Google buys mobile-games developer Social Deck
By Robert Daniel
Aug. 31, 2010, 3:11 a.m. EDT
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-buys-mobile-games-developer-social-deck-2010-08-31
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc., (GOOG 452.69, -6.14, -1.34%) the Mountain View, Calif., search-engine giant, continued to build its social-networking efforts by acquiring Social Deck, a producer of social games and platform technology for mobile devices. Terms weren't disclosed. Social Deck, which says its key staffers split their time between Toronto and San Francisco, announced the deal Monday on its website. "The company has launched several titles for the iPhone, Facebook, and BlackBerry," and Social Deck technology enables multiple players using different mobile devices to play simultaneously, the company said. Media reports say that last week, Google acquired Angstro, which the company's website says enables the "ability to [home] in on highly focused, relevant news across professional networks." And Google recently bought Slide, a developer of social-networking software.
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