Blackboard - New Facebook app, acquisition

Interesting Blackboard news in the Washington Business Journal lately:

New free Blackboard application for Facebook (link)

Blackboard Inc. is helping students hit the books while logged on to the famed social networking site... [they] announced today its first Facebook application, Blackboard Sync, which lets students access their assignments, grades, messages, and other course materials from Blackboard while socializing on Facebook.

Blackboard buys Angel Learning (link)

Education software maker Blackboard Inc. is expanding its offerings by acquiring fellow educational software maker Angel Learning Inc. for $95 million in cash and stock... The combined company will have more than 5,800 schools, government agencies and corporate customers.