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"\r\nFeed the birds, show them you care... but this time the hungry birds may be looking for more than a tuppence worth.\r\nAll Things Digital's Kara Swisher reported that Twitter, the\u00A0San Francisco microblogging\u00A0phenomenon\u00A0is considering an investment round upwards of $200 million, which would\u00A0more than double the $160 million Twitter has garnered so far.\r\nAccording to rumors, Twitter is thinking about taking funding from the Russian holding firm Digital Sky Technologies. DST is an obvious choice as the firm has invested in big web companies including Zygna, GroupOn and Facebook.\r\nSean Garrett, a\u00A0Twitter spokesman told MediaMemo's Peter Kafka last week, &amp;quot;We don\u2019t need the money and have made no decisions about additional\u00A0financing.&amp;quot;\r\nNonetheless, the\u00A0rumors\u00A0are flying, and it's logical that Twitter will need to expand\u00A0as it aggressively seeks ways to monetize its growing audience via advertising or figure out an alternate business model.\u00A0Twitter\u2019s last round of funding provided $100 million at a billion-dollar valuation. A new round of funding would seriously bolster this valuation and also dampen speculation of a Google acquisition.\r\nBut $200 million aside all Twitter founder Jack Dorsey wants for his 34th birthday is for more people to have access to clean water. He's asking for donations through Charity:Water here.\r\nCo-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone will appear on this Wednesday\u2019s episode of\u00A0Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Perhaps they will make the investment announcement then! But in all seriousness, most likely not. Stay tuned.\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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