitter Buys Mobile Native Ad Startup Namo Media For Around $50M |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-06-05 |access-date=2014-07-05}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/twitter-buys-namo-media-to-expand-its-native-ads-offering/ |title=Twitter Buys Mobile Native Ad Startup Namo Media For Around $50M |publisher=TechCrunch |date=2013-06-05 |access-date=2014-07-05}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/twitter-acquires-tapcommerce-as-it-rolls-out-mobile-app-install-ads-1404165843|title=Twitter Acquires TapCommerce as It Rolls Out Mobile-App Install Ads |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=2013-06-30 |access-date=2014-07-06}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/twitter-acquires-tapcommerce-as-it-rolls-out-mobile-app-install-ads-1404165843|title=Twitter Acquires TapCommerce as It Rolls Out Mobile-App Install Ads |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=2013-06-30 |access-date=2014-07-06}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/06/19/twitter-acquires-snappytv-to-expand-offerings-for-live-media-partners/|title=Twitter Acquires SnappyTV To Expand Offerings For Live Media Partners|last=Etherington|first=Darrell|date=2014-06-19|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2014/snappytv-is-joining-the-flock.html|title=SnappyTV is joining the flock|date=2014-06-19|website=blog.twitter.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/06/19/twitter-acquires-snappytv-to-expand-offerings-for-live-media-partners/|title=Twitter Acquires SnappyTV To Expand Offerings For Live Media Partners|last=Etherington|first=Darrell|date=2014-06-19|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2014/snappytv-is-joining-the-flock.html|title=SnappyTV is joining the flock|date=2014-06-19|website=blog.twitter.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-acquires-cardspring-2014-7|title=Twitter Acquires Payment Startup CardSpring For Real-Time Commerce |publisher=Business Insider |date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/2014/welcoming-cardspring-to-the-twitter-team|title=Welcoming CardSpring to the Twitter team |publisher=Twitter |date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-acquires-cardspring-2014-7|title=Twitter Acquires Payment Startup CardSpring For Real-Time Commerce |publisher=Business Insider |date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/2014/welcoming-cardspring-to-the-twitter-team|title=Welcoming CardSpring to the Twitter team |publisher=Twitter |date=2014-07-17 |access-date=2014-07-17}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2014/07/29/twitter-acquires-deep-learning-startup-madbits/|title=Twitter acquires deep learning startup Madbits |publisher=Gigaom |date=2014-07-29 |access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gigaom.com/2014/07/29/twitter-acquires-deep-learning-startup-madbits/|title=Twitter acquires deep learning startup Madbits |publisher=Gigaom |date=2014-07-29 |access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labs.mitro.co/2014/07/31/mitro-is-joining-twitter/|title=Mitro is joining Twitter and is now open source|publisher=Mitro Labs|date=2014-08-01|access-date=2014-08-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804180412/http://labs.mitro.co/2014/07/31/mitro-is-joining-twitter/|archive-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://labs.mitro.co/2014/07/31/mitro-is-joining-twitter/|title=Mitro is joining Twitter and is now open source|publisher=Mitro Labs|date=2014-08-01|access-date=2014-08-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804180412/http://labs.mitro.co/2014/07/31/mitro-is-joining-twitter/|archive-date=2014-08-04}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/25/7070585/twitpic-saved-by-twitter-just-hours-before-planned-shut-down|title=Twitpic saved by Twitter just hours before planned shut down|last=D'Orazio|first=Dante|date=2014-10-25|website=The Verge|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/25/7070585/twitpic-saved-by-twitter-just-hours-before-planned-shut-down|title=Twitpic saved by Twitter just hours before planned shut down|last=D'Orazio|first=Dante|date=2014-10-25|website=The Verge|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2015/01/20/twitter-acquires-indian-mobile-platform-startup-zipdial/ | title=Twitter acquires Indian mobile platform startup ZipDial | work=The Next Web | date=January 20, 2015 | access-date=January 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/twitter-acquires-indian-startup-zipdial/article6804985.ece|title=Twitter acquires Indian start-up ZipDial|author=Yuthika Bhargava|work=The Hindu|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2015/01/20/twitter-acquires-india-based-missed-call-firm-zipdial/|title=Twitter Acquires India-Based 'Missed Call' Startup ZipDial|author=Saritha Rai|date=20 January 2015|work=Forbes|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianweb2.com/2015/01/20/official-zipdial-acquired-twitter-deal-30-40-million/|title=It’s Official, ZipDial Acquired By Twitter In A Deal At $30-$40 Million|author=Vardaan|work=IndianWeb2|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news | url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2015/01/20/twitter-acquires-indian-mobile-platform-startup-zipdial/ | title=Twitter acquires Indian mobile platform startup ZipDial | work=The Next Web | date=January 20, 2015 | access-date=January 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/twitter-acquires-indian-startup-zipdial/article6804985.ece|title=Twitter acquires Indian start-up ZipDial|author=Yuthika Bhargava|work=The Hindu|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/saritharai/2015/01/20/twitter-acquires-india-based-missed-call-firm-zipdial/|title=Twitter