Google buys social outfit Slide
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Snoop and search outfit Google has acquired Slide, a San Francisco-based social software outfit for a cool $182 million, plus an extra $46 million forked out to retain the outfit's employees. Google reckons Slide is "a social technology company with an extensive history of building new ways for people to connect with others across numerous platforms online."in a statement on its blog, Google said it reckon the web "is about people". "We’re working to develop...
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