The content discovery service, StumbleUpon, has gotten itself back to start-up status, after being bought by eBay two years ago. According to a press release, today SU returned to being and “investor-backed startup” by a roster of well-known Silicon Valley investors, including Ram Shriram of Sherpalo Ventures, Accel Partners and August Capital.

Its founders, Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith are also back, with Camp now in place as CEO.

“We are grateful to eBay for its guidance. However, we realized there were few long-term synergies between the two businesses. It is best for us to part ways and focus on our respective strengths,” said Camp, stating the very obvious.

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These days there are endless ways to use Twitter. Some of us, are using this famous microblogging service for promoting products or sites, other to create a strong personal brand but there are some people who use it for having fun. Yes, you read it well.

Although many of the Twitter-based games listed here are quiz or trivia-based Twitter accounts, they are still fun distractions, and sometimes a good brain exercise. Here are some of the top games based on the microblogging site:

1. Twivia (@playtwivia)

Twivia is a trivia game via Twitter. Twivia will ask a question and the fastest person to @reply the answer gets points, specified in every Tweet. Twivia always tweets out the answers after someone gives the right answer so you don’t have to be suspicious. You can even suggest questions to Twivia.

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Currently there just a few rumors, nothing for 100% sure. According to what i’ve heard, Google is in talks to aquire micro-blogging service, Twitter, for over 250 million dollars. Two sources familiar with the matter said that Google would be making an offer below the 500 million dollars Facebook proposed to Twitter a few months ago, and would pay in cash or publicly valued stock.

“Why would Google want Twitter? We’ve been arguing for some time that Twitter’s real value is in search,” said the blog’s Michael Harrington.

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