BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-chromecast DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130724 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240807 DESCRIPTION:Chromecast was a line of digital media players that allowed use rs to play online content on a television.\n\nLaunched July 24\, 2013\; sh ut down August 6\, 2024 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 8 Google products k illed in 2024.\n\nChromecast is a line of digital media players that was d eveloped by Google from 2013 to 2024. The devices\, designed as small dong les\, can play Internet-streamed audio-visual content on a high-definition television or home audio system. The user can control playback with a mob ile device or personal computer through mobile and web apps that can use t he Google Cast protocol\, or by issuing commands via Google Assistant\; la ter models introduced a navigable user interface and remote control. Conte nt can be mirrored to video models from the Google Chrome web browser on a personal computer or from the screen of some Android devices.\n\nhttps:// www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214471/google-chromecast-line-discontinued\n\n Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Chromecast · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-vpn-by-google-one DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201029 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240621 DESCRIPTION:VPN by Google One was a virtual private network service that pr ovided users encrypted transit of their data and network activity and allo wed them to mask their IP address.\n\nLaunched October 29\, 2020\; shut do wn June 20\, 2024 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 8 Google products killed i n 2024.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2024/04/11/google-one-vpn-discontinued/\ n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 VPN by Google One · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-stories DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230627 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Stories (originally YouTube Reels) allowed creators to post temporary videos that would expire after seven days.\n\nLaunched Nove mber 29\, 2017\; shut down June 26\, 2023 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nYouTube is an American online video-sh aring platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14\, 2005\ , by Chad Hurley\, Jawed Karim\, and Steve Chen\, all of whom were former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno\, California\, it is the s econd-most-visited website in the world\, after Google itself. In January 2024\, YouTube had reached more than 2.7 billion monthly active users\, w ho collectively watched more than one billion hours of video every day. As of May 2019\, videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of mor e than 500 hours of video per minute\, and as of mid-2024\, there were app roximately 14.8 billion videos in total.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2023 /5/25/23736246/youtube-ending-stories-shorts-community-posts\n\nData: Kill ed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Stories · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-album-archive DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160805 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230720 DESCRIPTION:Google Album Archive was a platform that allowed users to acces s and manage their archived photos and videos from various Google services \, such as Hangouts and Picasa Web Albums.\n\nLaunched August 5\, 2016\; s hut down July 19\, 2023 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 15 Google products k illed in 2023.\n\nhttps://cordcuttersnews.com/google-is-shutting-down-albu m-archive/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Album Archive · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-domains DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001 DESCRIPTION:Google Domains was a domain name registrar operated by Google.\ n\nLaunched June 13\, 2014\; shut down September 30\, 2023 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nGoogle Domains was a domain name registrar and domain management service operated by Google. It was launched in 2014 and continued to operate\, mostly as a beta service\ , until most of its assets were acquired by Squarespace on September 7\, 2 023. The sale included databases of registered domains\, customer accounts \, and registry accreditation.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google -domains-squarespace/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT) . SUMMARY:🪦 Google Domains · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-jacquard DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230425 DESCRIPTION:Jacquard was a small tag to make it easier and more intuitive f or people to interact with technology in their everyday lives\, without ha ving to constantly pull out their devices or touch screens.\n\nLaunched Ja nuary 1\, 2014\; shut down April 24\, 2023 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 1 5 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://www.androidpolice.com/google- project-jacquard-shutting-down/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle. com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Jacquard · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-surveys DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120329 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221102 DESCRIPTION:Google Surveys was a business product by Google aimed at facili tating customized market research.\n\nLaunched March 29\, 2012\; shut down November 1\, 2022 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 16 Google products kille d in 2022.\n\nGoogle Surveys was a business tool developed by Google that aimed to simplify personalized market research. Released in 2012\, Google announced in September 2022 that it would cease operations on November 1\, 2022. This product was designed by Google as an alternative to internet p ay walls for websites that publish content. The program was launched by se veral online publishers such as Pandora\, AdWeek\, and the New York Daily News. Google Surveys was part of the Google Marketing Platform.\n\nhttps:/ /www.searchenginejournal.com/google-surveys-is-shutting-down/465287/\n\nDa ta: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Surveys · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-code-competitions DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230224 DESCRIPTION:Google Code Jam\, Kick Start\, and Hash Code were competitive p rogramming competitions open to programmers around the world.\n\nLaunched October 1\, 2003\; shut down February 23\, 2023 — it lived 19 years.\nOn e of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nGoogle Code Jam was an internat ional programming competition hosted and administered by Google. The compe tition began in 2003. The competition consists of a set of algorithmic pro blems which must be solved in a fixed amount of time. Competitors may use any programming language and development environment to obtain their solut ions. From 2003 to 2007\, Google Code Jam was deployed on Topcoder's platf orm. Since 2008 Google has developed their own dedicated infrastructure fo r the contest.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Jam\n\nData: K illed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Code Competitions · 19 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-stadia DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230119 DESCRIPTION:Google Stadia was a cloud gaming service combining a WiFi gamin g controller and allowed users to stream gameplay through web browsers\, T V\, mobile apps\, and Chromecast.\n\nLaunched November 19\, 2019\; shut do wn January 18\, 2023 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 15 Google products kill ed in 2023.\n\nStadia was a cloud gaming service developed and operated by Google. Known in development as Project Stream\, the service debuted thro ugh a closed beta in October 2018\, and publicly launched in November 2019 . Stadia was accessible through Chromecast Ultra and Android TV devices\, on personal computers via the Google Chrome web browser and other Chromium -based browsers\, Chromebooks and tablets running ChromeOS\, and the Stadi a mobile app on supported Android devices. There was also an experimental mode with support for all Android devices that were capable of installing the Stadia mobile app. In December 2020\, Google released an iOS browser-b ased progressive web application for Stadia\, enabling gameplay in the Saf ari browser.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia- shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023/\n\nData: Killed by Google (kill edbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Stadia · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-duo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160816 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220602 DESCRIPTION:Google Duo was a video calling app that allowed people to call someone from their contact list.\n\nLaunched August 16\, 2016\; shut down June 1\, 2022 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2 022.\n\nGoogle Duo was a proprietary voice over IP (VoIP) and videotelepho ny service released in 2016 by Google and merged into its Google Meet prod uct in 2022. It was available for Android\, iOS and web browsers. It let u sers make and receive one-to-one and group audio and video calls with othe r Duo users in high definition\, using end-to-end encryption by default. D uo could be used either with a phone number or a Google Account\, allowing users to call someone from their contact list.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Google_Duo\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Duo · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-android-auto-for-phone-screens DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220622 DESCRIPTION:Android Auto for phone screens was an app that allowed the scre en of the phone to be used as an Android Auto interface while driving\, in tended for vehicles that did not have a compatible screen built in.\n\nLau nched November 4\, 2019\; shut down June 21\, 2022 — it lived 2 years.\n One of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://www.androidpolice.com /google-kills-android-auto-for-phone-screens/\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Android Auto for phone screens · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-my-business-app DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220801 DESCRIPTION:Google My Business was an app that allowed businesses to manage their Google Maps Business profiles.\n\nLaunched November 18\, 2018\; shu t down July 31\, 2022 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 16 Google products kil led in 2022.\n\nhttps://rizenmetrics.com/news-google-my-business-app-will- be-replaced/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google My Business (app) · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-cameos-on-google DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220218 DESCRIPTION:Cameos on Google allowed celebrities and other public figures t o record video responses to the most common questions asked about them whi ch would be shown to users in Google Search results.\n\nLaunched August 19 \, 2018\; shut down February 17\, 2022 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 16 Go ogle products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2018/08/09/google- launches-cameos-a-video-qa-app-aimed-at-celebs/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Cameos on Google · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-go DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220810 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Go was an app aimed at making YouTube easier to access on mobile devices in emerging markets through special features like downlo ading video on wifi for viewing later.\n\nLaunched February 15\, 2017\; sh ut down August 9\, 2022 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 16 Google products k illed in 2022.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2022/05/03/youtube-go-shutting-do wn/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Go · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-contributor DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200424 DESCRIPTION:Google Contributor was a program run by Google that allowed use rs in the Google Network of content sites to view the websites without any advertisements that are administered\, sorted\, and maintained by Google. \n\nLaunched November 20\, 2014\; shut down April 23\, 2020 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nGoogle Contributor w as a program run by Google that allowed users in the Google Network of con tent sites to view the websites without any advertisements that are admini stered\, sorted\, and maintained by Google.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wi ki/Google_Contributor\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT) . SUMMARY:🪦 Google Contributor · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-maps-coordinate DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160222 DESCRIPTION:Google Maps Coordinate was a service for managing mobile workfo rces with the help of mobile apps and a web-based dashboard.\n\nLaunched J une 21\, 2012\; shut down February 21\, 2016 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/g oogle-shuts-down-maps-coordinate-its-mobile-workforce-management-service/\ n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Maps Coordinate · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-fitbit-coach DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210731 DESCRIPTION:Fitbit Coach (formerly Fitstar) was a video-based bodyweight wo rkout app that used AI to personalize workouts based on user feedback.\n\n Launched July 1\, 2013\; shut down July 30\, 2021 — it lived 8 years.\nO ne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://help.fitbit.com/articl es/en_US/Help_article/2279.htm\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Fitbit Coach · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-fitstar-yoga DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210731 DESCRIPTION:Fitstar Yoga was a video-based yoga app that created unique yog a sessions based on user preference and skill level.\n\nLaunched September 1\, 2014\; shut down July 30\, 2021 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 32 Goog le products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help _article/2279.htm#FitStarY\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Fitstar Yoga · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-onhub DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150831 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230112 DESCRIPTION:Google OnHub was a series of residential wireless routers manuf actured by Asus and TP-Link that were powered by Google software\, managed by Google apps\, and offered enhanced special features like Google Assist ant.\n\nLaunched August 31\, 2015\; shut down January 11\, 2023 — it liv ed 7 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nGoogle OnHub was a residential wireless router product from Google\, Inc. The two variants are manufactured by TP-Link and ASUS. Google's official tagline for the p roduct is "We’re streaming and sharing in new ways our old routers were never built to handle. Meet OnHub\, a router from Google that is built for all the ways you use Wi-Fi." In 2016\, Google released the Google Wifi ro uter with mesh networking\, and combined its functionality and network adm inistration with the OnHub so that OnHub and Google Wifi may both be used interchangeably in mesh networks.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_ OnHub\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google OnHub · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-chatbase DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210928 DESCRIPTION:Analytics platform for Google's Dialogflow chatbot & others\, s tarted by the Google-funded Area120 incubator then retired and partially m erged into Dialogflow itself.\n\nLaunched November 1\, 2017\; shut down Se ptember 27\, 2021 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210701153646/https://chatbase.co m/documentation/docs-overview\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.co m\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Chatbase · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-dropcam DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240409 DESCRIPTION:Dropcam was a line of Wi-Fi video streaming cameras acquired by Google in 2014.\n\nLaunched January 15\, 2009\; shut down April 8\, 2024 — it lived 15 years.\nOne of 8 Google products killed in 2024.\n\nDropca m\, Inc. was an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco \, California. The company is known for its Wi-Fi video streaming cameras\ , Dropcam and Dropcam Pro\, that allow people to view live feeds through D ropcam's cloud-based service. On June 20\, 2014\, it was announced that Go ogle's Nest Labs bought Dropcam for $555 million\, a decision Dropcam co-f ounder Greg Duffy later described as a "mistake". In June 2015\, Nest intr oduced the Nest Cam\, a successor to the Dropcam Pro. Support for Dropcam services ended on April 8\, 2024.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropcam \n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 DropCam · 15 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-toolbar DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20001211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211212 DESCRIPTION:Google Toolbar was a web browser toolbar that provided a search box in web browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox.\n\nLaunched Decem ber 11\, 2000\; shut down December 11\, 2021 — it lived 21 years.\nOne o f 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle Toolbar was a web browser t oolbar for Internet Explorer\, developed by Google. It was first released in 2000 for Internet Explorer 5 and above. Google Toolbar was also distrib uted as a Mozilla plug-in for Firefox from September 2005 to June 2011. On December 12\, 2021\, the software was no longer available for download\, and the main website now redirects to a support page.\n\nhttps://arstechni ca.com/gadgets/2021/12/happy-21st-birthday-to-google-toolbar-which-inexpli cably-still-exists/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Toolbar · 21 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-my-maps DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211016 DESCRIPTION:My Maps was an Android application that enabled users to create custom maps for personal use or sharing on their mobile device.\n\nLaunch ed October 31\, 2014\; shut down October 15\, 2021 — it lived 6 years.\n One of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2021/0 7/20/google-my-maps-android-shutdown/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbyg oogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google My Maps · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-zync-render DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210602 DESCRIPTION:Zync render was a cloud render platform for animation and visua l effects.\n\nLaunched August 26\, 2014\; shut down June 1\, 2021 — it l ived 6 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://www.re ddit.com/r/vfx/comments/gur4lc/zync_render_will_shut_down_june_1_2021/\n\n Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Zync Render · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-commerce-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120702 DESCRIPTION:Google Commerce Search was an enterprise search service that po wered online retail stores and e-commerce websites that improved speed and accuracy.\n\nLaunched November 5\, 2009\; shut down July 1\, 2012 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nhttps://techc runch.com/2012/07/03/google-shutdowns-continue-igoogle-google-video-google -mini-others-are-killed/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, M IT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Commerce Search · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-shopping-mobile-app DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210410 DESCRIPTION:The Google Shopping Mobile App\, which had absorbed Google Expr ess when it launched\, provided a native shopping experience with a person alized homepage for mobile users. It is now retired and the functionality lives on in the Shopping Tab.\n\nLaunched May 14\, 2019\; shut down April 9\, 2021 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n \nhttps://9to5google.com/2021/04/09/google-shopping-app/\n\nData: Killed b y Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Shopping Mobile App · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-play-movies-tv DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210616 DESCRIPTION:Google Play Movies & TV\, originally Google TV\, was an app use d to view purchased and rented media and was ultimately replaced with YouT ube.\n\nLaunched May 10\, 2011\; shut down June 15\, 2021 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle TV\, formerly known as Google Play Movies & TV\, is a digital distribution service for m ovies and television series developed by Google. Launched in 2011 as part of the Google Play product line\, the service offers search and discovery of video titles across multiple streaming services\, including rental or p urchase options\, alongside watchlist features for accessing titles from e ligible devices and platforms. In September 2020\, it was relaunched as Go ogle TV.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_TV_(service)\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Play Movies & TV · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-public-alerts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121030 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210402 DESCRIPTION:Google Public Alerts was an online notification service owned b y Google.org that sends safety alerts to various countries.\n\nLaunched Oc tober 30\, 2012\; shut down April 1\, 2021 — it lived 8 years.\nOne of 3 2 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle Public Alerts Site was an onli ne notification service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts and l aunched to the United States\, Australia\, Canada\, Colombia\, Japan\, Tai wan\, Indonesia\, Mexico\, and Brazil on October 30\, 2012\, and to the Ph ilippines on November 12\, 2014. It is part of the Google Crisis Response team and publishes content from its partners of each country. If you activ ate Google Now\, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Public_Ale rts\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Public Alerts · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-go-links DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210401 DESCRIPTION:(also known as Google Short Links) was a URL shortening service . It also supported custom domain for customers of Google Workspace (forme rly G Suite (formerly Google Apps)).\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2010\; shut d own March 31\, 2021 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 32 Google products kill ed in 2021.\n\nhttps://github.com/codyogden/killedbygoogle/issues/865\n\nD ata: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Go Links · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-tilt-brush DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160405 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210127 DESCRIPTION:Tilt Brush was a room-scale 3D-painting virtual-reality applica tion available from Google\, originally developed by Skillman & Hackett.\n \nLaunched April 5\, 2016\; shut down January 26\, 2021 — it lived 4 yea rs.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nTilt Brush is a room-sca le 3D-painting virtual-reality application available from Google\, origina lly developed by Skillman & Hackett.