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Google shuts down Slide just 12 months after purchase

article published on 26 August, 2011

In August 2010, Google confirmed that they acquired Slide, the social networking gaming site created in 2005 by Max Levchin, the co-founder of PayPal. The company's two most popular apps were SuperPoke and SPP Ranch. The first allowed you to adopt a virtual pet, and exchange money for virtual goods. Google purchased the company for around $200 million. Today, Google has announced the ... [ read the full article ]

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Ryoohki
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_ 		26. August 2011 @ 19:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
In other words the guy who made Slide got away like a bandit with 200M when I doubt the company was worth nearly that much lol.
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KillerBug
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_ 		26. August 2011 @ 23:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
LoL...it sounds like a tamagotchi app and little else. I guess $200 million is just pointless chump change to a company like google.
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toked
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_ 		27. August 2011 @ 06:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Retard Google
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