Sergey Brin says in Web 2.0 “I did not try to buy Twitter,” but “when companies approach us, we definitely consider any opportunities that can buy.” You really enjoy the 17 minute’s show and lots of things discussed in the conversation and thanks to BusinessInsider.com

Keynotes are given below:

• He’s wearing “freaky” five toes shoes, due to a sprained ankle playing ultimate Frisbee.
• When asked if Google tried to buy Twitter, Brin says “I did not try to buy Twitter,” but “when companies approach us, we definitely consider any opportunities that can buy.”
• In response to Facebook and Twitter getting more attention from users, while Google sprays people all over the web: When we started Google search inventory was the bottom of the barrel. We made a bet…and now it is lucrative, but you can’t predict these things. Today something is valued lowly but tomorrow could be very valuable.
• On display ads: Web is so much better for advertising because you know how the ads perform, so yes, over time, the rates for Internet ads will go up.
• Why can’t Google focus on just one thing? We’ve entered places where we’ve encountered a problem. For instance with Gmail, web email offerings at the time were toys. We did Android, because we weren’t happy with platforms we saw.
• Will there be Google hardware? I’ll leave that to Andy Rubin. But, we worked on the G1. We want to work closely with hardwarre maker.
• Brin uses Bing, but he uses all search engines. Bing reminds us that search is competitve.
• It’s a shame that Yahoo plans to abdicate. I wish they would continue to innovate in search.
• Conflating Google with change, and the business models are changing. And sure Google has done well, but they’re making a leap that Google is causing it. Dont agree with the conclusion, btu I recognize the pain.
• I’m using Chrome for Mac, but it’s dissapointing that it’s taking so long.
• Surprised at the criticism of digitizing the world’s books.

Sergey Brin: “I Did Not Try To Buy Twitter” (GOOG)