\n\nhttps://www.tiltbrush.com/\n\nData : Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Tilt Brush · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-android-things DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220106 DESCRIPTION:Android Things was an Android-based embedded operating system ( originally named Brillo) aimed to run on Internet of Things (IoT) devices. \n\nLaunched May 28\, 2015\; shut down January 5\, 2022 — it lived 6 yea rs.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nAndroid Things is a depr ecated Android-based embedded operating system platform by Google\, announ ced at Google I/O 2015\, and launched in 2018. Android Things Dashboard sh utdown began on January 5\, 2021. After January 5\, 2022\, Android Things Dashboard has been shut down completely and all remaining data has been de leted.\n\nhttps://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/02/an-update-on-a ndroid-things.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Android Things · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-vr-steamvr DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171214 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201211 DESCRIPTION:YouTube VR allowed you to easily find and watch 360 videos and virtual reality content with SteamVR-compatible headsets.\n\nLaunched Dece mber 14\, 2017\; shut down December 10\, 2020 — it lived 2 years.\nOne o f 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://steamdb.info/app/755770/hi story/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube VR (SteamVR) · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-measure DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210609 DESCRIPTION:Measure allowed users to take measurements of everyday objects with their device's camera utilizing ARCore technology.\n\nLaunched June 1 \, 2016\; shut down June 8\, 2021 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://www.androidpolice.com/2021/06/08/googl e-kills-measure-its-ar-based-measurement-taking-app/\n\nData: Killed by Go ogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Measure · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-crisis-map DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210401 DESCRIPTION:Google Crisis Map was a website that allowed to create\, publis h\, and share maps by combining layers from anywhere on the web.\n\nLaunch ed September 25\, 2011\; shut down March 31\, 2021 — it lived 9 years.\n One of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/2 0211209021628/https://support.google.com/maps/answer/10394155\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Crisis Map · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-pigeon-transit DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200625 DESCRIPTION:Pigeon Transit was a transit app that used crowdsourced informa tion about delays\, crowded trains\, escalator outages\, live entertainmen t\, dirty or unsafe conditions.\n\nLaunched September 1\, 2018\; shut down June 24\, 2020 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://www.slashgear.com/pigeon-crowdsourced-transit-app-experim ent-is-shutting-down-11624401/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Pigeon Transit · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-enhanced-404-pages DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200514 DESCRIPTION:Enhanced 404 Pages was a JavaScript library that added suggeste d URLs and a search box to a website's 404 Not Found page.\n\nLaunched Aug ust 19\, 2008\; shut down May 13\, 2020 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://webmasters.googleblog.com/2008/ 08/make-your-404-pages-more-useful.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedb ygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Enhanced 404 Pages · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-streams DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100301 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Streams allowed users to watch a YouTube video together while chatting about the video in real-time.\n\nLaunched December 1\, 200 6\; shut down February 28\, 2010 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 6 Google pr oducts killed in 2010.\n\nhttps://mashable.com/archive/youtube-test-tube\n \nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Streams · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-password-checkup-extension DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200901 DESCRIPTION:Password Checkup provided a warning to users if they were using a username and password combination checked against over 4 billion creden tials that Google knew to be unsafe.\n\nLaunched February 5\, 2019\; shut down August 31\, 2020 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 25 Google products kill ed in 2020.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2020/07/30/password-checkup-chrome-e xtension/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Password Checkup extension · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-photos-print DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701 DESCRIPTION:Google Photos Print was a subscription service that automatical ly selected the best ten photos from the last thirty days which were maile d to user's homes.\n\nLaunched February 1\, 2020\; shut down June 30\, 202 0 — it lived 4 months.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhtt ps://www.forbes.com/sites/paulmonckton/2020/06/20/google-photos-featue-can cellation-auto-print-selection/#19631af66294\n\nData: Killed by Google (ki lledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Photos Print · 4 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-play-music DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201023 DESCRIPTION:Google Play Music was a music and podcast streaming service\, a nd online music locker.\n\nLaunched November 16\, 2011\; shut down October 22\, 2020 — it lived 8 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020 .\n\nGoogle Play Music was a music and podcast streaming service and an on line music locker operated by Google as part of its Google Play line of se rvices. The service was announced on May 10\, 2011\; after a six-month\, i nvitation-only beta period\, it was publicly launched on November 16\, 201 1\, and shut down in December 2020 after being replaced by YouTube Music.\ n\nhttps://youtube.googleblog.com/2020/05/youtube-music-transfer-google-pl ay-music-library.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT) . SUMMARY:🪦 Google Play Music · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-shoelace DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200513 DESCRIPTION:Shoelace was an app used to find group activities with others w ho share your interests.\n\nLaunched June 10\, 2019\; shut down May 12\, 2 020 — it lived 11 months.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\n https://9to5google.com/2020/04/28/shoelace-area-120-shutdown/\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Shoelace · 11 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-neighbourly DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200513 DESCRIPTION:Neighbourly was a mobile app designed to help you learn about y our neighborhood by asking other residents\, and find out about local serv ices and facilities in your area from people who live around you.\n\nLaunc hed May 31\, 2018\; shut down May 12\, 2020 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 2 5 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://thenextweb.com/google/2020/04 /02/google-is-shutting-down-its-neighbourly-app/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Neighbourly · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-material-theme-editor DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200320 DESCRIPTION:Material Theme Editor was a plugin for Sketch App which allowed you to create a material-based design system for your app.\n\nLaunched Ma y 9\, 2018\; shut down March 19\, 2020 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 25 Goo gle products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://medium.com/google-design/whats-nex t-for-material-design-s-theming-tools-f65014ffcce7\n\nData: Killed by Goog le (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Material Theme Editor · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-station DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200218 DESCRIPTION:Google Station was a service that gave partners an easy set of tools to roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places. Google Station provided software and guidance on hardware to turn fiber connections into fast\, r eliable\, and safe Wi-Fi zones.\n\nLaunched September 27\, 2015\; shut dow n February 17\, 2020 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 25 Google products kill ed in 2020.\n\nGoogle Station was a Google service that allowed partners t o roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places by providing software and advic e on hardware to turn fiber connections into Wi-Fi. It was only implemente d in India and Indonesia but in March 2018\, the service was launched in M exico. In February 2020\, Google announced the service would be discontinu ed. The service went offline on September 30\, 2020.\n\nhttps://india.goog leblog.com/2020/02/five-years-400-stations-and-thousands.html\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Station · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-one-today DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200207 DESCRIPTION:One Today was an app that allowed users to donate $1 to differe nt organizations and discover how their donation would be used.\n\nLaunche d April 18\, 2013\; shut down February 6\, 2020 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2013/04/1 8/googles-one-today-app-aims-to-make-charitable-donations-a-more-social-an d-frequent-experience/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT ). SUMMARY:🪦 One Today · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-app-maker DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210120 DESCRIPTION:App Maker was a tool that allowed its users to build and deploy custom business apps easily and securely on the web without writing much code.\n\nLaunched November 30\, 2016\; shut down January 19\, 2021 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle App Ma ker was a low-code application development tool\, developed by Google Inc. as part of the G Suite family. It allowed developers or its users to buil d and deploy custom business apps on the web.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Google_App_Maker\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT) . SUMMARY:🪦 App Maker · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-soundstage DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180113 DESCRIPTION:SoundStage was a virtual reality music sandbox built specifical ly for room-scale VR.\n\nLaunched June 30\, 2016\; shut down January 12\, 2018 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nht tps://github.com/googlearchive/soundstagevr\n\nData: Killed by Google (kil ledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 SoundStage · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cloud-print DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210101 DESCRIPTION:Google Cloud Print allowed users to 'print from anywhere\;' to print from web\, desktop\, or mobile to any Google Cloud Print-connected p rinter.\n\nLaunched April 16\, 2010\; shut down December 31\, 2020 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nGoogle Cloud Print was a Google service that allowed users to print from any Cloud Pri nt-aware application on any device in the network cloud to any printer wit h native support for connecting to cloud print services – without Google having to create and maintain printing subsystems for all the hardware co mbinations of client devices and printers\, and without the users having t o install device drivers to the client\, but with documents being fully tr ansmitted to Google. Starting on July 23\, 2013 it allowed printing from a ny Windows application\, if Google Cloud Printer was installed on the mach ine.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2019/11/21/google-cloud-print-dead-2020/\n\ nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cloud Print · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-spotlight-stories DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190314 DESCRIPTION:Google Spotlight Stories was an app and content studio project which created immersive stories for mobile and VR.\n\nLaunched October 1\, 2013\; shut down March 13\, 2019 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://variety.com/2019/digital/news/google-s potlight-stories-shutting-down-1203163117/\n\nData: Killed by Google (kill edbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Spotlight Stories · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-datally DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191018 DESCRIPTION:Datally (formerly Triangle) was a smart app by Google that help ed you save\, manage\, and share your mobile data.\n\nLaunched June 1\, 20 17\; shut down October 17\, 2019 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 37 Google p roducts killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://thenextweb.com/google/2019/10/17/google s-datally-app-for-saving-on-mobile-data-is-dead/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Datally · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-specialized-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19970915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110606 DESCRIPTION:Google Specialized Search allowed users to search across a limi ted index of the web for specialized topics like Linux\, Microsoft\, and ' Uncle Sam.'\n\nLaunched September 15\, 1997\; shut down June 5\, 2011 — it lived 13 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nhttps://w ww.seroundtable.com/google-uncle-sam-13518.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Specialized Search · 13 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-clips DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191016 DESCRIPTION:Google Clips was a miniature clip-on camera that could automati cally capture interesting or relevant video clips determined by machine le arning algorithms.\n\nLaunched October 4\, 2017\; shut down October 15\, 2 019 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGo ogle Clips is a discontinued miniature clip-on camera device developed by Google.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Clips\n\nData: Killed by G oogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Clips · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-daydream DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191016 DESCRIPTION:Google Daydream was a virtual reality platform and set of hardw are devices that worked with certain Android phones.\n\nLaunched November 10\, 2016\; shut down October 15\, 2019 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 37 G oogle products killed in 2019.\n\nDaydream was a virtual reality (VR) plat form which was developed by Google\, primarily for use with a headset into which a smartphone is inserted. It is available for select phones running the Android mobile operating system that meet the platform's software and hardware requirements. Daydream was announced at the Google I/O developer conference in May 2016\, and the first headset\, the Daydream View\, was released on November 10\, 2016. To use the platform\, users place their ph one into the back of a headset\, run Daydream-compatible mobile apps\, and view content through the viewer's lenses.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/Google_Daydream\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Daydream · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-bulletin DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180126 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191123 DESCRIPTION:Google Bulletin was a hyperlocal news service where users could post news from their neighborhood and allow others in the same areas to h ear those stories.\n\nLaunched January 26\, 2018\; shut down November 22\, 2019 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nh ttps://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/26/googles-hyperlocal-news-app-bullet in-is-shutting-down/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Bulletin · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-touring-bird DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191118 DESCRIPTION:Touring Bird was an Area 120 incubator project which helped use rs compare prices\, book tours\, tickets\, and experiences\, and learn abo ut top destinations around the world.\n\nLaunched September 18\, 2018\; sh ut down November 17\, 2019 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2019/10/22/google-touring-bird/ \n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Touring Bird · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-leanback DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100707 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191003 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Leanback was an optimized version of YouTube used for t elevision web browsers and WebView application wrappers.\n\nLaunched July 7\, 2010\; shut down October 2\, 2019 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 37 Goo gle products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2019/09/16/youtube- leanback-tv-interface-disabled-soon/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygo ogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Leanback · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-for-nintendo-3ds DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131129 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190904 DESCRIPTION:YouTube for Nintendo 3DS allowed users to stream YouTube videos on the portable gaming console.\n\nLaunched November 29\, 2013\; shut dow n September 3\, 2019 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 37 Google products kill ed in 2019.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2019/08/26/youtube-nintendo-3ds-app- shut-down/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube for Nintendo 3DS · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-hire-by-google DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170718 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200902 DESCRIPTION:Google Hire was an applicant tracking system to help small to m edium businesses distribute jobs\, identify and attract candidates\, build strong relationships with candidates\, and efficiently manage the intervi ew process.\n\nLaunched July 18\, 2017\; shut down September 1\, 2020 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://ww w.theverge.com/2019/8/28/20837004/google-hire-next-tool-shut-down-service- jobs-hiring-recruiting-inbox-allo\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Hire by Google · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-correlate DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191216 DESCRIPTION:Google Correlate was a service that provided users information about how strongly the frequency of multiple search terms correlates with each other over a specified time interval.\n\nLaunched May 25\, 2011\; shu t down December 15\, 2019 — it lived 8 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Correlate\n\nData : Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Correlate · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-messages DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170807 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190919 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Messages was a direct messaging feature that allowed us ers to share and discuss videos one-on-one and in groups on YouTube.\n\nLa unched August 7\, 2017\; shut down September 18\, 2019 — it lived 2 year s.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/20 19/08/20/youtube-killing-messages\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Messages · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-follow-your-world DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191001 DESCRIPTION:Follow Your World allowed users to register points of interest on Google Maps and receive email updates whenever the imagery was updated. \n\nLaunched January 27\, 2011\; shut down September 30\, 2019 — it live d 8 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://maps.goog leblog.com/2011/01/sign-up-for-imagery-update-alert.html\n\nData: Killed b y Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Follow Your World · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-blog-compass DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180907 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190616 DESCRIPTION:Blog Compass was a blog management tool that integrated with Wo rdPress and Blogger available only in India.\n\nLaunched September 7\, 201 8\; shut down June 15\, 2019 — it lived 9 months.\nOne of 37 Google prod ucts killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2019/07/15/google-kills-blo g-compass/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Blog Compass · 9 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-radio-automation DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090806 DESCRIPTION:Google Radio Automation was a hardware and software service use d by radio operators to automate song playing among other radio station fu nctions.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2007\; shut down August 5\, 2009 — it l ived 2 years.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\nThe following is a list of products\, services\, and apps provided by Google.\n\nhttps:/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#2018\n\nData: Killed by Goo gle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Radio Automation · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cardboard DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210304 DESCRIPTION:Google Cardboard was a low-cost\, virtual reality (VR) platform named after its folded cardboard viewer into which a smartphone was inser ted.\n\nLaunched June 25\, 2014\; shut down March 3\, 2021 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle Cardboard is a discontinued virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer into which a smartphone is inserted\, the p latform was intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and develo pment in VR applications. Users can either build their own viewer from sim ple\, low-cost components using specifications published by Google\, or pu rchase a pre-manufactured one. To use the platform\, users run Cardboard-c ompatible mobile apps on their phone\, place it into the back of the viewe r\, and view content through the lenses.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Google_Cardboard\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cardboard · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-video-editor DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170921 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Video Editor was a web-based tool for editing\, merging \, and adding special effects to video content.\n\nLaunched June 15\, 2010 \; shut down September 20\, 2017 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 11 Google p roducts killed in 2017.\n\nhttps://mashable.com/2017/07/23/youtube-kills-v ideo-editor-tool/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Video Editor · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-revolv DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120502 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160516 DESCRIPTION:Revolv was a monitoring and control system that allowed users t o control their connected devices from a single hub.