MUMBAI: Micro blogging site Twitter has acquired music search company We Are Hunted sparking off speculations that it will be launching its music service soon.

While the financial details of the deal remain elusive to the public, We Are Hunted announced the acquisition on its home page saying, "We Are Hunted has joined Twitter... While we are shutting down wearehunted.com, we will continue to create services that will delight you, as part of the Twitter team...There‘s no question that Twitter and music go well together... We can‘t wait to share what we‘ve been working on at Twitter."

Set up in 2007 in Brisbane, Australia by Stephen Phillips, Richard Slatter and Michael Doherty, We Are Hunted recently shifted base to San Fransisco. The company developed proprietary search technology which continuously scanned the Internet to identify the hottest new music in the world.

Twitter has become an engagement platform for music celebrities with them ‘tweeting‘ about things ranging from gratitude to concert experiences to random everyday incidents.