Josh Bernoff recently posted a quick overview of the main predictions from Emily Riley and the Groundswell team at Forrester.
What struck me is the fourth prediction in the list: ‘Twitter will become profitable or get acquired’. Well, by now (see yesterday’s post) we know that Twitter is slightly profitable, but of course there’s a huge difference between being just above break-even and being truly profitable.
So let’s look at the possibility of an acquisition. Who would possibly acquire Twitter? Google, Facebook or Microsoft? Those are the three companies Forrester is thinking about. I see other possibilities, do you?