\n\nLaunched May 2\, 2 012\; shut down May 15\, 2016 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 21 Google prod ucts killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/revolv-is-dead-googl e-killed-it-long-live-innovation/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Revolv · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-chromecast-audio DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190112 DESCRIPTION:Chromecast Audio was a device that allowed users to stream audi o from any device to any speaker with an audio input.\n\nLaunched Septembe r 29\, 2015\; shut down January 11\, 2019 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nChromecast is a line of digital media players that was developed by Google from 2013 to 2024. The devices\, desi gned as small dongles\, can play Internet-streamed audio-visual content on a high-definition television or home audio system. The user can control p layback with a mobile device or personal computer through mobile and web a pps that can use the Google Cast protocol\, or by issuing commands via Goo gle Assistant\; later models introduced a navigable user interface and rem ote control. Content can be mirrored to video models from the Google Chrom e web browser on a personal computer or from the screen of some Android de vices.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromecast#Chromecast_Audio\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Chromecast Audio · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-allo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190314 DESCRIPTION:Google Allo was an instant messaging mobile app for Android\, i OS\, and Web with special features like a virtual assistant and encrypted mode.\n\nLaunched September 21\, 2016\; shut down March 13\, 2019 — it l ived 2 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogle Allo wa s an instant messaging mobile app by Google for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems\, with a web client available in some web browsers. It closed on March 12\, 2019.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Allo\n\ nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Allo · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-calljoy DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200723 DESCRIPTION:CallJoy was an Area 120 project that provided phone automation for small-to-medium businesses allowing them to train the bot agent with r esponses to common customer questions.\n\nLaunched May 1\, 2019\; shut dow n July 22\, 2020 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2019/05/01/google-launches-calljoy-a-virt ual-customer-service-phone-agent-for-small-businesses/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 CallJoy · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-blog-search-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151222 DESCRIPTION:Google Blog Search API was a way to search blogs utilizing Goog le.\n\nLaunched September 14\, 2005\; shut down December 21\, 2015 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2015.\n\nGoogle Blog Search was a specialized service of Google used to search blogs. It was di scontinued in May 2011. The Blog Search was "the first major search engine to offer full-blown blog and feed search capabilities". It was released i n 2005. The bots appeared to be faster than the standard Googlebot\, becau se updates to blogs often become available within hours instead of weeks t aken by Googlebot default. The Blog Search searches were done identically to the Google Search by typing your search terms in the search field and s eeing the most relevant results related to the topic. The Blog Search look ed at various services in the world of blogs like Blogger\, LiveJournal\, and Weblog. For some time it was possible to force Google to access and se arch the Blogsearch database by manually formatting the URL in your browse r's address bar. But in March 2016\, Google also took away this access.\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Blog_Search\n\nData: Killed by Googl e (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Blog Search API · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-real-time-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110703 DESCRIPTION:Google Real-Time Search provided live search results from Twitt er\, Facebook\, and news websites.\n\nLaunched December 7\, 2009\; shut do wn July 2\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Search is a search engine operated by Google. It allows u sers to search or ask for information by entering keywords or phrases on a website page or in an installed application program. It uses algorithms t o analyze and rank websites based on their relevance to the query and freq uently uses generative artificial intelligence (AI) to respond to queries. It is the most-visited website in the world\; and as of 2025\, it has a 9 0% share of the global search engine market.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Google_Real-Time_Search\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\ , MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Real-Time Search · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-inbox-by-gmail DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190403 DESCRIPTION:Inbox by Gmail aimed to improve email through several key featu res.\n\nLaunched May 28\, 2015\; shut down April 2\, 2019 — it lived 3 y ears.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nInbox by Gmail was an email service developed by Google. Announced on a limited invitation-only basis on October 22\, 2014\, it was officially released to the public on M ay 28\, 2015. Inbox was shut down by Google on April 2\, 2019.\n\nhttps:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbox_by_Gmail\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygo ogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Inbox by Gmail · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-sparrow DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121006 DESCRIPTION:Sparrow was an email client for OS X and iOS. Google acquired a nd then killed it.\n\nLaunched February 9\, 2011\; shut down October 5\, 2 012 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nSpa rrow is a discontinued email client for OS X and iOS. After a 4-month beta period\, Sparrow went on sale in the Mac App Store on February 9\, 2011 a nd became the top paid and top grossing app in less than one day. On July 20\, 2012\, the company announced that it had been acquired by Google and was ceasing continued development of the application except for critical b ug fixes.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrow_(email_client)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Sparrow · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-answers DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061202 DESCRIPTION:Google Answers was an online knowledge market.\n\nLaunched Apri l 18\, 2002\; shut down December 1\, 2006 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 4 Google products killed in 2006.\n\nGoogle Answers was an online knowledge market offered by Google\, active from April 2002 until December 2006.\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Answers\n\nData: Killed by Google (ki lledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Answers · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-deskbar DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20031110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060509 DESCRIPTION:Google Deskbar was a small inset window on the Windows toolbar and allowed users to perform searches without leaving the desktop.\n\nLaun ched November 10\, 2003\; shut down May 8\, 2006 — it lived 2 years.\nOn e of 4 Google products killed in 2006.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/2021 0225060348/https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240053391/Google-launches- Deskbar-software\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Deskbar · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-writely DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20061011 DESCRIPTION:Writely was a Web-based word processor.\n\nLaunched August 1\, 2005\; shut down October 10\, 2006 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 4 Google p roducts killed in 2006.\n\nGoogle Docs is an online word processor and par t of the free\, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. Goo gle Docs is accessible via a web browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iOS and as a desktop applic ation on Google's ChromeOS.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writely\n\nDa ta: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Writely · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-click-to-call DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071202 DESCRIPTION:Google Click-to-Call allowed a user to speak directly over the phone to businesses found in search results.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2004\ ; shut down December 1\, 2007 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 4 Google produ cts killed in 2007.\n\nGoogle Ads\, formerly known as Google AdWords\, is an online advertising platform developed by Google\, where advertisers bid to display brief digital advertisements\, service offerings\, product lis tings\, and videos to web users. It can place ads in the results of search engines like Google Search\, mobile apps\, videos\, and on non-search web sites. Services are offered under a pay-per-click (PPC) pricing model\, an d a cost-per-view (CPV) pricing model.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad Words#Google_Click-to-Call\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Click-to-Call · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-reader DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130702 DESCRIPTION:Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator.\n\nLaunched Octo ber 7\, 2005\; shut down July 1\, 2013 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 13 Go ogle products killed in 2013.\n\nGoogle Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggreg ator service operated by Google. It was created in early 2005 by Google en gineer Chris Wetherell and launched on 7 October 2005\, through Google Lab s. Google Reader grew in popularity to support a number of programs which used it as a platform for serving news and information to users. Google cl osed Google Reader on 1 July 2013\, citing declining use.\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/Google_Reader\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Reader · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-wave DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120501 DESCRIPTION:Google Wave was an online communication and collaborative real- time editor tool.\n\nLaunched September 1\, 2009\; shut down April 30\, 20 12 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nGoo gle Wave\, later known as Apache Wave\, was a software framework for real- time collaborative online editing. Originally developed by Google and anno unced on May 28\, 2009\, it was renamed to Apache Wave when the project wa s adopted by the Apache Software Foundation as an incubator project in 201 0.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Wave\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Wave · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-notebook DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080810 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111112 DESCRIPTION:Google Notebook allowed users to save and organize clips of inf ormation while conducting research online.\n\nLaunched August 10\, 2008\; shut down November 11\, 2011 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 26 Google produ cts killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Notebook was a free online application offer ed by Google that allowed users to save and organize clips of information while conducting research online. The browser-based tool permitted a user to write notes\, clip text and images\, and save links from pages during a browser session. The information was saved to an online "notebook" with s haring and collaboration features. Notebooks could be made "public"\, or v isible to others\, and also could be used to collaborate with a list of us ers.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Notebook\n\nData: Killed by G oogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Notebook · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-web-hosting-in-google-drive DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160901 DESCRIPTION:Web hosting in Google Drive allowed users to publish live websi tes by uploading HTML\, CSS\, and other files.\n\nLaunched November 28\, 2 012\; shut down August 31\, 2016 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 21 Google p roducts killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://gsuite-developers.googleblog.com/2015/0 8/deprecating-web-hosting-support-in.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (kille dbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Web Hosting in Google Drive · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-encrypted-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180501 DESCRIPTION:Encrypted Search provided users with anonymous internet searchi ng.\n\nLaunched May 31\, 2010\; shut down April 30\, 2018 — it lived 7 y ears.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nGoogle Search is a sea rch engine operated by Google. It allows users to search or ask for inform ation by entering keywords or phrases on a website page or in an installed application program. It uses algorithms to analyze and rank websites base d on their relevance to the query and frequently uses generative artificia l intelligence (AI) to respond to queries. It is the most-visited website in the world\; and as of 2025\, it has a 90% share of the global search en gine market.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search#Dedicated_encr ypted_search_page\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Encrypted Search · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-goggles DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180821 DESCRIPTION:Google Goggles was used for searches based on pictures taken by handheld devices.\n\nLaunched October 5\, 2010\; shut down August 20\, 20 18 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nGoo gle Goggles was an image recognition mobile app developed by Google. It wa s used for searches based on pictures taken by handheld devices. For examp le\, taking a picture of a famous landmark searches for information about it\, or taking a picture of a product's barcode would search for informati on on the product.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Goggles\n\nData : Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Goggles · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-igoogle DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131102 DESCRIPTION:iGoogle was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal we b portal.\n\nLaunched May 19\, 2005\; shut down November 1\, 2013 — it l ived 8 years.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\niGoogle was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal web portal launched by Goog le in May 2005. It was discontinued on November 1\, 2013\, because the com pany believed the need for it had eroded over time.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/IGoogle\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 iGoogle · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-spaces DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170217 DESCRIPTION:Google Spaces was an app for group discussions and messaging.\n \nLaunched May 16\, 2016\; shut down February 16\, 2017 — it lived 9 mon ths.\nOne of 11 Google products killed in 2017.\n\nGoogle Spaces was a mob ile app for group discussions and messaging developed by Google. The app w as intended to compete with Slack as a content sharing platform where user s can create a "space"\, invite their friends for discussion\, and share v ideos\, images\, text\, and other media. Google services such as the web b rowser Chrome\, search engine Google Search\, and video sharing platform Y ouTube were built into the app to allow users to source content from them. Google Spaces launched on May 16\, 2016\, available on Windows\, Mac\, An droid\, and iOS operating systems. The app was discontinued on April 17\, 2017. The Spaces brand name was revived for a feature in Google Chat\, for merly named Rooms.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Spaces_(service )\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Spaces · 9 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-map-maker DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170401 DESCRIPTION:Google Map Maker was a mapping and map editing service where us ers were able to draw features directly onto a map.\n\nLaunched June 23\, 2008\; shut down March 31\, 2017 — it lived 8 years.\nOne of 11 Google p roducts killed in 2017.\n\nGoogle Map Maker was a map editing service laun ched by Google in June 2008. In geographies where it is hard to find provi ders of good map data\, user contributions were used to increase map quali ty. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps onl y after sufficient review by Google moderators. Google Map Maker was used at Google Mapathon events held annually.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Google_Map_Maker\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Map Maker · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-trendalyzer DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170902 DESCRIPTION:Trendalyzer was a data trend viewing platform.\n\nLaunched Marc h 1\, 2007\; shut down September 1\, 2017 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 1 1 Google products killed in 2017.\n\nTrendalyzer is an information visuali zation software program for animation of statistics that was initially dev eloped by Hans Rosling's Gapminder Foundation in Sweden. In March 2007\, i t was acquired by Google Inc. The current beta version is a Flash applicat ion that is preloaded with statistical and historical data about the devel opment of the countries of the world.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tre ndalyzer\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Trendalyzer · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-picasa DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151010 DESCRIPTION:Picasa was an image organizer and image viewer for organizing a nd editing digital photos.\n\nLaunched October 15\, 2002\; shut down Octob er 9\, 2015 — it lived 12 years.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 20 15.\n\nPicasa is a discontinued\, cross-platform image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos\, integrated with a now defunct photo-sharing website\, originally created by a company named Life scape in 2002. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Pi casso\, the word casa and "pic" for pictures.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Picasa\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Picasa · 12 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-code DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050317 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160116 DESCRIPTION:Google Code was a service that provided revision control\, an i ssue tracker\, and a wiki for code documentation.\n\nLaunched March 17\, 2 005\; shut down January 15\, 2016 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nGoogle Developers is Google's site for softwa re development tools and platforms\, application programming interfaces (A PIs)\, and technical resources. The site contains documentation on using G oogle developer tools and APIs—including discussion groups and blogs for developers using Google's developer products.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Google_Developers#Google_Code\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoo gle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Code · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-swiffy DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160702 DESCRIPTION:Google Swiffy was a web-based tool that converted SWF files to HTML5.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2011\; shut down July 1\, 2016 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nGoogle Swiffy was a w eb-based tool developed by Google that converted SWF files to HTML5. Its m ain goal was to display Flash contents on devices that do not support Flas h\, such as iPhone\, iPad\, and Android Tablets. Swiffy was shut down on J uly 1\, 2016.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Swiffy\n\nData: Kill ed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Swiffy · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-panoramio DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161105 DESCRIPTION:Panoramio was a geo-location tagging and photo sharing product. \n\nLaunched October 23\, 2005\; shut down November 4\, 2016 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nPanoramio was a ge o-located tagging\, photo sharing mashup active between 2005 and 2016. Pho tos uploaded to the site were accessible as a layer in Google Earth and Go ogle Maps. The site's goal was to allow Google Earth users to learn more a bout a given area by viewing the photos that other users had taken at that location. Panoramio was acquired by Google in 2007. In 2009 the website w as among the 1000 most popular websites worldwide.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Panoramio\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Panoramio · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-helpouts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150421 DESCRIPTION:Google Helpouts was an online collaboration service where users could share their expertise through live video.\n\nLaunched November 15\, 2013\; shut down April 20\, 2015 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 14 Google p roducts killed in 2015.\n\nGoogle Helpouts was an online collaboration ser vice from Google which launched in November 2013 and allowed users to shar e their expertise through live video and provide real-time help from their computers or mobile devices. As of April 20\, 2015\, Google closed Google Helpouts.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Helpouts\n\nData: Kille d by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Helpouts · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-moderator DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150701 DESCRIPTION:Google Moderator was a service that used crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions\, suggestions\, and ideas.\n\nLaunched September 1\, 2008\; shut down June 30\, 2015 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 14 Googl e products killed in 2015.\n\nGoogle Moderator was a Google service that u sed crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions\, suggestions and ideas . It was launched on September 25\, 2008 and shut down on June 30\, 2015. The service allowed the management of feedback from a large number of peop le\, who could vote for questions they thought should be posed from a pool of questions submitted by others or submit their own to be asked and vote d on. The service aimed to ensure that every question was considered\, let the audience see others' questions\, and helped the moderator of a team o r event address the questions that the audience most cared about. The serv ice was internally nicknamed Dory at Google\, a reference to "the fish who asked questions all the time in Finding Nemo".\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Google_Moderator\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MI T). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Moderator · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-questions-and-answers DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140624 DESCRIPTION:Google Questions and Answers was a free knowledge market that a llowed users to collaboratively find answers to their questions.