Acquires India-Based 'Missed Call' Startup ZipDial|author=Saritha Rai|date=20 January 2015|work=Forbes|access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianweb2.com/2015/01/20/official-zipdial-acquired-twitter-deal-30-40-million/|title=It’s Official, ZipDial Acquired By Twitter In A Deal At $30-$40 Million|author=Vardaan|work=IndianWeb2|access-date=20 January 2015}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/twitter-acquires-niche-a-startup-that-helps-advertisers-work-with-social-media-celebrities/|title=Twitter Acquires Niche, A Startup That Helps Advertisers Work With Social Media Celebrities|last=Ha|first=Anthony|date=2015-02-11|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2015/welcoming-niche-to-the-twitter-team.html|title=Welcoming Niche to the Twitter team|date=2015-02-11|website=blog.twitter.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/twitter-acquires-niche-a-startup-that-helps-advertisers-work-with-social-media-celebrities/|title=Twitter Acquires Niche, A Startup That Helps Advertisers Work With Social Media Celebrities|last=Ha|first=Anthony|date=2015-02-11|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2015/welcoming-niche-to-the-twitter-team.html|title=Welcoming Niche to the Twitter team|date=2015-02-11|website=blog.twitter.com|language=en-us|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-acquires-periscope-for-a-sizable-amount-2015-3|title=Twitter quietly bought a video startup that hasn't launched yet, Periscope|last=Shontell|first=Alyson|date=2015-03-09|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-acquires-periscope-for-a-sizable-amount-2015-3|title=Twitter quietly bought a video startup that hasn't launched yet, Periscope|last=Shontell|first=Alyson|date=2015-03-09|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/04/02/confirmed-twitter-buys-tenxer-for-under-50m-to-improve-its-tools-for-engineers/|title=Confirmed: Twitter Buys TenXer For Under $50M To Improve Its Tools For Engineers|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2015-04-02|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2015/04/02/confirmed-twitter-buys-tenxer-for-under-50m-to-improve-its-tools-for-engineers/|title=Confirmed: Twitter Buys TenXer For Under $50M To Improve Its Tools For Engineers|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2015-04-02|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-flight-twitter-fabric-acquires-fastlane-2015-10|title=Twitter buys Fastlane, a popular tool for building iPhone apps, and adds Android support|last=Weinberger|first=Matt|date=2015-10-21|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-flight-twitter-fabric-acquires-fastlane-2015-10|title=Twitter buys Fastlane, a popular tool for building iPhone apps, and adds Android support|last=Weinberger|first=Matt|date=2015-10-21|website=Business Insider|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite news | url=https://zeropush.com/acquisition | title=ZeroPush has joined Twitter! | work=ZeroPush | date=October 21, 2015 | access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://technical.ly/philly/2015/10/23/zeropush-acquired-twitter/ | title=Developer tool ZeroPush gets acquired by Twitter | work=Technically Philly| date=October 23, 2015 | access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news | url=https://zeropush.com/acquisition | title=ZeroPush has joined Twitter! | work=ZeroPush | date=October 21, 2015 | access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://technical.ly/philly/2015/10/23/zeropush-acquired-twitter/ | title=Developer tool ZeroPush gets acquired by Twitter | work=Technically Philly| date=October 23, 2015 | access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/04/08/twitter-acquires-employee-feedback-tool-peer/|title=Twitter acquires employee feedback tool Peer|last=Weber|first=Harrison|date=2016-04-08|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2016/06/20/twitter-is-buying-magic-pony-technology-which-uses-neural-networks-to-improve-images/|title=Twitter pays up to $150M for Magic Pony Technology, which uses neural networks to improve images|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2016-06-20|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2016/06/20/twitter-is-buying-magic-pony-technology-which-uses-neural-networks-to-improve-images/|title=Twitter pays up to $150M for Magic Pony Technology, which uses neural networks to improve images|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=2016-06-20|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=Twitter acquires anti-abuse technology provider Smyte |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/twitter-acquires-anti-abuse-technology-provider-smyte/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smyte acquired by Twitter |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/smyte#section-m-a-details |website=Crunchbase.com |access-date=13 April 2020 }}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Sarah |title=Twitter acquires anti-abuse technology provider Smyte |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/twitter-acquires-anti-abuse-technology-provider-smyte/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smyte acquired by Twitter |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/smyte#section-m-a-details |website=Crunchbase.com |access-date=13 April 2020 }}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/04/17/twitter-highly/|title=Twitter acquihires highlight sharing app Highly|last=Constine|first=Josh|date=2019-04-17|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
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Revision as of 15:31, 16 January 2021

