The cemetery of the Google services
Android, Chrome, Gmail or Google Drive: These sizes from Google’s offer almost everyone knows. Instead of resting on their laurels, Google increased its range of apps and services on and on. The company is not always but only on his own productions. Every now and then go on those responsible shopping spree, purchasing an app and there a web service. But all is not immediately successful. Or have you ever heard of Google Lively or Aardvark?
Google mercilesslyBoth services have survived in the Google universe barely a year before the company pulled the plug. Called “spring cleaning” Google such actions. This is not always true only programs that could not be introduced immediately. Also prominent and popular among users services sometimes have to take the tough transition into data nirvana. 2013 hit about the popular Google Reader. According to the official statement on the company blog, the number of users in recent years have decreased such that the development is worthwhile. Also of protests by the user and an online petition against the closure, the group could not be halted.
Cemetery of the Google services
Luck by taking over? Forget it!
That an acquisition by Google is not always an advantage for their own product, had to find the last photo service odyssey. Google had bought in early February 2015 and announced the end of February 23, in the same breath. Officially affiliated to the makers into a Google + team. Unofficially Google probably wanted to kill two birds with one stone and make a direct competitor out of the race. According to TechCrunch Google has been working since 2014 a separate photo app. The now benefit from the experience of the Odyssey employees.
Google Helpouts is also out
Google Helpouts a separate service must soon believe it. The consulting portal was not grown fast enough and fell short of expectations. About Helpouts users can pull 2015 expert video chat to rate until 26 April. Example, it is possible to obtain instructions into the living room of a yoga teacher using a smartphone or tablet. A new application as an expert but already now no longer possible.
That an acquisition by Google is not always an advantage for their own product, had to find the last photo service odyssey. Google had bought in early February 2015 and announced the end of February 23, in the same breath. Officially affiliated to the makers into a Google + team. Unofficially Google probably wanted to kill two birds with one stone and make a direct competitor out of the race. According to TechCrunch Google has been working since 2014 a separate photo app. The now benefit from the experience of the Odyssey employees.
Google Helpouts a separate service must soon believe it. The consulting portal was not grown fast enough and fell short of expectations. About Helpouts users can pull 2015 expert video chat to rate until 26 April. Example, it is possible to obtain instructions into the living room of a yoga teacher using a smartphone or tablet. A new application as an expert but already now no longer possible.
