The last purchase of google

The New York Times, Google has acquired Slide, a social gaming network startup founded by Max Levchin. the selling price ranges from $ 228,000,000 reported that the Times, and $ 182,000,000 of TechCrunch.

Slide the fruit of former PayPal employees Levchin, began the service in a third-party photo-sharing, but soon diversified into a more lucrative arena: Facebook applications. Slide is known for applications such as SuperPoke and SPP Ranch, which allows users to exchange virtual money for goods. The name comes from one of the first projects to start an app that allowed users to insert slideshows MySpace pages.

The purchase of Slide is an important step for Google, who worked for the launch of a social gaming platform for years. Google has already invested in Zynga, the most talked about boot games. Google does not want to compete with Facebook directly, but wants to understand that a platform for social game, might just be in his future.

This is just the latest in a series of takeovers of social play by business giants. Disney bought Playdom, Facebook has created a long-term partnership with Zynga, Playfish and EA bought. Only makes sense that Google wants a developer of its own.