Maybe this just looked like a good idea to Google at the time. Sometimes you have to make acquisitions to look progressive to your shareholders. Now, I'm bettin

Maybe this just looked like a good idea to Google at the time. Sometimes you have to make acquisitions to look progressive to your shareholders. Now, I'm betting they're glad they didn't make this purchase. Look at Google Ventures and you might see some questional investments as well: http://www.googleventures.com/portfolio.html http://www.googleventures.com/portfolio.html