Google Acquires Two More Startups: Katango and Apture

“Are you ready for some magic in your Circles?” Bradley Horowitz, Google executive wrote about Katango on his Google+ account. “These folks are magicians!”

Google has bought two additional startups to help the company upgrade some of its services.

The purchases were announced yesterday and are Katango, a service that helps users manage their online social networks, and Apture, a service that makes tools in order to conduct searches about the topics contained in a Web page.

Katango was developed a little over a year ago to help users organize their friendships and social interactions. On the company’s blog they said, “We’re excited to join the Google+ team… Google+ is seeing tremendous momentum, so it’s a perfect time to join and make Circles smarter for millions of people.”

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