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 280 characters. Registered users can read and post tweets but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City, Boston, Seattle, Boulder, and London.

Acquisitions

Number Date Company Business Country Price (USD) Category References
1 July 15, 2008 Summize Social search  US [1]
2 November 24, 2008 Values of n Social software development [2]
3 December 23, 2009 Mixer labs Location information engine $5.17 million (in stock)[3] [4]
4 April 9, 2010 Atebits Tweetie  US Mobile Twitter app (iOS) [5]
5 April 23, 2010 Cloudhopper Mobile messaging [6]
6 June 10, 2010 Smallthought Systems Databases and analytics Analytics tools [7]
7 December 21, 2010 Fluther Q&A service [8]
8 May 25, 2011 TweetDeck Web and desktop client  US $40 million [9]
9 June 1, 2011 AdGrok Advertising [10]
10 July 5, 2011 BackType Social analytics [11]
11 August 8, 2011 Bagcheck Social sharing and discovery [12]
12 September 21, 2011 Julpan Real-time social search engine [13]
13 November 28, 2011 Whisper Systems Mobile privacy and security [14]
14 January 19, 2012 Summify Social news [15]
15 January 24, 2012 Dasient Internet security Revenue team [16]
16 March 12, 2012 Posterous Blogging platform [17]
17 April 16, 2012 Hotspots.io Social media intelligence  US Revenue engineering team [18]
18 May 10, 2012 RestEngine Personalized email marketing  US [19]
19 June 4, 2012 Nclud Boutique design agency [19]
20 August 13, 2012 Clutch.IO A/B tester Design [20]
21 October 9, 2012 Vine Video sharing service $30 million [21]
22 October 16, 2012 Cabana Mobile app building software [22]
23 January 28, 2013 Crashlytics Crash reporting $100 million+ [23]
24 February 6, 2013 Bluefin Labs Social TV analytics  US $80 million [23]
25 November 1, 2012 We Are Hunted Music service  Australia [24][25]
26 May 9, 2013 Ubalo Large-scale computing [26]
27 May 13, 2013 Lucky Sort Big Data visualization [27]
28 June 19, 2013 Spindle Labs Local discovery  US [28]
29 August 2, 2013 Locomatix  US [29]
30 August 13, 2013 Marakana Training services [30]
31 August 28, 2013 Trendrr Advertising solutions [31]
32 September 9, 2013 MoPub Advertising solutions $350 million [32]
33 March 31, 2014 Mesagraph Social TV  France [33]
34 March 31, 2014 SecondSync Social TV  UK [33]
35 April 7, 2014 Cover Android lockscreen app [34]
36 April 15, 2014 Gnip Data reseller $134 million [35][36]
37 June 5, 2014 Namo Media Native mobile advertising $50 million MoPub [37]
38 June 5, 2014 TapCommerce Mobile app install ads $100 million [38]
39 June 19, 2014 SnappyTV Live clipping service [39][40]
40 July 29, 2014 CardSpring Payment application platform Commerce [41][42]
41 July 17, 2014 Madbits Deep learning  US Twitter Cortex [43]
42 August 1, 2014 Mitro Password security [44]
43 October 25, 2014 Twitpic Photo-sharing website [45]
44 January 20, 2015 ZipDial Mobile marketing and analytics  India [46][47][48][49]
45 February 11, 2015 Niche Advertising and software [50][51]
46 March 9, 2015 Periscope Live-video streaming $50-100 million [52]
47 April 2, 2015 TenXer Collaboration platform under $50 million [53]
48 April 28, 2015 TellApart Advertising $479 million [54]
49 June 17, 2015 Whetlab Machine learning  US Twitter Cortex [55]
50 October 21, 2015 Fastlane Deployment services [56]
51 October 21, 2015 ZeroPush Push notification services  US [57][58]
52 April 8, 2016 Peer Employee and manager feedback tool  US [59]
53 June 20, 2016 Magic Pony Technology Advanced video upscaling, compression and enhancement  UK $150 million [60]
54 December 1, 2016 Yes, Inc Social apps developer  US [61]
55 June 21, 2018 Smyte Spam & fraud prevention service  US $65 million [62][63]
56 April 17, 2019 Highly Highlight sharing application [64]
57 June 3, 2019 Fabula AI Geometric deep learning & fake-news detection  UK [65]
58 November 21, 2019 Aiden.ai AI-powered digital marketing  UK [66]
59 February 19, 2020 Chroma Labs Visual Stories App  US [67]
60 May 12, 2020 CrossInstall Programmatic interactive mobile ads at scale  US [68]
61 December 14, 2020 Squad Real-time social video  US [69][70]
62 January 2021 Breaker Social podcasting  US Twitter Spaces [71][72][73]
63 January 6, 2021 Ueno Creative agency [74]

See also

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