Heard that Google also went shopping recently.
According to Silicon Alley Insider, Google has agreed to buy Slide in a deal worth $228 million. The deal will be announced on Friday.
Google has also recently invested a significant amount of money between $100 and $200 in Zynga, Facebook’s leading game developer.
Sarah Lacy reports on Techcrunch that Slide’s apps will be a big part of the Google’s Social gaming service, expected to launch by the end of this year.
Slide Inc, develop applications and widgets. Super Poke!, Top Friends, and SuperPoke! Pets are some of the popular Facebook apps Slide has to its credit. It currently ranks 16th among the top Facebook app developers according to AppData.
Lacy also reports that Google will be going shopping again.
Now, will Facebook go out for another shopping spree and top Google’s spending?
We’ll see that in due time.
