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

  • Nexus Q: 2012 – 2013

Killed about 7 years ago, Nexus Q was a digital media player that allowed users with Android devices to stream content from supported services to a connected television or speakers via an integrated amplifier. It was about 1 year old.

  • Building Maker: 2009 – 2013

Killed about 7 years ago, Building Maker enabled users to create 3D models of buildings for Google Earth on the browser. It was over 3 years old.

  • Google Talk: 2005 – 2013

Killed over 7 years ago, Often remembered as ‘Gchat’, Google Talk was a messaging service for both text and voice using XMPP. Google later replaced Google Talk with Hangouts. It was over 7 years old.

  • Google SMS: 2004 – 2013

Killed over 7 years ago, Google SMS let you text questions- including weather, US sports scores, word definitions, and more- to 466453 and get an answer back. It was over 8 years old.


  • Google Cloud Connect: 2008 – 2013

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Cloud Connect was a free cloud computing plugin for multiple versions of Microsoft Office that automatically stored and synchronized files to Google Docs. It was about 5 years old.

  • Picnik: 2007 – 2013

Killed over 7 years ago, Picnik was an online photo editing service that allowed users to edit, style, crop, and resize images. It was over 6 years old.

  • Google Chart API: 2007 – 2012

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Chart API was an interactive Web service that created graphical charts from user-supplied data. It was about 5 years old.

  • Google Mini: 2007 – 2012

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Mini was a smaller version of the Google Search Appliance. It was about 5 years old.

  • AdSense for Feeds: 2008 – 2012

Killed over 7 years ago, AdSense for Feeds was a RSS-based service for AdSense that allowed publishers to advertise on their RSS Feeds. It was over 4 years old.

  • Google Listen: 2009 – 2012

Killed almost 8 years ago, Google Listen was an Android application that let you search, subscribe, download, and stream podcasts and web audio. It was about 3 years old.

 




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