\n\nLaunch ed June 28\, 2007\; shut down June 23\, 2014 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nGoogle Answers was an online knowle dge market offered by Google\, active from April 2002 until December 2006. \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Questions_and_Answers\n\nData: Ki lled by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Questions and Answers · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-orkut DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141001 DESCRIPTION:Orkut was a social network designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships.\n\nLaunched January 24\, 2004\; shut down September 30\, 2014 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 12 Goo gle products killed in 2014.\n\nOrkut was a social networking service owne d and operated by Google. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website was named after its creator\, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten.\n\nhttps://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MI T). SUMMARY:🪦 Orkut · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-quickoffice DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140626 DESCRIPTION:Quickoffice was a productivity suite for mobile devices which a llowed the viewing\, creating and editing of documents\, presentations and spreadsheets.\n\nLaunched September 19\, 2013\; shut down June 25\, 2014 — it lived 9 months.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nQuick office\, Inc. is a discontinued freeware proprietary productivity suite fo r mobile devices which allows viewing\, creating and editing documents\, p resentations and spreadsheets. It consists of Quickword\, Quicksheet\, Qui ckPoint and QuickPDF. The programs are compatible with Microsoft Office fi le formats\, but not the OpenDocument file format.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Quickoffice\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT) . SUMMARY:🪦 Quickoffice · 9 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-notifier DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140201 DESCRIPTION:Google Notifier alerted users to new emails on their Gmail acco unt.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2005\; shut down January 31\, 2014 — it liv ed 9 years.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nhttps://www.thev erge.com/2014/1/16/5316748/google-quietly-kills-off-its-notifier-service-f or-mail-and-calendar\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Notifier · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-meebo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120712 DESCRIPTION:Meebo was a browser-based instant messaging application which s upported multiple IM services.\n\nLaunched September 14\, 2005\; shut down July 11\, 2012 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nMeebo was an instant messaging and social networking service pro vider. It was founded in September 2005 by Sandy Jen\, Seth Sternberg\, an d Elaine Wherry\, and was based in Mountain View\, California. Initially t he company offered a web-based instant messenger service\, extending its o ffer in more general online chat and even social networking directions. In June 2012\, Google acquired Meebo to merge the company's staff with the G oogle+ developers team.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meebo\n\nData: Ki lled by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Meebo · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-chart-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130101 DESCRIPTION:Google Chart API was an interactive Web service that created gr aphical charts from user-supplied data.\n\nLaunched December 6\, 2007\; sh ut down December 31\, 2012 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 23 Google product s killed in 2012.\n\nThe Google Chart API is a non-interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied data. Google servers cre ate a PNG image of a chart from data and formatting parameters specified b y a user's HTTP request. The service supports a wide variety of chart info rmation and formatting. Users may conveniently embed these charts in a Web page by using a simple image tag.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google _Chart_API\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Chart API · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-mini DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130101 DESCRIPTION:Google Mini was a smaller version of the Google Search Applianc e.\n\nLaunched December 6\, 2007\; shut down December 31\, 2012 — it liv ed 5 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nThe Google Searc h Appliance (GSA) is a discontinued series of rack-mounted servers with se arch engine indexing software.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sea rch_Appliance#Google_Mini\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Mini · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-search-appliance DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190101 DESCRIPTION:Google Search Appliance was a rack-mounted device that provided document indexing functionality.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2002\; shut down December 31\, 2018 — it lived 16 years.\nOne of 15 Google products kill ed in 2018.\n\nThe Google Search Appliance (GSA) is a discontinued series of rack-mounted servers with search engine indexing software.\n\nhttps://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search_Appliance\n\nData: Killed by Google (ki lledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Search Appliance · 16 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-url-shortener DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190331 DESCRIPTION:Google URL Shortener\, also known as goo.gl\, was a URL shorten ing service.\n\nLaunched December 1\, 2009\; shut down March 30\, 2019 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogle UR L Shortener\, also known as goo.gl\, was a URL shortening service owned by Google. It was launched in December 2009\, initially used for Google Tool bar and Feedburner. The company launched a separate website\, goo.gl\, in September 2010.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_URL_Shortener\n\nD ata: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google URL Shortener · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-buzz DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111216 DESCRIPTION:Google Buzz was a social networking\, microblogging and messagi ng tool that integrated with Gmail.\n\nLaunched February 9\, 2010\; shut d own December 15\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google products kil led in 2011.\n\nGoogle Buzz was a social networking\, microblogging and me ssaging tool developed by Google. It replaced Google Wave and was integrat ed into their web-based email program\, Gmail. Users could share links\, p hotos\, videos\, status messages and comments organized in "conversations" and visible in the user's inbox.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_ Buzz\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Buzz · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-desktop DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110902 DESCRIPTION:Google Desktop allowed local searches of a user's emails\, comp uter files\, music\, photos\, chats and Web pages viewed.\n\nLaunched Janu ary 1\, 2008\; shut down September 1\, 2011 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Desktop was a computer progra m with desktop search capabilities\, created by Google for Linux\, Apple M ac OS X\, and Microsoft Windows systems. It allowed text searches of a use r's email messages\, computer files\, music\, photos\, chats\, web pages v iewed\, and the ability to display "Google Gadgets" on the user's desktop in a sidebar.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Desktop\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Desktop · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-chrome-apps DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220701 DESCRIPTION:Google Chrome Apps were hosted or packaged web applications tha t ran on the Google Chrome browser.\n\nLaunched December 6\, 2010\; shut d own June 30\, 2022 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 16 Google products kille d in 2022.\n\nGoogle Chrome Apps\, commonly just Chrome apps\, are a depre cated type of non-standardized web application that ran on the Google Chro me web browser from 2010. Chrome apps could be obtained from the Chrome We b Store along with various free and paid extensions and themes. The apps c ame in two varieties: hosted (server-side) and packaged (client-side)\, wi th each format targeting different use cases. Support for Chrome apps in t he Chrome Web Store was removed from Chrome in June 2022\, except on Chrom eOS where support for some Chrome Apps for Enterprise and Education custom ers has been extended until August 2028. ChromeOS\, Linux\, and Windows us ers could add a shortcut of a website as a Chrome app.\n\nhttps://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_App\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle. com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Chrome Apps · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-public-service-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20060916 DESCRIPTION:Google Public Service Search provided governmental\, non-profit and academic organizational search results without ads.\n\nLaunched Janua ry 1\, 2002\; shut down September 15\, 2006 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 4 Google products killed in 2006.\n\nhttps://webmasters.googleblog.com/200 6/09/for-those-wondering-about-public.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (kill edbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Public Service Search · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-video-marketplace DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070812 DESCRIPTION:Google Video Marketplace was a service that included a store wh ere videos could be bought and rented.\n\nLaunched January 7\, 2006\; shut down August 11\, 2007 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 4 Google products kill ed in 2007.\n\nhttps://www.hexus.net/tech/news/software/4324-google-video- marketplace/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Video Marketplace · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-browser-sync DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060608 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080701 DESCRIPTION:Google Browser Sync was a Firefox extension that synced informa tion like passwords and browsing history.\n\nLaunched June 8\, 2006\; shut down June 30\, 2008 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 7 Google products kille d in 2008.\n\nGoogle Browser Sync was a Mozilla Firefox extension released as freeware from Google. It debuted in Google Labs on June 8\, 2006\, and in June 2008\, was discontinued. It allowed users of Mozilla Firefox up t o versions 2.x to synchronize their web browser settings across multiple c omputers via the Internet.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Browser _Sync\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Browser Sync · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-lively DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080708 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090101 DESCRIPTION:Google Lively was a web-based virtual environment that provided a new way to access information.\n\nLaunched July 8\, 2008\; shut down De cember 31\, 2008 — it lived 5 months.\nOne of 7 Google products killed i n 2008.\n\nGoogle Lively was a web-based virtual environment created and d eveloped by Google. It was discontinued and permanently shut down on Decem ber 31\, 2008.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Lively\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Lively · 5 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-hello DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080516 DESCRIPTION:Hello was a service by Picasa that let users share pictures "li ke you're sitting side-by-side."\n\nLaunched August 1\, 2002\; shut down M ay 15\, 2008 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 7 Google products killed in 200 8.\n\nPicasa is a discontinued\, cross-platform image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos\, integrated with a now d efunct photo-sharing website\, originally created by a company named Lifes cape in 2002. "Picasa" is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Pic asso\, the word casa and "pic" for pictures.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Picasa#Hello\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Hello · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-searchmash DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081125 DESCRIPTION:SearchMash was an experimental\, non-branded search engine that Google used to be able to play around with new search technologies\, conc epts\, and interfaces.\n\nLaunched October 1\, 2006\; shut down November 2 4\, 2008 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 7 Google products killed in 2008.\n \nhttps://techcrunch.com/2008/11/24/why-did-google-discontinue-searchmash/ \n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 SearchMash · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-dodgeball DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090301 DESCRIPTION:Dodgeball was a location-based social network where users texte d their location to the service\, and it notified them of friends and poin ts of interest nearby.\n\nLaunched June 30\, 2003\; shut down February 28\ , 2009 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\ nDodgeball was a location-based social networking software provider for mo bile devices. Users texted their locations to the service\, which then not ified them of crushes\, friends\, friends' friends\, and interesting venue s nearby. Google acquired Dodgeball in 2004 and discontinued it in 2009\, replacing it with Google Latitude.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgeb all_(service)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Dodgeball · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-mashup-editor DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070530 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090801 DESCRIPTION:Google Mashup Editor was an online web mashup creation service with publishing\, syntax highlighting\, and debugging.\n\nLaunched May 30\ , 2007\; shut down July 31\, 2009 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\nGoogle Mashup Editor was an online mashup crea tion service created by Google that has been discontinued. It used CodePre ss as its syntax highlighting code editor\, which also has been discontinu ed.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Mashup_Editor\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Mashup Editor · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-ride-finder DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091101 DESCRIPTION:Google Ride Finder was a service that used GPS data to pinpoint and map the location of taxis\, limos\, and shuttle vehicles available fo r hire in 10 U.S. metro areas.\n\nLaunched May 1\, 2005\; shut down Octobe r 31\, 2009 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 200 9.\n\nhttps://searchenginewatch.com/sew/news/2062429/new-from-google-labs- google-ride-finder#\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Ride Finder · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-health DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120102 DESCRIPTION:Google Health was a personal health information centralization service that provided users a merged health record from multiple sources.\ n\nLaunched May 20\, 2008\; shut down January 1\, 2012 — it lived 3 year s.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Google_Health\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Health · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-postini DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19990701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120822 DESCRIPTION:Postini was an e-mail\, Web security\, and archiving service th at filtered e-mail spam and malware (before it was delivered to a client's mail server)\, e-mail archiving.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 1999\; shut down Au gust 21\, 2012 — it lived 13 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nPostini\, Inc. was an e-mail\, Web security\, and archiving serv ice owned by Google from 2007 until its closure. It provided cloud computi ng services for filtering e-mail spam and malware\, offered optional e-mai l archiving\, and protected client networks from web-borne malware. In Nov ember 2011\, Google announced the discontinuation of Postini in August 201 2.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postini\n\nData: Killed by Google (kil ledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Postini · 13 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-marratech-e-meetings DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19981130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100220 DESCRIPTION:Marratech was a Swedish company that made software for e-meetin gs (e.g.\, web conferencing\, videoconferencing).\n\nLaunched November 30\ , 1998\; shut down February 19\, 2010 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 6 Goo gle products killed in 2010.\n\nMarratech was a Swedish company that made software for e-meetings. It was acquired by Google in 2007.\n\nhttps://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Marratech\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com \, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Marratech e-meetings · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-searchwiki DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100304 DESCRIPTION:SearchWiki was a Google Search feature which allowed logged-in users to annotate and re-order search results.\n\nLaunched November 20\, 2 008\; shut down March 3\, 2010 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 6 Google produ cts killed in 2010.\n\nSearchWiki was a Google Search feature which allowe d logged-in users to annotate and re-order search results. The annotations and modified order only applied to the user's searches\, but it was possi ble to view other users' annotations for a given search query. SearchWiki was released on November 20\, 2008 and discontinued on March 3\, 2010. All previously created SearchWiki edits are preserved on the logged in user's SearchWiki notes page.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_SearchWiki \n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google SearchWiki · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-goog-411 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101113 DESCRIPTION:GOOG-411 (or Google Voice Local Search) was a telephone service that provided a speech-recognition-based business directory search.\n\nLa unched April 6\, 2007\; shut down November 12\, 2010 — it lived 3 years. \nOne of 6 Google products killed in 2010.\n\nGOOG-411 was a telephone ser vice launched by Google in 2007\, that provided a speech-recognition-based business directory search\, and placed a call to the resulting number in the United States or Canada. The service was accessible via a toll-free te lephone number. It was an alternative to 4-1-1\, an often-expensive servic e provided by local and long-distance phone companies\, and was therefore commonly known as Google 411. This service was discontinued on November 12 \, 2010.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOOG-411\n\nData: Killed by Goog le (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 GOOG-411 · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-tour-builder DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210716 DESCRIPTION:Tour Builder allowed users to create and share interactive tour s inside Google Earth with photos and videos of locations.\n\nLaunched Jun e 30\, 2013\; shut down July 15\, 2021 — it lived 8 years.\nOne of 32 Go ogle products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://knowledgequest.aasl.org/so-long-g oogle-tour-builder-hello-google-earth/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedby google.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Tour Builder · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-base DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101218 DESCRIPTION:Google Base was a database provided by Google into which any us er can add almost any type of content\, such as text\, images\, and struct ured information.\n\nLaunched October 25\, 2005\; shut down December 17\, 2010 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 6 Google products killed in 2010.\n\nGo ogle Base was a database provided by Google which allowed users to add con tent such as text\, images\, and structured information in formats such as XML\, PDF\, Excel\, RTF\, or WordPerfect. Google Base was launched in 200 5 and downgraded to Google Merchant Center in September 2010.\n\nhttps://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Base\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle .com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Base · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-labs DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020520 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110801 DESCRIPTION:Google Labs was a technology playground used by Google to demon strate and test new projects.\n\nLaunched May 20\, 2002\; shut down July 3 1\, 2011 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\ n\nGoogle Labs is an experimental technology initiative developed by Googl e to create\, test\, and publicly demonstrate new products and features. O riginally launched in 2002\, Google Labs served as a platform for early-st age experiments and hosted preview versions of products such as Gmail\, Go ogle Calendar\, and Google Wave. The original service was discontinued in 2011 before the Labs branding was revived in the 2020s for experimental ar tificial intelligence and emerging technology projects.\n\nhttps://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/Google_Labs\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Labs · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-powermeter DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110917 DESCRIPTION:Google PowerMeter was a software project of Google's philanthro pic arm that helped consumers track their home electricity usage.\n\nLaunc hed October 5\, 2009\; shut down September 16\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\ nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle PowerMeter was a soft ware project of Google's philanthropic arm\, Google.org\, to help consumer s track their home electricity usage. It was launched on October 5\, 2009\ , and ended on September 16\, 2011. The development of the software was pa rt of an effort by Google to invest in renewable energy\, electricity grid upgrades\, and other measures that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The software was designed to record the user's electricity usage in near real-time. Google partnered with various companies during the project.\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_PowerMeter\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google PowerMeter · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-plus DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190403 DESCRIPTION:Google+ was an Internet-based social network.\n\nLaunched June 28\, 2011\; shut down April 2\, 2019 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 37 Goog le products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogle+ was a social network owned and oper ated by Google until it ceased operations in 2019. The network was launche d on June 28\, 2011\, in an attempt to challenge other social networks\, l inking other Google products like Google Drive\, Blogger\, Google AdSense\ , and YouTube. The service\, Google's fourth foray into social networking\ , experienced strong growth in its initial years\, although usage statisti cs varied\, depending on how the service was defined. Three Google executi ves oversaw the service\, which underwent substantial changes that led to a redesign in November 2015.