Google reportedly tried to outbid Facebook for Snapchat with $4 billion offer

Just as the world was getting used to the news that Facebook attempted to buy Snapchat for $3 billion, a new report suggests that Google trumped that offer with a $4 billion bid of its own. GigaOm founder Om Malik first tweeted the rumor before Valleywag filled in the rest of the story. Valleywag explains that, at around the same time as the Facebook offer, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel looked to Google for "strategic investment" in his instant messaging photo app. Ultimately, Spiegel decided to pa...