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I still don't understand what Slide does or makes or why a company would be interested in acquiring them.

Can someone explain this to me in non-hype terms?

What is Google paying for here exactly?

Google is getting a bunch of people who get social games (and social software in general) -- something they've historically been pretty bad at. Of course, they are buying the (distant) 2nd horse behind Zynga, aren't they?

I think Playdom is probably a lot larger than Slide... oh hrm and Playdom was just acquired by Disney for $763M. Slide is definitely small fries in comparison to Playdom or Zynga.

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