Google thinks it can be young and crazy again. And it is betting $200 million that it is right.In the hottest market for technology start-up companies in over a decade, the Silicon Valley behemoth is playing venture capitalist in a rush to discover the next Facebook or Zynga.Other pedigreed tech companies are doing the same, as venture capital dollars coming from corporations approach levels last seen in the dot-com bubble era of 2000.
www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/technology/google-spending-millions-to-find-the-next-google.html
Google Looks for the Next Google
Google thinks it can be young and crazy again. And it is betting $200 million that it is right.