SlideShare is an American hosting service, now owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos. Users can upload files privately or publicly in PowerPoint, Word, PDF, or OpenDocument format. Content can then be viewed on the site itself, on mobile devices or embedded on other sites. SlideShare also provides users the ability to rate, comment on, and share the uploaded content. Launched on October 4, 2006, the service positioned itself to be similar to YouTube, but for presentations.[1] The company was acquired by LinkedIn in 2012,[2] and then by Scribd in 2020.[3]
In 2018, it was estimated that the website gets an estimated 80 million unique visitors a month.[4] SlideShare's biggest competitors include Zoho.com, Issuu and edocr.
SlideShare was officially launched on October 4, 2006. Rashmi Sinha, the CEO and co-founder of SlideShare was named amongst the world's Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2.0 by FastCompany.[5] Jonathan Boutelle [6] was the CTO of SlideShare and came up with the initial idea behind the website. He wrote the first version of the site.
The website was originally meant to be used for businesses to share slides, but it expanded to become a host of many slides that are uploaded merely to entertain.[7]
On May 3, 2012, SlideShare announced[8] that it was to be acquired by LinkedIn. It is reported that the deal was $118.75 million.[2]
On August 11, 2020, it was reported that Scribd, Inc. acquired Slideshare from LinkedIn for an undisclosed amount. Scribd took over the operations on September 24, 2020.[3][9]
Slidecasts allowed users with uploaded PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF presentations to synchronize them to mp3 audio.[12] The audio synchronization process could be started using the editor's "Edit slidecast" link.
On February 7, 2014, less than a year after its acquisition by LinkedIn Corporation, Slideshare announced that Slidecast will be shut down on April 30, 2014.[13]
Zipcasts
In February 2011 SlideShare added a feature called Zipcasts.[14] A Zipcast was a social web conferencing system that allows presenters to broadcast an audio/video feed while driving the presentation through the Internet. Zipcasts also allowed users to communicate during the presentation via an inbuilt chat function.
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External links
Official website
January 31, 2023
slideshare, american, hosting, service, owned, scribd, professional, content, including, presentations, infographics, documents, videos, users, upload, files, privately, publicly, powerpoint, word, opendocument, format, content, then, viewed, site, itself, mob. SlideShare is an American hosting service now owned by Scribd for professional content including presentations infographics documents and videos Users can upload files privately or publicly in PowerPoint Word PDF or OpenDocument format Content can then be viewed on the site itself on mobile devices or embedded on other sites SlideShare also provides users the ability to rate comment on and share the uploaded content Launched on October 4 2006 the service positioned itself to be similar to YouTube but for presentations 1 The company was acquired by LinkedIn in 2012 2 and then by Scribd in 2020 3 SlideShareType of siteSlide hosting serviceAvailable inMultilingual 5 Area servedWorldwideFounder s Rashmi SinhaIndustryInternetParentScribdURLwww wbr slideshare wbr netRegistrationOptionalUsers70 millionLaunched4 October 2006 16 years ago 2006 10 04 Current statusActiveIn 2018 it was estimated that the website gets an estimated 80 million unique visitors a month 4 SlideShare s biggest competitors include Zoho com Issuu and edocr Contents 1 History 1 1 Slidecast 2 Zipcasts 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditSlideShare was officially launched on October 4 2006 Rashmi Sinha the CEO and co founder of SlideShare was named amongst the world s Top 10 Women Influencers in Web 2 0 by FastCompany 5 Jonathan Boutelle 6 was the CTO of SlideShare and came up with the initial idea behind the website He wrote the first version of the site The website was originally meant to be used for businesses to share slides but it expanded to become a host of many slides that are uploaded merely to entertain 7 On May 3 2012 SlideShare announced 8 that it was to be acquired by LinkedIn It is reported that the deal was 118 75 million 2 On August 11 2020 it was reported that Scribd Inc acquired Slideshare from LinkedIn for an undisclosed amount Scribd took over the operations on September 24 2020 3 9 Slidecast Edit This section relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this section by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources SlideShare news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message On July 24 2007 Slideshare introduced a format called SlideCast 10 11 12 to make web multimedia using only a ppt file and an mp3 11 According to Boutelle the word slidecast is a portmanteau of Slide show and podcasting 10 Slidecasts allowed users with uploaded PowerPoint Keynote or PDF presentations to synchronize them to mp3 audio 12 The audio synchronization process could be started using the editor s Edit slidecast link On February 7 2014 less than a year after its acquisition by LinkedIn Corporation Slideshare announced that Slidecast will be shut down on April 30 2014 13 Zipcasts EditIn February 2011 SlideShare added a feature called Zipcasts 14 A Zipcast was a social web conferencing system that allows presenters to broadcast an audio video feed while driving the presentation through the Internet Zipcasts also allowed users to communicate during the presentation via an inbuilt chat function See also EditSlidecastingReferences Edit Introducing SlideShare Power Point YouTube TechCrunch 2006 a b Yarow Jay 2012 05 03 LinkedIn Is Buying SlideShare For 119 Million Business Insider Retrieved 2013 02 18 a b Ha Anthony 2020 08 11 Scribd acquires presentation sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn Tech Crunch Domain Slideshare net Click Archived from the original on 2010 10 10 Most Influential Women in Web 2 0 FastCompany Archived from the original on 2010 12 05 Jon SlideShare The Rise Of SlideShare And How Corporate Presentations Became Entertainment siliconbeat com Seeborg Kit SlideShare and LinkedIn sitting in a tree SlideShare Blog Blog slideshare net Retrieved 2013 02 18 Ha Anthony 11 August 2020 Scribd acquires presentation sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn TechCrunch Retrieved 23 March 2021 a b jon Jonathan Boutelle 2007 07 24 Audio Slides SlideCasting SlideShare Archived from the original on 2007 12 27 I can say without exaggeration that this was the hardest technical and design task we ve taken on so far with slideshare a b Boutelle Jonathan 2007 07 31 SlideCasting The SlideCast Archived from the original on 2007 10 20 make web multimedia using only a ppt file and an mp3 a b Kaye Doug 2007 07 31 SlideCasting Lives Archived from the original on 2007 10 11 Sinha Rashmi 2014 02 07 Slidecasts to be Discontiuned Archived from the original on 2014 03 05 Zipcast changing the way the world conducts web meetings SlideShare External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SlideShare amp oldid 1117748534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