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B\n\ nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google+ · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-schemer DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140208 DESCRIPTION:Google Schemer was a Google service for sharing and discovering things to do.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2011\; shut down February 7\, 2014 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nGoogle Sc hemer was a Google service for sharing and discovering things to do. Users could list things they want to do\, share it with other people and mark i t as done once they have already accomplished it.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Google_Schemer\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MI T). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Schemer · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-latitude DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130810 DESCRIPTION:Google Latitude was a location-aware feature of Google Maps\, a successor to an earlier SMS-based service Dodgeball.\n\nLaunched February 5\, 2009\; shut down August 9\, 2013 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 13 Goo gle products killed in 2013.\n\nGoogle Latitude was a location-aware featu re of Google Maps\, developed by Google as a successor to its earlier SMS- based service Dodgeball. Latitude allowed a mobile phone user to share the ir current location with certain people. Via their own Google Account\, th e user's cell phone location was mapped on Google Maps. The user could con trol the accuracy and details of what each other user can see — an exact location could be allowed\, or it could be limited to identifying only th e city. For privacy\, the user can also turn it off or manually enter a lo cation. Users had to explicitly opt in to Latitude and could only see the locations of friends who had chosen to share their locations.\n\nhttps://e n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Latitude\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygo ogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Latitude · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-picnik DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130414 DESCRIPTION:Picnik was an online photo editing service that allowed users t o edit\, style\, crop\, and resize images.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2007\; shut down April 13\, 2013 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\nPicnik was an online photo editing service which was a cquired by Google in 2010. It was headquartered in Downtown Seattle\, Wash ington\, United States.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnik\n\nData: K illed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Picnik · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-showtimes DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161102 DESCRIPTION:Google Showtimes was a standalone movie search result page.\n\n Launched September 23\, 2005\; shut down November 1\, 2016 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.c om/2016/11/07/google-quietly-shutters-standalone-google-showtimes-movie-si te/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Showtimes · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-bump DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090327 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140201 DESCRIPTION:Bump! was an iOS and Android mobile app that enabled smartphone users to transfer contact information\, photos\, and files between device s.\n\nLaunched March 27\, 2009\; shut down January 31\, 2014 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nBump was an Android and iOS mobile app that enabled smartphone users to transfer contact info rmation\, photos and files between devices. In 2011\, it was #8 on Apple's list of all-time most popular free iPhone apps\, and by February 2013 it had been downloaded 125 million times. Its developer\, Bump Technologies\, shut down the service and discontinued the app on January 31\, 2014\, aft er being acquired by Google for Google Photos and Android Camera.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_(application)\n\nData: Killed by Google (kil ledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Bump! · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-nexus DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161005 DESCRIPTION:Google Nexus was Google's line of flagship Android phones\, tab lets\, and accessories.\n\nLaunched January 5\, 2010\; shut down October 4 \, 2016 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n \nGoogle Nexus is a discontinued line of consumer electronic mobile device s that ran a stock version of the Android operating system. Google managed the design\, development\, marketing\, and support of these devices\, but some development and all manufacturing were carried out by partnering wit h original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/Google_Nexus\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Nexus · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-jaiku DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120116 DESCRIPTION:Jaiku was a social networking\, micro-blogging and lifestreamin g service comparable to Twitter.\n\nLaunched February 1\, 2006\; shut down January 15\, 2012 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nJaiku was a social networking\, micro-blogging and lifestream ing service comparable to Twitter\, founded a month before the latter. Jai ku was founded in February 2006 by Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen fro m Finland and launched in July of that year. It was purchased by Google on October 9\, 2007.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaiku\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Jaiku · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-knol DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080723 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120502 DESCRIPTION:Knol was a Google project that aimed to include user-written ar ticles on a range of topics.\n\nLaunched July 23\, 2008\; shut down May 1\ , 2012 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\ nKnol was a Google project that aimed to include user-written articles on a range of topics. The lower-case term knol\, which Google defined as a "u nit of knowledge"\, referred to an article in the project. Knol was often viewed as a rival to Wikipedia.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol\n\nD ata: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Knol · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-play-edition DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150119 DESCRIPTION:Google Play Edition devices were a series of Android smartphone s and tablets sold by Google.\n\nLaunched May 15\, 2013\; shut down Januar y 18\, 2015 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2015 .\n\nhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/01/dont-cry-for-the-google-play- edition-program-it-was-already-dead/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygo ogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Play Edition · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-compare DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160302 DESCRIPTION:Google Compare allowed consumers to compare several offers rang ing from insurance\, mortgage\, and credit cards.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2015\; shut down March 1\, 2016 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 21 Google pro ducts killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://www.gadgetsnow.com/year-in-review-2016/Go ogle-Compare/yearendershow2016/55617272.cms\n\nData: Killed by Google (kil ledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Compare · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-gizmo5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110404 DESCRIPTION:Gizmo5 was a VOIP communications network and a proprietary free ware soft phone for that network.\n\nLaunched November 12\, 2009\; shut do wn April 3\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google products killed i n 2011.\n\nGizmo5 was a voice over IP communications network and a proprie tary freeware soft phone for that network. On November 12\, 2009\, Google announced that it had acquired Gizmo5. On March 4\, 2011\, Google announce d that the service would be discontinued as of April 3\, 2011.\n\nhttps:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmo5\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com \, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Gizmo5 · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-code-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120116 DESCRIPTION:Google Code Search was a free beta product which allowed users to search for open-source code on the Internet.\n\nLaunched October 5\, 20 06\; shut down January 15\, 2012 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 23 Google p roducts killed in 2012.\n\nGoogle Code Search was a free beta product from Google which debuted in Google Labs on October 5\, 2006\, allowing web us ers to search for open-source code on the Internet. Features included the ability to search using operators\, namely lang:\, package:\, license:\, a nd file:.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Code Search · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-slicklogin DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130713 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140218 DESCRIPTION:SlickLogin was an Israeli start-up company which developed soun d-based password alternatives\, was acquired by Google and hasn't released anything since.\n\nLaunched July 13\, 2013\; shut down February 17\, 2014 — it lived 7 months.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nSlic kLogin was an Israeli start-up company that developed sound-based password alternatives. The company's goal was to enable end users to log in easily to password-protected websites by using a uniquely generated sound.\n\nht tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlickLogin\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedby google.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 SlickLogin · 7 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-page-creator DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060713 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080901 DESCRIPTION:Google Page Creator was a website creation and hosting service that allowed users to build basic websites with no HTML knowledge.\n\nLaun ched July 13\, 2006\; shut down August 31\, 2008 — it lived 2 years.\nOn e of 7 Google products killed in 2008.\n\nGoogle Page Creator was a websit e creation and hosting service by Google launched in beta in 2006. It was a tool for basic website design\, requiring no HTML or CSS knowledge. User s just had to login to their Gmail account and got 100MB of hosting space and a Gmail-derived domain name and the service was completely free.\n\nht tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Page_Creator\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Page Creator · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-project-tango DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171216 DESCRIPTION:Project Tango was an API for augmented reality apps that was ki lled and replaced by ARCore.\n\nLaunched December 1\, 2014\; shut down Dec ember 15\, 2017 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 11 Google products killed in 2017.\n\nTango was an augmented reality computing platform\, developed an d authored by the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP)\, a skunkworks d ivision of Google. It used computer vision to enable mobile devices\, such as smartphones and tablets\, to detect their position relative to the wor ld around them without using GPS or other external signals. This allowed a pplication developers to create user experiences that include indoor navig ation\, 3D mapping\, physical space measurement\, environmental recognitio n\, augmented reality\, and windows into a virtual world.\n\nhttps://en.wi kipedia.org/wiki/Tango_(platform)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Project Tango · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-fabric DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200505 DESCRIPTION:Fabric was a platform that helped mobile teams build better app s\, understand their users\, and grow their business.\n\nLaunched October 1\, 2014\; shut down May 4\, 2020 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://get.fabric.io/roadmap\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Fabric · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-nexus-q DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130702 DESCRIPTION:Nexus Q was a digital media player that allowed users with Andr oid devices to stream content from supported services to a connected telev ision or speakers via an integrated amplifier.\n\nLaunched June 27\, 2012\ ; shut down July 1\, 2013 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\nThe Nexus Q is a digital media player developed by Goo gle. Unveiled at the Google I/O developers' conference on June 27\, 2012\, the device was expected to be released to the public in the United States shortly thereafter for US$300. The Nexus Q was designed to leverage Goog le's online media offerings\, such as Google Play Music\, Google Play Movi es & TV\, and YouTube\, to provide a "shared" experience. Users could stre am content from the supported services to a connected television\, or spea kers connected to an integrated amplifier\, using their Android device and the services' respective apps as a remote control for queueing content an d controlling playback.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_Q\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Nexus Q · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-catalogs DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110816 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150805 DESCRIPTION:Google Catalogs was a shopping application that delivered the v irtual catalogs of large retailers to users.\n\nLaunched August 16\, 2011\ ; shut down August 4\, 2015 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 14 Google produc ts killed in 2015.\n\nGoogle Catalogs was a shopping application for table t computers\, which was produced by Google in August 2011. Google Catalogs delivered virtual catalogs to users from merchants like Nordstrom\, L.L. Bean\, Macy's\, Pottery Barn\, and many more. Merchants were added through a process by which they submitted a form with information and a sample of their catalog\, which was then reviewed by Google's editorial team. The a pplication was noted as a "Greener Way to Shop"\, as the digitization of c atalogs substituted for paper versions.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G oogle_Catalogs\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Catalogs · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-hotpot DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110409 DESCRIPTION:Google Hotpot was a local recommendation engine that allowed pe ople to rate restaurants\, hotels\, etc. and share them with friends.\n\nL aunched November 15\, 2010\; shut down April 8\, 2011 — it lived 4 month s.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nhttps://mashable.com/2011 /04/08/google-hotpot-goes-cold/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle. com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Hotpot · 4 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-sidewiki DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110903 DESCRIPTION:Google Sidewiki was a browser sidebar tool that allowed users t o contribute information to any web page.\n\nLaunched September 23\, 2009\ ; shut down September 2\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google prod ucts killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Sidewiki was a web annotation service from Google\, launched in September 2009 and discontinued in December 2011. Sid ewiki was accessible through a browser extension that allowed anyone logge d into a Google Account to make and view comments about a given website in a sidebar. Despite the name\, Sidewiki was not a collaborative wiki\, tho ugh the comments were editable by the author.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Google_Sidewiki\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Sidewiki · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-adsense-for-feeds DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080805 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121204 DESCRIPTION:AdSense for Feeds was an RSS-based service for AdSense that all owed publishers to advertise on their RSS Feeds.\n\nLaunched August 5\, 20 08\; shut down December 3\, 2012 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 23 Google p roducts killed in 2012.\n\nhttps://adsenseforfeeds.blogspot.com/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 AdSense for Feeds · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-aardvark DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090314 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110903 DESCRIPTION:Aardvark was a social search service that connected users live with friends or friends-of-friends who were able to answer their questions .\n\nLaunched March 14\, 2009\; shut down September 2\, 2011 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nAardvark was a soci al search service that connected users live with friends or friends-of-fri ends who were able to answer their questions\, also known as a knowledge m arket. Users submitted questions via the Aardvark website\, email or insta nt messenger and Aardvark identified and facilitated a live chat or email conversation with one or more topic experts in the 'askers' extended socia l network. Aardvark was used for asking subjective questions for which hum an judgment or recommendation was desired. It was also used extensively fo r technical support questions. Users could also review question and answer history and other settings on the Aardvark website. It was named after th e sub-saharan leathery skinned animal Aardvark. Google acquired Aardvark f or $50 million on February 11\, 2010.\nIn September 2011\, Google announce d it would discontinue a number of its products\, including Aardvark.\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_(search_engine)\n\nData: Killed by G oogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Aardvark · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-shared-stuff DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090331 DESCRIPTION:Google Shared Stuff was a web page sharing system that allowed users to bookmark pages and share them.\n\nLaunched September 30\, 2007\; shut down March 30\, 2009 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080904000312/https://www. google.com/s2/sharing/stuff\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\ , MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Shared Stuff · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-zeitgeist DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20010101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080101 DESCRIPTION:Google Zeitgeist was a weekly\, monthly\, and yearly snapshot i n time of what people were searching for on Google all over the world.\n\n Launched January 1\, 2001\; shut down December 31\, 2007 — it lived 6 ye ars.\nOne of 4 Google products killed in 2007.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/ web/20210312230138/https://www.lifewire.com/google-zeitgeist-3481903\n\nDa ta: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Zeitgeist · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-project-ara DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131029 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160903 DESCRIPTION:Project Ara was a modular smartphone project under development by Google.\n\nLaunched October 29\, 2013\; shut down September 2\, 2016 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nProjec t Ara was a modular smartphone project under development by Google. The pr oject was originally headed by the Advanced Technology and Projects team w ithin Motorola Mobility while it was a Google subsidiary. Google retained the ATAP group when selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo\, and it was place d under the stewardship of the Android development staff\; Ara was later s plit off as an independent operation. Google stated that Project Ara was b eing designed to be utilized by "6 billion people": 1 billion current smar tphone users\, and 5 billion feature phone users.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Project_Ara\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Project Ara · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-talk DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050822 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130516 DESCRIPTION:Often remembered as 'Gchat'\, Google Talk was a messaging servi ce for both text and voice using XMPP.\n\nLaunched August 22\, 2005\; shut down May 15\, 2013 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 13 Google products kille d in 2013.\n\nGoogle Talk was an instant messaging service that provided b oth text and voice communication. The instant messaging service was variou sly referred to colloquially as Gchat\, Gtalk\, or Gmessage among its user s.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Talk · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-bebapay DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150316 DESCRIPTION:BebaPay was a form of electronic ticketing platform in Nairobi\ , Kenya that was developed by Google in partnership with Equity Bank.\n\nL aunched April 30\, 2013\; shut down March 15\, 2015 — it lived 1 year.\n One of 14 Google products killed in 2015.\n\nBebaPay was a form of electro nic ticketing platform in Nairobi\, Kenya\, that was developed by Google i n partnership with Equity Bank. The product was launched in April 2013\, a fter one year of piloting.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BebaPay\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 BebaPay · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-fast-flip DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110902 DESCRIPTION:Google Fast Flip was an online news aggregator\, something of a high tech microfiche.\n\nLaunched September 14\, 2009\; shut down Septemb er 1\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011 .\n\nGoogle Fast Flip was an online news aggregator from Google Inc. that mimicked the experience of flicking through a newspaper or magazine\, allo wing visual search of stories in manner similar to microfiche. It was laun ched in beta by Google Labs at the TechCrunch 50 conference in September 2 009.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fast_Flip\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Fast Flip · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-web-accelerator DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080121 DESCRIPTION:Google Web Accelerator was a client-side software that increase d the load speed of web pages.\n\nLaunched May 4\, 2005\; shut down Januar y 20\, 2008 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 7 Google products killed in 2008 .\n\nGoogle Web Accelerator was a web accelerator produced by Google. It u sed client software installed on the user's computer\, as well as data cac hing on Google's servers\, to speed up page load times by means of data co mpression\, prefetching of content\, and sharing cached data between users . The beta\, released on May 4\, 2005\, works with Mozilla Firefox 1.0+ an d Internet Explorer 5.5+ on Windows 2000 SP3+\, Windows XP\, Windows Serve r 2003\, Windows Vista and Windows 7 machines. It was discontinued in Octo ber 2008.