Google abandons 10 projects, tells me to never grow to attached to their research…
Here’s a list of the projects that Google is shuttering as part of the
reorganization:
- Aardvark, a social search startup acquired in 2010. Its
technology and features will be folded into other projects.- Google Desktop will cease to exist on September 14.
Google will stop supporting all application programming interfaces (APIs) and
devices.- Google’s will incorporate its Fast Flip feature
into other news services.- Google Maps will no longer support Flash APIs for
non-premier customers as the company shifts more support to JavaScript
APIs.- Google is discontinuing Google Pack; its strategy has
shifted to supplying web-based applications.- Google will no longer actively sell Google Web Security,
but it will continue to support its customers.- Image Labeler will be completely shut down.
- Google will export all Google Notebook data to Google
Docs.- Google is discontinuing Sidewiki in favor of “broader
social projects.”- Subscribed Links will no longer appear in search
results after September 15.
via venturebeat.com