Google grows yet another arm

Google has announced that it's acquiring streaming radio service Songza, which creates free playlists tailored for various activities and times of day. The companies declined to reveal the purchase price. Songza, launched in 2010, will complement Google Play Music All Access, the subscription streaming service Google unveiled last year. Google said Songza will continue to function independently for the time being while it "explore[s] ways to bring what you love about Songza to Google Play Music." Let's just hope it doesn't make a huge mess of it like it did with Orkut, which nobody uses anymore, so the service will shut down at the end of September.