Google buys virtual currency outfit

Google has bought Jambool, a company that manages virtual money for virtual goods sold on gaming and social networking sites. Google, of course, has plenty of the real stuff and is intent on buying up companies at rate of two a month. For their part Jambool's founders said that, when the opportunity arose to join forces with Google, "we couldn't pass it up." According to the founders, Jambool started as a social collaboration platform in 2006, shifting its focus to...