Apparently the age of "superpoking" social network friends and throwing sheep at them is coming to a close.
Google plans to shut down the social applications developed by Slide, a company it acquired a year ago for US$182 million. Slide products include SuperPoke and photo management and decorating tools like Slideshow and FunPix.
Slide's applications like Slideshow were very popular on MySpace during its heyday, and found success on other social networking sites, including Facebook, where the sheep-throwing feature of SuperPoke caught on, entertaining and annoying many.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238886/
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Google plans to shut down the social applications developed by Slide, a company it acquired a year ago for US$182 million. Slide products include SuperPoke and photo management and decorating tools like Slideshow and FunPix.
Slide's applications like Slideshow were very popular on MySpace during its heyday, and found success on other social networking sites, including Facebook, where the sheep-throwing feature of SuperPoke caught on, entertaining and annoying many.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/238886/
