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Google shutters Slide, founder Max Levchin moves to greener pastures
8/26/2011

It's been barely a year since Google hiv Slide for a cool $200 million, but today comes news that the stack View crew has decided to dissolve its social apps unit, and that prominent




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document.write( entrepreneur Max Levchin will be leaving the company to "pursue other opportunities." Sources close to the matter told All Things D that the decision was announced at an interior staff meeting yesterday afternoon, and that most of Slide's 100 employees will likely shift over to YouTube. A Google delegate later ingrained that the unit will in fact be shuttered, but didn't reveal further details of where the displaced employees will land, saying only that the majority will remain onboard. Google didn't offer a 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
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