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Slide, the social apps company that Google bought just over a year ago for about $200 million, will be dissolved, and its esteemed leader Max Levchin will depart Google, sources close to the matter told AllThingsD and Google confirmed. Said a Google spokesperson, “Max has decided to leave Slide and Google to pursue other opportunities, and we wish him the best. Most of the team from Slide will remain at Google to work on other opportunities.”

iPad met its match in the TouchPad

Samsung will link its Android phones and tablets with iOS devices and BlackBerry phones with a new messaging service called ChatOn. The service will be free and aims to compete with the popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), and Apple’s upcoming iMessage service. ChatOn is set go live in September in over 120 countries across 62 languages, and its main advantage would be cross-platform compatibility, including iOS, Android, Bada (Samsung’s own mobile OS), BlackBerry and a Web client for computers. It’s unclear whether ChatOn will have a Windows Phone 7 client

Isis is one initiative that has been receiving on-again/off-again support from companies and carriers alike, and a new Bloomberg Businessweek report suggests that Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile USA have a plan that will see $100 million invested into their joint venture. Isis is yet another option (rival) to Google Wallet, enabling customers who use those carriers to pay for goods with just their handset. This is according to people "familiar with the matter," but none of the companies have outright confirmed or denied.