Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Google shutters Slide, founder Max Levchin moves to greener pastures

been almost a year since Google bought the slide for about $ 200 million, but now comes the news that the Mountain View team decided to dissolve the unity of social applications, and the famous businessman max Levchin will be leaving the company to "pursue other opportunities." sources familiar with the matter,

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that the decision was announced at an afternoon meeting yesterday internal staff, and most of the 100 employees slides were likely to displace YouTube. a Google spokesman confirmed that later, the unit actually closed, but n has not revealed details of where the displaced employees of the earth, saying only that the majority will stay on board. Google does not offer a concrete explanation of the decision, even if the blade had acted as a branch of the autonomy considerable and devices, and has never been fully integrated into the team over the company. Its applications on the other hand, never really took off, and is scheduled to be phased out over the coming months - including tools such as SuperPokes Animals and Disco Photovine. and then of course there Levchin - the man who founded the company a few years after the co-founder of PayPal, which now serves as president of the Yelp board. his immediate plans are not clear, although we and the world of technology will certainly keep an eye on him wherever he lands next.
blinds Google source Slide founder Max Levchin moved on to greener pastures originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, August 26th, 2011 3:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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