As August draws to a close, Google made its 5th acquisition of the month with its purchase of the Canadian social gaming company SocialDeck.  "We started this company with the goal of connecting friends through social games on all kinds of exciting new mobile devices," SocialDeck wrote on the company’s web site. "We've been amazed and humbled by all of the stories and experiences our customers (you!) have shared with us."   Recently Google acquired other social gaming companies such as Jambool and Slide, and has vested $200 million in Zynga which popular on Facebook.  A week ago Google bought Angstro which makes social-media applications, and it also recently purchased iLike, the e-commercial visual search company. Google has not disclosed its plans for the SocialDeck, however the social focused acquisitions has fueled much speculation about Google’s plans to expand in the social arena.

 SocialDeck is known for a number of games that include Pet Hero Puzzle, Shake & Spell, Shake & Spell 3D, and Color Connect.    The company distributed the games through iTunes and made Shake & Spell available through Facebook and Blackberry.   The company offered both free and 99 cent versions of their applications.   The company also developed Spark, a social-gaming platform that works on Facebook, iPhone and Blackberry to connect players across social games.

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