The Los Angeles Times reported that Google is acquiring Slide, Inc, the maker of games, applications, and widgets for Facebook and MySpace. TechCruch reported that the deal was worth $182 million plus $46 million in employee retention bonuses.
There are rumors that Google is working on a social media application called Google Me – a potential rival to Facebook. Google earlier released a product named Google Buzz. Buzz didn’t.
Where is Google going?