Google to Acquire Social Media Gaming Company Slide
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News
I’ve been made aware via Fortune’s Google 24/7 that TechCrunch is reporting Google will acquire Slide for $182 million. The company is a social gaming platform not unlike the Google-invested Zygna, and further fuels speculation on Google’s plan to create something that is like Facebook, but not quite.
Slide, purveyor of social media hosted titles such as “SuperPoke! Pets” and “Top Fish” surely is a competitor to Zygna. Perhaps Zygna refused being completely bought out by Google, and that this is the alternative purchase.
Regardless, there is no doubt that some sort of Google social network is coming. Hopefully it has a better name than Google Me. If I announced that out loud to someone that would sound like something you would do on their search service, not to mention incredibly vain to say.