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Web_Accelerator\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Web Accelerator · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-reply DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181012 DESCRIPTION:Reply was a mobile app that let users insert Smart Replies (pre -defined replies) into conversations on messaging apps.\n\nLaunched Februa ry 1\, 2018\; shut down October 11\, 2018 — it lived 8 months.\nOne of 1 5 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nReply was an app by Area 120\, Google 's experimental workshop\, released to closed beta testing in February 201 8\, and shortly after reported as leaked. The app allowed users to insert pre-defined replies called "Smart Replies" into conversations on messaging apps on their phone such as Facebook Messenger\, Slack and Google Hangout s. The beta testing was cancelled in October\, 2018.\n\nhttps://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Reply_(Google)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Reply · 8 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-squared DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110906 DESCRIPTION:Google Squared was an information extraction and relationship e xtraction product that compiled structured data into a spreadsheet-like fo rmat.\n\nLaunched June 3\, 2009\; shut down September 5\, 2011 — it live d 2 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Squared wa s an information extraction and relationship extraction product from Googl e. It was announced on May 12\, 2009\, in response to the launch of Wolfra m Alpha and was launched on Google Labs on June 3\, 2009. As part of the p hasing out of Google Labs\, Google Squared was shut down on September 5\, 2011.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Squared\n\nData: Killed by G oogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Squared · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-glass-explorer-edition DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150116 DESCRIPTION:Google Glass Explorer Edition was a wearable computer with an o ptical head-mounted display and camera that allows the wearer to interact with various applications and the Internet via natural language voice comm ands.\n\nLaunched April 15\, 2013\; shut down January 15\, 2015 — it liv ed 1 year.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2015.\n\nGoogle Glass\, or simply Glass\, is a discontinued brand of smart glasses developed by Goog le's X Development\, with a mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. Go ogle Glass displays information to the wearer using a head-up display. Wea rers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands.\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass\n\nData: Killed by Google (kil ledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Glass Explorer Edition · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-bufferbox DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121130 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140222 DESCRIPTION:BufferBox was a Canadian startup that provided consumers 24/7 c onvenience of picking up their online purchases.\n\nLaunched November 30\, 2012\; shut down February 21\, 2014 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 12 Googl e products killed in 2014.\n\nBufferBox Inc. was a Canadian startup from t he University of Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada that leveraged parcel kiosks to provide consumers the convenience of picking up their online purchases 24/7. Founded by Jay Shah\, Aditya Bali and Mike McCauley\, BufferBox's mi ssion was to make missed delivery notices a thing of the past. When consum ers signed up for the service\, they received a unique 'BufferBox address' to use as their shipping address when shopping online. Members then recei ved an email notification with a unique unlock code as soon as their packa ge was delivered which enabled them to pick up their package from their lo cal BufferBox.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BufferBox\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 BufferBox · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-grand-central DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090312 DESCRIPTION:Grand Central was a Voice over IP service that was acquired by Google\, and turned into Google Voice.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2005\; shut down March 11\, 2009 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 10 Google products kil led in 2009.\n\nGoogle Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. t elephone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspa ce customers in Canada\, Denmark\, France\, the Netherlands\, Portugal\, S pain\, Sweden\, Switzerland\, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States. The service is configured and maintained by users in a web-based application\, similar in style to Google's email service Gmail\, or Androi d and iOS applications on smartphones or tablets. It is used for call forw arding and voicemail services\, voice and text messaging\, as well as U.S. and Canadian domestic and international calls. Incoming calls are forward ed to one or more telephone numbers that users must configure and verify i n the account.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice\n\nData: Kill ed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Grand Central · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-nexus-player DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141103 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160525 DESCRIPTION:Nexus Player was a digital media player that allowed users to p lay music\, watch video originating from Internet services or a local netw ork\, and play games.\n\nLaunched November 3\, 2014\; shut down May 24\, 2 016 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nThe Nexus Player is a discontinued digital media player that was co-developed by Google\, Intel and Asus. It is the second media player in the Google N exus family of consumer devices. Originally running the Android 5.0 ("Loll ipop") operating system\, it is the first device to employ the Android TV platform. The Nexus player supports Google Cast\, the feature for selectin g and controlling media playback on a television that was first introduced by Chromecast. Sales of the Nexus Player were discontinued in May 2016\, and product support ended in March 2018.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Nexus_Player\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Nexus Player · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-listen DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121102 DESCRIPTION:Google Listen was an Android application that let you search\, subscribe\, download\, and stream podcasts and web audio.\n\nLaunched Augu st 20\, 2009\; shut down November 1\, 2012 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 2 3 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nhttps://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/ 08/giving-you-better-google.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle .com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Listen · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-directory DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20000407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110721 DESCRIPTION:Google Directory was an Internet website directory organized in to 14 main categories that allowed users to explore the web.\n\nLaunched A pril 7\, 2000\; shut down July 20\, 2011 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nThe Google Directory was a web directo ry hosted by Google and is based on the open source project DMOZ. It was d iscontinued on July 20\, 2011. However\, the Google business places and re commended businesses is now commonly referred to as the Google directory.\ n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Directory\n\nData: Killed by Googl e (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Directory · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-gears DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111123 DESCRIPTION:Gears (aka Google Gears) was utility software that aimed to cre ate more powerful web apps by adding offline storage and other additional features to web browsers.\n\nLaunched May 31\, 2007\; shut down November 2 2\, 2011 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\ n\nGears\, formerly Google Gears\, is a discontinued utility software offe red by Google to create more powerful web apps by adding offline storage a nd other features to web browsers. Released under the BSD license\, Gears is free and open-source. Gears was conceived at a time when a comparable a lternative was not available. However\, Gears was discontinued in favor of the standardized HTML5 methods that eventually became prevalent.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gears_(software)\n\nData: Killed by Google (kille dbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Gears · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-building-maker DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130605 DESCRIPTION:Building Maker enabled users to create 3D models of buildings f or Google Earth on the browser.\n\nLaunched October 13\, 2009\; shut down June 4\, 2013 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2 013.\n\nGoogle Building Maker was a web application that allowed users to build three-dimensional buildings for inclusion in Google Earth. Buildings were created using simple three-dimensional shapes combined with aerial p hotos. Google reviewed new building submissions and included them in Googl e Earth's three-dimensional buildings layer when they were of sufficient q uality and a better model did not already exist. Building models could be exported for editing in SketchUp. There were at least 127 cities available .\n\nhttps://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.h tml\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Building Maker · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-dictionary DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110806 DESCRIPTION:Google Dictionary was a standalone online dictionary service.\n \nLaunched December 1\, 2009\; shut down August 5\, 2011 — it lived 1 ye ar.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that is accessible in Google Translate \, as a Google Chrome extension\, and formerly with the "define" operator and other similar phrases in Google Search. The dictionary content is lice nsed from Oxford University Press's Oxford Languages. It is available in d ifferent languages\, such as English\, Spanish and French. The service on Google Search also contained pronunciation audio\, Google Translate\, a wo rd origin chart\, Ngram Viewer\, and word games\, among other features for the English-language version. Originally available as a standalone servic e\, it was integrated into Google Search\, with the standalone service dis continued in August 2011. As of 2026\, the Google Dictionary is no longer available on Google Search as it has been replaced with AI Overviews.\n\nh ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Dictionary\n\nData: Killed by Google ( killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Dictionary · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-friend-connect DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120302 DESCRIPTION:Google Friend Connect was a free social networking site from 20 08 to 2012.\n\nLaunched May 28\, 2008\; shut down March 1\, 2012 — it li ved 3 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nGoogle Friend C onnect was a free social networking site\, active from 2008 to 2012. Simil ar to Facebook Platform and MySpaceID\, it allowed users to build a profil e to share and update information through messaging\, photographs and vide o content via third-party sites which acted as a host for profile sharing and social exchanges.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Friend_Conne ct\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Friend Connect · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-glass-os DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170621 DESCRIPTION:Glass OS (Google XE) was a version of Google's Android operatin g system designed for Google Glass.\n\nLaunched April 11\, 2013\; shut dow n June 20\, 2017 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 11 Google products killed i n 2017.\n\nGlass OS was a version of Google's Android operating system des igned for Google Glass. "glass-omap" Tag is used in referring to the modif ied Android code which can be found inside Kernel Repository. Glass OS was discontinued on June 20\, 2017.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_OS \n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Glass OS · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-tez DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180829 DESCRIPTION:Tez was a mobile payments service by Google\, targeted at users in India. It was rebranded to Google Pay.\n\nLaunched September 19\, 2017 \; shut down August 28\, 2018 — it lived 11 months.\nOne of 15 Google pr oducts killed in 2018.\n\nTez was a mobile payments service by Google\, ta rgeted at users in India\, later folded into the new Google Pay app on 28 August 2018. It operated atop the Unified Payments Interface\, developed b y the National Payments Corporation of India. The product was created as p art of Google's Next Billion Users initiative led by Caesar Sengupta\, for mer vice president and general manager\, Payments & Next Billion Users\, G oogle.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tez_(software)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Tez · 11 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-offers DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140102 DESCRIPTION:Google Offers was a service offering discounts and coupons. Ini tially\, it was a deal of the day website similar to Groupon.\n\nLaunched May 26\, 2011\; shut down January 1\, 2014 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 1 2 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nGoogle Offers was a service offering discounts and coupons. Initially\, it was a deal-of-the-day website simila r to Groupon\, but it later changed focus. Rather than a small number of p repaid offers\, it instead offered many smaller discounts. It is additiona lly integrated with both Google Maps and Google Wallet for mobile offers. In 2014\, Google announced it would be shutting the service down.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Offers\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedby google.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Offers · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-mytracks DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160501 DESCRIPTION:MyTracks was a GPS tracking application for Android which allow ed users to track their path\, speed\, distance\, and elevation.\n\nLaunch ed February 12\, 2009\; shut down April 30\, 2016 — it lived 7 years.\nO ne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nMy Tracks was a Global Positio ning System (GPS) tracking application that ran on Android. The applicatio n used a device's GPS capabilities to collect data\, allowing real-time re view of path\, speed\, distance\, and elevation. Later\, this data could b e saved to Google Maps\, Google Fusion Tables\, or Google Docs and shared with Google+\, Facebook\, or Twitter. The application also allowed a user to record annotations along the path\, hear periodic voice announcements o f progress\, and sync with select third-party bio-metric sensors.\n\nhttps ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyTracks\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 MyTracks · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-pie DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160219 DESCRIPTION:Pie was a work-centric group chat website and app comparable to Slack.\n\nLaunched June 1\, 2013\; shut down February 18\, 2016 — it li ved 2 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://www.pie .co\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Pie · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-portfolios DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116 DESCRIPTION:Portfolios was a feature available in Google Finance to track p ersonal financial securities.\n\nLaunched March 21\, 2006\; shut down Nove mber 15\, 2017 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 11 Google products killed in 2017.\n\nGoogle Finance is a website focusing on business news and financ ial information hosted by Google.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_ Finance\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Portfolios · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-site-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180402 DESCRIPTION:Google's Site Search was a service that enabled any website to add a custom search field powered by Google.\n\nLaunched November 13\, 200 8\; shut down April 1\, 2018 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 15 Google produ cts killed in 2018.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180804001326/https:// enterprise.google.com/search/products/gss.html\n\nData: Killed by Google ( killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Site Search · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-currents DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131121 DESCRIPTION:Google Currents was a social magazine app by Google\, which was replaced by Google Play Newsstand.\n\nLaunched December 8\, 2011\; shut d own November 20\, 2013 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 13 Google products kil led in 2013.\n\nGoogle Currents was an app developed by Google that provid ed subscribers with electronic access to full-length magazine articles. Go ogle released Currents in December 2011 and discontinued it in November 20 13 when it introduced Google Play Newsstand\, which combined the features of Currents and Google Play Magazines into a single product.\n\nhttps://en .wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Currents_(2011-2013)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Currents · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-bumptop DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100501 DESCRIPTION:BumpTop was a skeuomorphic desktop environment app that simulat es the normal behavior and physical properties of a real-world desk and en hances it with automatic tools to organize its contents.\n\nLaunched April 13\, 2008\; shut down April 30\, 2010 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 6 Goo gle products killed in 2010.\n\nBumpTop is a 3D desktop environment that s imulates the normal behavior and physical properties of a real-world desk and enhances it with automatic tools to organize its contents. It is aimed at stylus interaction\, making it more suitable for tablet computers and handheld PCs. It was created at the University of Toronto as Anand Agarawa la's master's thesis. Agarawala also gave a presentation at the TED confer ence about his idea. The 1.0 version was released on April 8\, 2009\, alon g with a fully featured pro version as a paid upgrade. On April 30\, 2010 the author announced that BumpTop was being discontinued and that they wer e taking the software "in an exciting new direction." Two days later\, it was announced that the company had been acquired by Google. On January 5\, 2011\, Google released a sneak preview video of Android 3.0 Honeycomb sho wing a 3D desktop with features purportedly taken from BumpTop.\n\nhttps:/ /github.com/BumpTop/BumpTop\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\ , MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 BumpTop · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-checkout DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060628 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131121 DESCRIPTION:Google Checkout was an online payment processing service that a imed to simplify the process of paying for online purchases.\n\nLaunched J une 28\, 2006\; shut down November 20\, 2013 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\nGoogle Checkout was an online payme nt processing service provided by Google aimed at simplifying the process of paying for online purchases. The web checkout service was combined with the NFC mobile payments app launched in September of 2011 called Google W allet under a platform brand of the same name. On November 20\, 2013\, the web checkout part of the service was fully retired.\n\nhttps://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Google_Checkout\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\ , MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Checkout · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-pack DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060106 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110903 DESCRIPTION:Google Pack was a collection of software tools offered by Googl e to download in a single archive. It was announced at the 2006 Consumer E lectronics Show\, on January 6. Google Pack was only available for Windows XP\, Windows Vista\, and Windows 7.\n\nLaunched January 6\, 2006\; shut d own September 2\, 2011 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 26 Google products ki lled in 2011.\n\nGoogle Pack was a collection of software tools offered by Google to download in a single archive. It was announced at the 2006 Cons umer Electronics Show\, on January 6. Google Pack was only available for W indows XP\, Windows Vista\, and Windows 7.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wik i/Google_Pack\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Pack · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-timeful DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151212 DESCRIPTION:Timeful was an iOS to-do list and calendar application\, develo ped to reinvent the way that people manage their most precious resource of time.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2012\; shut down December 11\, 2015 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2015.\n\nhttps://www.c runchbase.com/organization/timeful#section-overview\n\nData: Killed by Goo gle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Timeful · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-rebang DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110801 DESCRIPTION:Rebang was a Zeitgeist-like service centered on providing servi ce to a Chinese audience. It was incorporated into Google Labs as of late 2010\, and later discontinued along with its parent project.\n\nLaunched F ebruary 28\, 2007\; shut down July 31\, 2011 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/googl e-rebang-now-live/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Rebang · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-slide DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120307 DESCRIPTION:Slide was a photo sharing software for social networking servic es such as MySpace and Facebook. Later Slide began to make applications an d became the largest developer of third-party applications for Facebook.\n \nLaunched May 1\, 2005\; shut down March 6\, 2012 — it lived 6 years.\n One of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nMaksymilian Rafailovych "Max" Levchin is a Ukrainian-American software engineer and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Affirm\, a buy now\, pay later financial servic es company\, and co-founded PayPal as Confinity in 1998\, leading the comp any as chief technology officer before its acquisition by eBay in 2002.\n\ nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide.com\n\nData: Killed by Google (killed bygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Slide · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-real-estate-on-google-maps DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110211 DESCRIPTION:Real Estate on Google Maps enabled users to find places for sal e or rent in an area they were interested in.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2009\; shut down February 10\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google produc ts killed in 2011.