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Google Inc. has acquired Angstro, a start up company that sort of news and information across social networks like Facebook. Said Google spokesman at the weekend.

According to the company website, Angstro headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA has been developing applications to find photos on Facebook, combines Caller ID with a Linkedin profile, and a number of other applications for Twitter.

“The struggle for an open, multi-operation of social networking is still just beginning,” said Rohit Khare a founder Angstro in his blog posting.

Google, which runs the major search engines in the United States with more than two-thirds of the market, did not reveal further details such acquisitions. Mergers Angstro to Google underscore the importance of social networking service for Google to be more competitive in the future.

Oracle Corp. has sued Google Inc. for alleged patent infringement and intellectual property. Oracle accuses Google’s Android system is applied on the smartphone has violated the Java software patents.

Unfortunately, the Google spokesman Andrew Pederson declined to comment on the lawsuit. He said the company was not yet studied the lawsuit.

Oracle, producers of software and other technology, the patent claims as the owner of Java programs after the acquisition of Sun Microsystems in January last. This Java program can be used for various computer applications, sites, and mobile phones.

In his complaint posted to the district court of Northern California, U.S., Oracle says the software violates a patent-based Android using Java applications. For this violation, Oracle asked Google to stop the development and spread the Android system. Oracle is also demanding damages for the breach of it.