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

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

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 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

Google Becomes the Revenue Raven across Social Networking - Gerson Lehrman Group
Analysis The acquisitions of Like.com and Angstro imply that Google wants to deliver, and not just engage in connectivity and apps. Gmail phoning with Skype means that Google Voice was merely a first move and small play

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