This rumour, constantly murmured in the Social Media/Business world, is gathering momentum – with Google refusing to comment.

The price is estimated at $250m+, although talks with Facebook broke down over a $500m deal last year.

It’s difficult for Twitter – although now is not a a good time to sell in terms of the economy, there is an increasing danger that Twitter will be ‘ruined’ by the ever increasing proliferation of advertisers and spammers. Although Twitter do their best to remove accounts that are abusing the system, many still get through.

Would Google be buying a dieing beast?