Google Acquires Angstro, a Social Networking Start-Up - New York Times Blogs
Google continues to expand its social expertise with the acquisition of Angstro , a small social networking start-up. Angstro builds apps to easily exchange information among social services across the Web

Social media win twice as many users older than 50 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
SAN JOSE, Calif. This is not your father’s social network oh, wait a minute; maybe it is. The phenomenal growth of Facebook, Twitter and other social sites in the past year has come in part because of a

Who Says Social Networking Is a Young Man's Game? - Datamation
When sites like Facebook and MySpace burst onto the scene, they were generally considered the playground of the young. No more. Young people continue to flock to social sites, but not at nearly the rate of older adults

Google acquires Angstro to bolster social networking push - Fiercemobilecontent
Google continues to build up its portfolio of social media properties with the acquisition of Angströ, a startup dedicated to building applications that integrate with social media networks like Facebook and

Google acquires Toronto-based social gaming firm - ITBusiness.ca
SocialDeck is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Google over the past month, all focused around the area of social networking features. Google shows no signs of stopping its social networking start-up shopping

Google acquires social games website SocialDeck - Economic Times
NEW YORK: Internet search giant Google has acquired social games website SocialDeck for an undisclosed amount, in a move to strengthen its social networking service. The transaction comes within days of Google

Facebook Captures Top Spot Among Social Networking Sites In India With 20.9 Mln Visitors - Quick - RTT News
(RTTNews) - comScore, Inc. (SCOR: News ) announced that among all the Social Networking sites in India, Facebook.com grabbed the number one ranking in the category for the first time in July with 20.9 million visitors