According to a report in the New York Times late Friday night, Apple (s aapl) has had talks with Twitter about acquiring a substantial stake in the company -- on the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, the newspaper says, quoting "people briefed on the matter." Although the report provides few details about how serious these discussions actually were, such a combination would make some sense for both companies: Apple would get an even more favored relationship with the real-time social network, and Twitter would get to maintain its preferred status on one of the world's leading technology platforms.
