Why The Google And Twitch $1 Billion Acquisition Talks Blew up http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happened-to-the-google-twitch-acquisition-2014-8/comments en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:23:30 -0500 Alyson Shontell http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fd4aaf69bedde7198b456b BULLSHIT -- THEN WHY WAS FACEBOOK ALLOWED TO BUY INSTAGRAM? Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:04:15 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fd4aaf69bedde7198b456b INSTAGRAM IS THE CLOSEST THING THERE IS TO FACEBOOK IT SCARED FACEBOOK NOW IT HAS 300 MILLION USERS WHY DID OUR STUPID GOV ALLOW FACEBOOK TO BUY INSTAGRAM THE #2 SOCIAL NETWORK ?? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fcaec6ecad047f75742017 change the laws Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:59:02 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fcaec6ecad047f75742017 <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-bezos/</a> <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/sergey-brin/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.forbes.com/profile/sergey-brin/</a> your smoking break is over now GET BACK TO LOADING DOCK http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fca90eecad04a85e742013 Bob Loblaw Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:34:38 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fca90eecad04a85e742013 Twitch is already profitable. Twitch has hundreds of thousands of concurrent viewers at all times of the day. Many paying subscription fees, most watching ads. It's essentially a gaming TV network that can be viewed anywhere at anytime and you can interact with the show hosts. How is that not an exciting company? Young gamers spend a ridiculous amount of money, they are PRIME advertising targets. But you wouldn't know that, because I'm pretty sure your full time job is trolling the internet with baseless comments. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fca3336bb3f7be7937446f It is all part of an education process Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:09:39 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fca3336bb3f7be7937446f "Twitch" seems a better fit for Amazon. Bezos is highly invested in neuroscience to the point he believes an algorithm can determine what product an individual will choose before the individual is conscious of his choice. It appears, to Bezos, the world is deterministic and free will does not exist. "Twitch" allows Bezos to confirm human deterministic behavior, educate the public about their lack of free will, and accept Amazon's algorithms. Does Google need this additional educational process? Google search seems to have been doing this same educational training for years. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fca2da69bedde9601022d6 Aqua Buddha Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:08:10 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fca2da69bedde9601022d6 The Tech industry is right in the cross hairs of the Feds now that the world knows that everything digital is plumbed through the NSA's basement. The 1 billion is to much to much to risk knowing they are going to bend the nose of their masters to do stuff overseas to protect user data. http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc9e6169bedd66511022d4 H Bogart Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:49:05 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc9e6169bedd66511022d4 No way to monetize a bunch of friendless schlubs in basements - great line! But isn't that what most of these new tech companies are all about? http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc9a8f69bedded371022d2 JohnHQ Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:32:47 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc9a8f69bedded371022d2 yeah thats why amazon is so profitable http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc992ceab8ea0956b8812e change the laws Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:26:52 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc992ceab8ea0956b8812e bezos is smarter than sergieboy & larry put together http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc97f8eab8eaab48b8812e TheFree_Lance Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:21:44 -0400 http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53fc97f8eab8eaab48b8812e Sorry, I'm just not buying the antitrust bit. Even knowing how insane the feds can be on the topic. The barriers to entry to video streaming are almost zero. In fact, it is basically a commodity. Nah, I think Googs figured out that there was no way to monetize a bunch of friendless schlubs in basements.