\n\nhttps://maps.googleblog.com/2011/01/retiring-real-es tate-on-google-maps.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, M IT). SUMMARY:🪦 Real Estate On Google Maps · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-needlebase DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120602 DESCRIPTION:Needlebase was a point-and-click tool for extracting\, sorting and visualizing data from across pages around the web.\n\nLaunched April 1 \, 2011\; shut down June 1\, 2012 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 23 Google p roducts killed in 2012.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/google-trims- the-fat/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Needlebase · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cloud-connect DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130501 DESCRIPTION:Google Cloud Connect was a free cloud computing plugin for mult iple versions of Microsoft Office that automatically stored and synchroniz ed files to Google Docs.\n\nLaunched April 7\, 2008\; shut down April 30\, 2013 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\n Google Cloud Connect was a free cloud computing plug-in for Windows Micros oft Office 2003\, 2007 and 2010 that can automatically store and synchroni ze any Microsoft Word document\, PowerPoint presentation\, or Excel spread sheet to Google Docs in Google Docs or Microsoft Office formats. The Googl e Doc copy is automatically updated each time the Microsoft Office documen t is saved. Microsoft Office documents can be edited offline and synchroni zed later when online. Google Cloud Sync maintains previous Microsoft Offi ce document versions and allows multiple users to collaborate\, working on the same document at the same time. Google Cloud Connect was discontinued on April 30\, 2013\, as according to Google\, all of Cloud Connect's feat ures are available through Google Drive.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Google_Cloud_Connect\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cloud Connect · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-sms DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20041001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130511 DESCRIPTION:Google SMS let you text questions- including weather\, sports s cores\, word definitions\, and more- to 466453 and get an answer back.\n\n Launched October 1\, 2004\; shut down May 10\, 2013 — it lived 8 years.\ nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2013/ 05/12/google-kills-sms-search/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google SMS · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-news-weather DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181017 DESCRIPTION:Google News & Weather was a news aggregator application availab le on the Android and iOS operating systems.\n\nLaunched September 12\, 20 16\; shut down October 16\, 2018 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 15 Google p roducts killed in 2018.\n\nGoogle News & Weather was a news aggregator app lication developed by Google. It was available on the Android and iOS oper ating systems. The app featured a card-based interface and was similar to both the Google News desktop website as well as Google Now\, which makes e xtensive use of cards. It indexed over 65\,000 news sources and has 60 cou ntry-specific editions.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_News_%26_W eather\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google News & Weather · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-script-converter DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110702 DESCRIPTION:Google Script Converter was an online transliteration tool for transliteration (script conversion) between Hindi\, Romanagari\, and vario us other scripts. It's ended because Google shut down Google Labs and all associated projects.\n\nLaunched November 1\, 2009\; shut down July 1\, 20 11 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nhttp s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Script_Converter\n\nData: Killed by Googl e (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Script Converter · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-video DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120821 DESCRIPTION:Google Video was a free video hosting service from Google\, sim ilar to YouTube\, that allowed video clips to be hosted on Google servers and embedded onto other websites.\n\nLaunched January 25\, 2005\; shut dow n August 20\, 2012 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nGoogle Video was a free video hosting service\, operated by G oogle from 2005 to 2012.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Video\n\n Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Video · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-zygotebody DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101215 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111014 DESCRIPTION:ZygoteBody\, formerly Google Body\, was a web application by Zy gote Media Group that rendered manipulable 3D anatomical models of the hum an body.\n\nLaunched December 15\, 2010\; shut down October 13\, 2011 — it lived 9 months.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nZygoteBod y\, formerly Google Body\, is a web application by Zygote Media Group that renders manipulable 3D anatomical models of the human body. Several layer s\, from muscle tissues down to blood vessels\, can be removed or made tra nsparent to allow better study of individual body parts. Most of the body parts are labelled and are searchable.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zy goteBody\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 ZygoteBody · 9 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-on2-flix-cloud DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090806 DESCRIPTION:Flix Cloud was a high-capacity online video encoding service.\n \nLaunched November 1\, 2008\; shut down August 5\, 2009 — it lived 9 mo nths.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\nOn2 Technologies\, for merly known as The Duck Corporation\, was a small publicly traded company\ , founded in New York City in 1992 and headquartered in Clifton Park\, New York\, that designed video codec technology. It created a series of video codecs called TrueMotion.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On2_Technologi es#Acquisition_by_Google\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, M IT). SUMMARY:🪦 On2 Flix Cloud · 9 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-noop-programming-language DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120101 DESCRIPTION:Noop was a project by Google engineers Alex Eagle and Christian Gruber aiming to develop a new programming language that attempted to ble nd the best features of 'old' and 'new' languages and best practices.\n\nL aunched January 1\, 2009\; shut down December 31\, 2011 — it lived 2 yea rs.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nNoop was a project by Go ogle engineers Alex Eagle and Christian Gruber aiming to develop a new pro gramming language. Noop attempted to blend the best features of "old" and "new" languages\, while syntactically encouraging well accepted programmin g best-practices. Noop was initially targeted to run on the Java Virtual M achine.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noop\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Noop Programming Language · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-maps-engine DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160202 DESCRIPTION:Google Maps Engine was an online tool for map creation. It enab led you to create layered maps using your data as well as Google Maps data .\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2013\; shut down February 1\, 2016 — it lived 2 y ears.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://mangomap.com/b log/the-end-of-google-maps-engine-causes-mass-confusion/\n\nData: Killed b y Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Maps Engine · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-save-to-google-chrome-extension DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180816 DESCRIPTION:Save to Google Chrome Extension enabled you to quickly save a p age link with image and tags to a Pocket-like app.\n\nLaunched April 14\, 2016\; shut down August 15\, 2018 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2018/07/22/google-kills -save-to-google-chrome-material-theme/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedby google.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Save to Google Chrome Extension · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-flu-vaccine-finder DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421 DESCRIPTION:Google Flu Vaccine Finder was a maps mash-up that showed nearby vaccination places across the United States.\n\nLaunched November 10\, 20 09\; shut down April 20\, 2012 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 23 Google pro ducts killed in 2012.\n\nhttps://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring-cl eaning-in-spring.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT) . SUMMARY:🪦 Google Flu Vaccine Finder · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-one-pass DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421 DESCRIPTION:Google One Pass was an online store developed by Google for med ia publishers looking to sell subscriptions to their content.\n\nLaunched March 16\, 2011\; shut down April 20\, 2012 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 2 3 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nGoogle One Pass was an online store d eveloped by Google for publishers looking to sell subscriptions to their c ontent. Similar to the Android Market\, where "apps" are sold to users via their Android mobile devices\, One Pass offered the ability for publisher s of any size\, from large media companies to independent publishers\, to sell their content through Google's service. The content was made availabl e through both the Internet and Android mobile devices.\n\nhttps://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/Google_One_Pass\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google One Pass · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-image-swirl DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110721 DESCRIPTION:Google Image Swirl was an enhancement to the image search tool that came out of Google Labs. It was built on top of image search by group ing images with similar visual and semantic qualities.\n\nLaunched Novembe r 17\, 2009\; shut down July 20\, 2011 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 26 Goo gle products killed in 2011.\n\nGoogle Image Swirl was an enhancement for an image-search tool in Google Labs. It was announced on the Google labs b log on November 17\, 2009 with a limited number of search queries availabl e. It was built on Google image search by grouping together images with si milar visual and semantic qualities. It was suggested that such interface and grouping could help resolve queries that can have multiple types of re sults\, are ambiguous\, such as Apple\, Jaguar\, etc.\, and explore images associated with various viewpoints. This feature is no longer available.\ n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Image_Swirl\n\nData: Killed by Goo gle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Image Swirl · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-hands-free DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160302 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170209 DESCRIPTION:Google Hands Free was a mobile payment system that allowed user s to pay their bill using Bluetooth to connect to payment terminals by say ing 'I'll pay with Google.'\n\nLaunched March 2\, 2016\; shut down Februar y 8\, 2017 — it lived 11 months.\nOne of 11 Google products killed in 20 17.\n\nhttps://www.slashgear.com/google-shutting-down-hands-free-next-week -02473609/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Hands Free · 11 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-freebase DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160503 DESCRIPTION:Freebase was a large collaborative knowledge base consisting of structured data composed mainly by its community members\, developed by M etaweb(acquired by Google).\n\nLaunched March 3\, 2007\; shut down May 2\, 2016 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\n https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebase\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedby google.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Freebase · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-wildfire-interactive DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140315 DESCRIPTION:Wildfire by Google was a social marketing application that enab led businesses to create\, optimize and measure their presence on social n etworks.\n\nLaunched July 31\, 2012\; shut down March 14\, 2014 — it liv ed 1 year.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nWildfire Interact ive Inc\, or Wildfire\, was a startup software company based in Redwood Ci ty that developed a social marketing application that enabled businesses t o create\, optimize and measure their presence on social networks such as Facebook\, Twitter\, Pinterest and YouTube. It was founded in 2008 by Vict oria Ransom and Alain Chuard.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire_In teractive\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Wildfire Interactive · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-now DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120709 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160503 DESCRIPTION:Google Now was a feature of Google Search that offered predicti ve cards with information and daily updates in Chrome and the Google app f or Android and iOS.\n\nLaunched July 9\, 2012\; shut down May 2\, 2016 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nGoogle No w was a feature of Google Search of the Google app for Android and iOS. Go ogle Now proactively delivered information to users to predict information they might need in the form of informational cards. Google Now branding i s no longer used\, but the functionality continues in the Google app and i ts Discover tab.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Now\n\nData: Kill ed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Now · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-flu-trends DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150821 DESCRIPTION:Google Flu Trends was a service attempting to make accurate pre dictions about flu activity.\n\nLaunched November 1\, 2008\; shut down Aug ust 20\, 2015 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2 015.\n\nGoogle Flu Trends (GFT) was a web service operated by Google. It p rovided estimates of influenza activity for more than 29 countries. By agg regating Google Search queries\, it attempted to make accurate predictions about flu activity. This project was first launched in 2008 by Google.org to help predict outbreaks of flu.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google _Flu_Trends\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Flu Trends · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-insights-for-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080806 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120928 DESCRIPTION:Google Insights for Search was a service used to provide data a bout terms people searched in Google and was merged into Google Trends.\n\ nLaunched August 6\, 2008\; shut down September 27\, 2012 — it lived 4 y ears.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nGoogle Insights for Se arch was a service by Google similar to Google Trends\, providing insights into the search terms people use in the Google search engine. Unlike Goog le Trends\, Google Insights for Search provides a visual representation of regional interest on a country's map. It displays top searches and rising searches that may help with keyword research. Results can be narrowed dow n with categories that are displayed for each search terms.\n\nhttps://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Insights_for_Search\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Insights for Search · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-send-to-phone DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20061024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080829 DESCRIPTION:Google Send to Phone was an add-on to send links and other info rmation from Firefox to their phone by text message.\n\nLaunched October 2 4\, 2006\; shut down August 28\, 2008 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 7 Googl e products killed in 2008.\n\nThe following is a list of products\, servic es\, and apps provided by Google.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _Google_products\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Send to Phone · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-urchin DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050430 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120329 DESCRIPTION:Urchin was a web statistics analysis program developed by Urchi n Software Corporation. It analyzed web server log file content and displa yed the traffic information on that website based upon the log data.\n\nLa unched April 30\, 2005\; shut down March 28\, 2012 — it lived 6 years.\n One of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\nUrchin was a web statistics a nalysis program that was developed by Urchin Software Corporation. Urchin analyzed web server log file content and displayed the traffic information on that website based upon the log data. Sales of Urchin products ended o n March 28\, 2012.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urchin_(software)\n\nD ata: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Urchin · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-chromebook-pixel DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170302 DESCRIPTION:Chromebook Pixel was a first-of-its-kind laptop built by Google that ran Chrome OS\, a Linux kernel-based operating system.\n\nLaunched F ebruary 21\, 2013\; shut down March 1\, 2017 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 11 Google products killed in 2017.\n\nThe Chromebook Pixel is a 2013 lapt op at the high end of Google's Chromebook family of machines\, which all c ome preinstalled with ChromeOS operating system. The Chromebook Pixel is p art of the Google Pixel series of consumer electronics. An updated model w as released in 2015. Chromebook Pixel stopped receiving software and secur ity updates in August 2018.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook_Pi xel\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Chromebook Pixel · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-video-player DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060822 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070818 DESCRIPTION:The Google Video Player plays back files in Google's own Google Video File (.gvi) media format and supported playlists in 'Google Video P ointer' (.gvp) format.\n\nLaunched August 22\, 2006\; shut down August 17\ , 2007 — it lived 11 months.\nOne of 4 Google products killed in 2007.\n \nGoogle Video was a free video hosting service\, operated by Google from 2005 to 2012.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Video#Google_Video_P layer\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Video Player · 11 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-qpx-express-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180411 DESCRIPTION:A service that Google developed for long-tail travel clients. I TA Software will create a new\, easier way for users to find better flight information online\, which should encourage more users to make their flig ht purchases online.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2010\; shut down April 10\, 2018 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nhttps ://web.archive.org/web/20190402190950/https://developers.google.com/qpx-ex press/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 qpx-express-API · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-songza DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160201 DESCRIPTION:Songza was a free music streaming service that would recommend its users' various playlists based on time of day and mood or activity.\n\ nLaunched November 8\, 2007\; shut down January 31\, 2016 — it lived 8 y ears.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nSongza was a free musi c streaming and recommendation service for Internet users in the United St ates and Canada.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songza\n\nData: Killed b y Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Songza · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-chrome-frame DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140202 DESCRIPTION:Google Chrome Frame was a plugin for Internet Explorer that all owed web pages to be displayed using WebKit and the V8 JavaScript engine.\ n\nLaunched September 22\, 2010\; shut down February 1\, 2014 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 12 Google products killed in 2014.\n\nGoogle Chrome Fram e was a plug-in designed for Internet Explorer based on the open-source Ch romium project\, first announced on September 22\, 2009. It went stable in September 2010\, on the first birthday of the project. It was discontinue d on February 25\, 2014 and is no longer supported.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_Frame\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Chrome Frame · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-apture DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111221 DESCRIPTION:Apture was a service that allowed publishers and bloggers to li nk and incorporate multimedia into a dynamic layer above their pages.\n\nL aunched July 1\, 2007\; shut down December 20\, 2011 — it lived 4 years. \nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nhttps://www.huffingtonpost. com/rory-oconnor/apture-web-30-is-now_b_161608.html\n\nData: Killed by Goo gle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Apture · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-fflick DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110201 DESCRIPTION:fflick was a review\, information\, and news website that used information from aggregated Tweets to rate movies as positive or negative. \n\nLaunched August 1\, 2010\; shut down January 31\, 2011 — it lived 5 months.\nOne of 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nfflick was a website devoted to reviews\, information\, and news of films based on information collected on Twitter. fflick was launched in August 2010 by Kurt Wilms an d three other former Digg employees. It was acquired by Google in January 2011 and discontinued.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fflick\n\nData: Ki lled by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 fflick · 5 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-tv DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101006 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140701 DESCRIPTION:Google TV was a smart TV platform that integrated Android and C hrome to create an interactive television overlay.\n\nLaunched October 6\, 2010\; shut down June 30\, 2014 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 12 Google p roducts killed in 2014.\n\nGoogle TV was a smart TV operating system from Google co-developed by Intel\, Sony and Logitech. It launched in October 2 010 with official devices initially made by Sony and Logitech. Google TV i ntegrated the Android 3.0/3.2 operating system and the Google Chrome web b rowser to create an interactive television overlay on top of existing onli ne video sites to add a 10-foot user interface\, for a smart TV experience .