Google buys Angstro
As part of its plan to build a social networking service to counter the popularity of Facebook, Google confirmed Friday that it had bought up Internet company Angstro and hired its co-founder Rohit Khare.
A Google spokesman confirmed the acquisition of Angstro but declined to comment on Khare’s role at the company. Google employee Joseph Smarr said on Twitter: “Thrilled to welcome @rohitkhare to Google to help us work on building a better social web!”
Dubbed “Google Me” inside the company the social networking service is in stealth mode and Google will not discuss it. The stakes are high for Google. Facebook’s threat to Google’s dominance on the Web is Topic A in Silicon Valley, debated daily by technology executives and investors.
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