Google Fails More Times Than It Succeeds, 200 Google Products that failed

  • Google Glass Explorer Edition: 2013 – 2015

Killed over 5 years ago, Google Glass Explorer Edition was a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display and camera that allows the wearer to interact with various applications and the Internet via natural language voice commands. It was almost 2 years old.

  • Word Lens: 2010 – 2015

Killed over 5 years ago, Word Lens translated text in real time on images by using the viewfinder of a device’s camera without the need of an internet connection; The technology was rolled into Google Translate. It was about 4 years old.

  • Orkut: 2004 – 2014

Killed almost 6 years ago, Orkut was a social network designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. It was over 10 years old.

  • Google TV: 2010 – 2014

Killed about 6 years ago, Google TV was a smart TV platform that integrated Android and Chrome to create an interactive television overlay. It was over 3 years old.

  • Quickoffice: 2013 – 2014

Killed about 6 years ago, Quickoffice was a productivity suite for mobile devices which allowed the viewing, creating and editing of documents, presentations and spreadsheets. It was 9 months old.


  • Google Questions and Answers: 2007 – 2014

Killed about 6 years ago, Google Questions and Answers was a free knowledge market that allowed users to collaboratively find answers to their questions. It was almost 7 years old.

  • Wildfire Interactive: 2012 – 2014

Killed over 6 years ago, Wildfire by Google was a social marketing application that enabled businesses to create, optimize and measure their presence on social networks. It was over 1 year old.

  • BufferBox: 2012 – 2014

Killed over 6 years ago, BufferBox was a Canadian startup that provided consumers 24/7 convenience of picking up their online purchases. It was about 1 year old.

  • SlickLogin: 2013 – 2014

Killed over 6 years ago, SlickLogin was an Israeli start-up company which developed sound-based password alternatives, was acquired by Google and hasn’t released anything since. It was 7 months old.

  • Google Schemer: 2011 – 2014

Killed over 6 years ago, Google Schemer was a Google service for sharing and discovering things to do. It was over 2 years old.

 




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