High-ranking Chrome engineer heads to Facebook
Matthew Papakipos, who worked on Chrome, Chrome OS, and WebM for Google, is moving to Facebook.
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The Google-to-Facebook talent shift has taken a new step: Matthew Papakipos, an engineering director involved with many of Google's high-profile efforts to reshape browsers and the Web into a more powerful foundation for applications.
"Now that Chrome OS & WebGL are in good shape, it's time for something new. I'm going to work @ Facebook! Love the product and team. Woot!" Papakipos tweeted Monday.
Among projects Papakipos has been involved in: the Chrome browser, the Chrome OS browser-based operating system, and the WebGL project for building 3D graphics into the Web.