Google Buys Mobile App Provider Zingku

Never heard of Zingku?  Well, don't worry.  From the news I'm seeing it looks like it was not on anybody's radar.  But nevertheless, Google just bought Zingku for an undisclosed amount.  The service is interesting, but nothing that I would call unique.  There are all kinds of speculations about why Google did so, and GigaOm thinks it's going to be an addition to Orkut, but if you ask me, it's about who knows who and having good VC/investment banker connections...

On a separate note (I do not have much interest in telecom anymore), in case you have not heard 3Com was sold for $2.2B to Bain Capital and Huawei Technologies, a Chinese telco.  Not bad.