Google invests millions in social gaming
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Techcrunch reckons Google has invested up to a couple of hundred million dollars in social gaming outfit Zynga. Zynga has recently been passing a cap around a bunch of venture capitalists, who have chipped in around half a billion dollars over the past year. According to Techcrunch's "multiple sources" Google accounted for a fair chunk of that investment Those sources say Zynga will provide the platform for a Google Games service which will launch later this year,...
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