Lars Rasmussen, father of Google Maps and Google Wave, heads of Facebook

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When Google updated their faith in the wave of an ambitious project once again last year, they knew that it was a gamble. But it was the team behind the project. A team led by Lars Rasmussen, engineer better known as the co-creator of the enormous success of Google Maps.Now, he leaves the company .and from what we hear, it leads to Facebook.

Rasmussen has confirmed his departure on his Facebook.Hier page was the last day of work at Google.Il gives no indication where he will then make, except that it would be "a very big ocean closer" (he lived in Australia, where the Wave team based) .but the fact it has been all this info on Facebook is révélateur.De which we have heard, he will join Facebook.

Facebook or Google is still our request for comment.

This is an immense loss for Google and a huge gain in Facebook.Mais it is hardly surprising that Rasmussen leaving Google as the search giant killed his ambitious project just Wave a year after it first was unveiled.

Defection of Rasmussen is the latest in a series of movements from Google to Facebook pre - IPO .but its move is probably a bigger chromium OS Matthew Papakipos being the same jump in June.

We are very interested to hear what he is working on network social.Aucun word yet on brother Jens, also contributed to co-create maps and wave will join it.

Facebook update:

Political, we have no comment on the potential until they begin to employees.

In other words, when he gets back from vacation between jobs, they confirm.

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