Google’s rumoured attempt at a challenger to the Facebook throne may have come a step closer, with the search engine’s acquisition of social networking start-up Angstro.

Angstro’s founder, Rohit Khare is now reportedly working on the mysterious Google Me.

Google has built an extensive shopping list in the past year, purchasing start-ups that range from video broadcaster Episodic to Jambool, which ‘makes’ virtual currency for online games.

This article appears in issue 250 of Media Digest.

(Source: Wall Blog)