3. 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 January 31, 2014, less than a
year after its acquisition by
LinkedIn Corporation, Slideshare
announced that Slidecast would be
shut down on April 30,
2014.[13][14]
4. 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 Fast Company.[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.
5. 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]