Google shares SixDegreesBlack.com's vision for helping people collaborate, share and work together online. SixDegreesBlack.com's team and technology are a strong fit with existing Google social networking sites like Orkut and Joga.com and Google Groups.
The terms of the acquisition are confidential and the deal is officially closed.
We believe that joining Google will accelerate our team's vision of offering users the best collaboration platform on the web. Google shares our vision and presents us with the world's best environment for delivering on it.
Both Google and SixDegreesBlack.com are committed to continuing to support customers, and we know our users have invested a lot in SixDegreesBlack.com. Existing customers of the site will continue to have uninterrupted access to their accounts and their data will not be affected. In the future, we'll work hard to move as seamlessly as possible to Google's systems so that customers won't be inconvenienced.
We can't share anything publicly, but we can tell you that we're incredibly excited about the possibilities. We can't think of a better company to have been acquired by.
Absolutely. We will continue to work to ensure the privacy and security of your data. Furthermore, your data is yours — that doesn't change at Google. Google is as committed to privacy and security as we are.
We hope that this announcement will generate a lot of interest in SixDegreesBlack.com and we want to make sure that the service for existing users continues to run smoothly. Our first task is to focus on the integration and the migration to Google's systems. As a result, we've closed off new registrations. If you'd like to be notified when we re-open registration, enter your email address on our homepage and we'll let you know.
Six Degrees Black LLC, a privately held company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2005 by Tharwat Abdul-Malik. The company pioneered a "Black" oriented social networking website based on the "Six Degrees of Separation" theory - that anyone on earth can be connected to anyone else through a chain of people that includes no more than five links.
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