\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_TV_(smart_TV_platform)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google TV · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-refine DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101110 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121101 DESCRIPTION:Google Refine was a standalone desktop application for data cle anup and transformation to other formats.\n\nLaunched November 10\, 2010\; shut down October 31\, 2012 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 23 Google produc ts killed in 2012.\n\nOpenRefine is an open-source desktop application for data cleanup and transformation to other formats\, an activity commonly k nown as data wrangling. It is similar to spreadsheet applications\, and ca n handle spreadsheet file formats such as CSV\, but it behaves more like a database.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Refine\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Refine · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-fusion-tables DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191204 DESCRIPTION:Google Fusion Tables was a web service for data management that provided a means for visualizing data in different charts\, maps\, and gr aphs.\n\nLaunched June 9\, 2009\; shut down December 3\, 2019 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogle Fusion Tab les was a web service provided by Google for data management. Fusion Table s was used for gathering\, visualising and sharing data tables. Data are s tored in multiple tables that Internet users can view and download.\n\nhtt ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fusion_Tables\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Fusion Tables · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-web-apis DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020411 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091206 DESCRIPTION:The Google Web APIs were a free SOAP service for doing Google s earches so that developers could use the results in almost any way they wa nted.\n\nLaunched April 11\, 2002\; shut down December 5\, 2009 — it liv ed 7 years.\nOne of 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\nhttps://web.arch ive.org/web/20021105033319/http://www.google.com/apis/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Web APIs · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-sets DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20020701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110702 DESCRIPTION:Google Sets generates a list of items when users enter a few ex amples. For example\, entering "Green\, Purple\, Red" emits the list "Gree n\, Purple\, Red\, Blue\, Black\, White\, Yellow\, Orange\, Brown".\n\nLau nched July 1\, 2002\; shut down July 1\, 2011 — it lived 9 years.\nOne o f 26 Google products killed in 2011.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/200211 05033319/http://www.google.com/apis/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygo ogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Sets · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-android-home DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110510 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150523 DESCRIPTION:Android @ Home allowed a user’s device to discover\, connect\ , and communicate with devices and appliances in the home.\n\nLaunched May 10\, 2011\; shut down May 22\, 2015 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 14 Goog le products killed in 2015.\n\nhttps://bgr.com/2011/05/10/google-announces -android-home/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Android @ Home · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-pixate DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120501 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161101 DESCRIPTION:Pixate was a platform for creating sophisticated animations and interactions\, and refining your designs through 100% native prototypes f or iOS and Android.\n\nLaunched May 1\, 2012\; shut down October 31\, 2016 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttps ://techcrunch.com/2015/07/21/google-acquires-mobile-app-prototyping-tool-p ixate/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Pixate · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-earth-browser-plug-in DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151213 DESCRIPTION:Google Earth Browser Plug-in allowed developers to embed Google Earth into web pages and included a JavaScript API for custom 3D drawing and interaction.\n\nLaunched May 28\, 2008\; shut down December 12\, 2015 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2015.\n\nGoogle Earth is a web and computer program created by Google that renders a 3D r epresentation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program m aps the Earth by superimposing satellite images\, aerial photography\, and GIS data onto a 3D globe\, allowing users to see cities and landscapes fr om various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering addresses and c oordinates\, or by using a keyboard or mouse. The program can also be down loaded on a smartphone or tablet\, using a touch screen or stylus to navig ate. Users may use the program to add their own data using Keyhole Markup Language and upload them through various sources\, such as forums or blogs . Google Earth is able to show various kinds of images overlaid on the sur face of the Earth and is also a Web Map Service client. In 2019\, Google r evealed that Google Earth covers more than 97 percent of the world.\n\nhtt ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth#Google_Earth_Plug-in\n\nData: Kill ed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Earth Browser Plug-in · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-toolbar-for-firefox DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20050719 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090902 DESCRIPTION:Google Toolbar for Firefox\n\nLaunched July 19\, 2005\; shut do wn September 1\, 2009 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 10 Google products kil led in 2009.\n\nGoogle Toolbar was a web browser toolbar for Internet Expl orer\, developed by Google. It was first released in 2000 for Internet Exp lorer 5 and above. Google Toolbar was also distributed as a Mozilla plug-i n for Firefox from September 2005 to June 2011. On December 12\, 2021\, th e software was no longer available for download\, and the main website now redirects to a support page.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Tool bar\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Toolbar for Firefox · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-notification-widget-mr-jingles DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190308 DESCRIPTION:Mr. Jingles (aka Google Notification Widget) displayed alerts a nd notifications from across multiple Google services.\n\nLaunched June 1\ , 2015\; shut down March 7\, 2019 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://www.engadget.com/2019/02/06/google-is- killing-its-notifications-widget/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Notification Widget (Mr. Jingles) · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-video-annotations DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190116 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Video Annotations allowed video creators to add interac tive commentary to their videos containing background information\, branch ing ("choose your own adventure" style) stories\, or links to any YouTube video\, channel\, or search results page.\n\nLaunched June 4\, 2008\; shut down January 15\, 2019 — it lived 10 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114581/youtube-an notations-discontinued-january-2019\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoo gle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Video Annotations · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-nearby-notifications DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181207 DESCRIPTION:Google Nearby Notifications were a proximity marketing tool usi ng Bluetooth beacons and location-based data to serve content relevant to an Android user's real-world location.\n\nLaunched April 1\, 2015\; shut d own December 6\, 2018 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 15 Google products kil led in 2018.\n\nhttps://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/disconti nuing-support-for-android.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.c om\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Nearby Notifications · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-audio-ads DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080708 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090213 DESCRIPTION:Google Audio Ads service allowed advertisers to run campaigns o n AM/FM radio stations in the US using the AdWords interface.\n\nLaunched July 8\, 2008\; shut down February 12\, 2009 — it lived 7 months.\nOne o f 10 Google products killed in 2009.\n\nhttp://google-tvads.blogspot.com/2 009/02/google-exits-radio-but-will-explore.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Audio Ads · 7 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-word-lens DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150115 DESCRIPTION:Word Lens translated text in real time on images by using the v iewfinder of a device's camera without the need of an internet connection\ ; The technology was rolled into Google Translate.\n\nLaunched December 6\ , 2010\; shut down January 14\, 2015 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 14 Goog le products killed in 2015.\n\nWord Lens was an augmented reality translat ion application from Quest Visual. Word Lens used the built-in cameras on smartphones and similar devices to quickly scan and identify foreign text\ , and then translated and displayed the words in another language on the d evice's display. The words were displayed in the original context on the o riginal background\, and the translation was performed in real-time withou t a connection to the internet. For example\, using the viewfinder of a ca mera to show a shop sign on a smartphone's display would result in a real- time image of the shop sign being displayed\, but the words shown on the s ign would be the translated words instead of the original foreign words.\n \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_Lens\n\nData: Killed by Google (kille dbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Word Lens · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cloud-messaging-gcm DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190530 DESCRIPTION:Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) was a notification service that en abled developers to send messages between servers and client apps running on Android or Chrome.\n\nLaunched June 27\, 2012\; shut down May 29\, 2019 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogl e Cloud Messaging (GCM) is a defunct mobile notification service developed by Google that enabled third-party application developers to send notific ation data or information from developer-run servers to applications that target the Google Android Operating System\, as well as applications or ex tensions developed for the Google Chrome web browser. It was available to developers free of charge. The GCM Service was first announced in June 201 2 as a successor to Google's now-defunct Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) service\, citing improvements to authentication and delivery\, new API endpoints and messaging parameters\, and the removal of limitations o n API send-rates and message sizes. It has since been superseded by Google 's Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) on May 29\, 2019.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Messaging\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-realtime-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130319 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190116 DESCRIPTION:Google Realtime API provided ways to synchronize resources betw een devices. It operated on files stored on Google Drive.\n\nLaunched Marc h 19\, 2013\; shut down January 15\, 2019 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/2018122022 3930/https://developers.google.com/realtime/deprecation\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Realtime API · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-data-saver-extension-for-chrome DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150323 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190424 DESCRIPTION:Data Saver was an extension for Chrome that routed web pages th rough Google servers to compress and reduce the user's bandwidth.\n\nLaunc hed March 23\, 2015\; shut down April 23\, 2019 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://blog.chromium.org/2019/0 4/data-saver-is-now-lite-mode.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoog le.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Data Saver Extension for Chrome · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-trader DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20131112 DESCRIPTION:Google Trader was a classifieds service run by Google in Ghana\ , Uganda\, Kenya\, and Nigeria to help customers trade goods and services online.\n\nLaunched December 9\, 2010\; shut down November 11\, 2013 — i t lived 2 years.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\nhttps://web .archive.org/web/20130313193605/https://www.google.com.gh/local/trader/\n\ nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Trader · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-works-with-nest-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190901 DESCRIPTION:Works with Nest was an API that allowed external services to ac cess and control Nest devices. This enabled the devices to be used with th ird-party home automation platforms and devices.\n\nLaunched June 23\, 201 4\; shut down August 31\, 2019 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 37 Google pro ducts killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://nest.com/works-with-nest/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Works with Nest API · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-jump DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150528 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190629 DESCRIPTION:Google Jump was a cloud-based VR media solution that enabled 3D -360 media production by integrating customized capture solutions with bes t-in-class automated stitching.\n\nLaunched May 28\, 2015\; shut down June 28\, 2019 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019 .\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Jump\n\nData: Killed by Google ( killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Jump · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-recaptcha-mailhide DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180401 DESCRIPTION:reCAPTCHA Mailhide allowed users to mask their email address be hind a captcha to prevent robots from scraping the email and sending spam. \n\nLaunched April 1\, 2010\; shut down March 31\, 2018 — it lived 7 yea rs.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nhttps://github.com/googl e/recaptcha/issues/221#issuecomment-409586455\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 reCAPTCHA Mailhide · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-gaming DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190531 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Gaming was a video gaming-oriented service and app for videos and live streaming.\n\nLaunched August 26\, 2015\; shut down May 30 \, 2019 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n \nYouTube Gaming was a video gaming application for videos and live stream ing\, developed and launched by YouTube on August 26\, 2015\, and intended to compete with the Amazon.com-owned Twitch\, Facebook Gaming\, and Micro soft-owned Mixer.\n\nhttps://www.androidpolice.com/2018/09/18/youtube-gami ng-standalone-app-shut-march-2019-features-migrate-main-app/\n\nData: Kill ed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Gaming · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-trips DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190806 DESCRIPTION:Google Trips was a mobile app that allowed users to plan for up coming travel by facilitating flight\, hotel\, car\, and restaurant reserv ations from user's email alongside summarized info about the user's destin ation.\n\nLaunched September 19\, 2016\; shut down August 5\, 2019 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogle Travel \, formerly Google Trips\, is a trip planner service developed by Google. It was originally launched as a mobile app on September 19\, 2016\, for An droid and iOS\, which was shut down on August 5\, 2019. The service is now only available on the website.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Tr ips\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Trips · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-areo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190615 DESCRIPTION:Areo was a mobile app that allowed users in Bangalore\, Mumbai\ , Delhi\, Gurgaon\, and Pune to order meals from nearby restaurants or sch edule appointments with local service professionals\, including electricia ns\, painters\, cleaners\, plumbers\, and more.\n\nLaunched April 12\, 201 7\; shut down June 14\, 2019 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 37 Google produ cts killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2017/04/13/google-areo-is-a- new-app-for-ordering-food-or-home-services-in-india/\n\nData: Killed by Go ogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Areo · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-hangouts-on-air DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190802 DESCRIPTION:Hangouts on Air allowed users to host a multi-user video call w hile recording and streaming the call on YouTube.\n\nLaunched September 20 \, 2011\; shut down August 1\, 2019 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 37 Googl e products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/goog le-is-killing-youtubes-hangouts-on-air-this-year/\n\nData: Killed by Googl e (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Hangouts on Air · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-translator-toolkit DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090608 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191205 DESCRIPTION:Google Translator Toolkit was a web application which allowed t ranslators to edit and manage translations generated by Google Translate.\ n\nLaunched June 8\, 2009\; shut down December 4\, 2019 — it lived 10 ye ars.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nGoogle Translator Toolk it was an online computer-assisted translation tool (CAT)—a web applicat ion designed to permit translators to edit the translations that Google Tr anslate automatically generated using its own and/or user-uploaded files o f appropriate glossaries and translation memory. The toolkit was designed to let translators organize their work and use shared translations\, gloss aries and translation memories\, and was compatible with Microsoft Word\, HTML\, and other formats.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20191115163453/ht tps://support.google.com/translatortoolkit/answer/9462068\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Translator Toolkit · 10 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-g-suite-training DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191001 DESCRIPTION:G Suite Training (previously known as Synergyse) provided inter active and video-based training for 20 Google G Suite products in nine lan guages through a website and a Chrome extension.\n\nLaunched April 18\, 20 13\; shut down September 30\, 2019 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20190929005809/ht tps://support.google.com/a/answer/7039472\n\nData: Killed by Google (kille dbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 G Suite Training · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-uweave DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151207 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160402 DESCRIPTION:uWeave (pronounced “micro weave”) was an implementation of the Weave protocol intended for use on microcontroller-based devices.\n\nL aunched December 7\, 2015\; shut down April 1\, 2016 — it lived 3 months .\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttps://weave.googlesource .com/weave/libweave/+log/master/third_party/libuweave\n\nData: Killed by G oogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 uWeave · 3 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-wallet-card DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160701 DESCRIPTION:Google Wallet Card was a prepaid debit card that let users pay for things in person and online using their Wallet balance at any retailer that accepted MasterCard.\n\nLaunched November 1\, 2013\; shut down June 30\, 2016 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016. \n\nhttps://www.androidauthority.com/google-wallet-cards-stop-working-june -30-683270/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Wallet Card · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-angularjs DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220101 DESCRIPTION:AngularJS was a JavaScript open-source front-end web framework based on MVC pattern using a dependency injection technique.\n\nLaunched O ctober 20\, 2010\; shut down December 31\, 2021 — it lived 11 years.\nOn e of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nAngularJS is a discontinued fre e and open-source JavaScript-based web framework for developing single-pag e applications. It was maintained mainly by Google and a community of indi viduals and corporations. It aimed to simplify both the development and th e testing of such applications by providing a framework for client-side mo del–view–controller (MVC) and model–view–viewmodel (MVVM) architec tures\, along with components commonly used in web applications and progre ssive web applications.\n\nhttps://blog.angular.io/discontinued-long-term- support-for-angularjs-cc066b82e65a\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoog le.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 AngularJS · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-field-trip DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200101 DESCRIPTION:Field Trip was a mobile app that acted as a virtual tour guide by cross-referencing multiple sources of information to provide users info rmation about points of interest near them.\n\nLaunched September 27\, 201 2\; shut down December 31\, 2019 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 37 Google p roducts killed in 2019.\n\nField Trip was a location-based mobile app deve loped by Niantic Labs for the Google Glass\, Android\, and iOS devices. Th e application was first released in September 2012 and utilized user locat ion and various databases to provide information and recommendations about various points of interest in their surroundings.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Field_Trip_(application)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoog le.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Field Trip · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-focals-by-north DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200801 DESCRIPTION:Focals were a custom-built smart glasses product with a transpa rent\, holographic display that allowed users to read and respond to text messages\, navigate turn-by-turn directions\, check the weather\, and inte grate with third-party services like Uber and Amazon Alexa.\n\nLaunched Ja nuary 24\, 2019\; shut down July 31\, 2020 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2020/06/30/goog le-acquires-smart-glasses-company-north-whose-focals-2-0-wont-ship/\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Focals by North · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-dragonfly DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190706 DESCRIPTION:Dragonfly was a search engine designed to be compatible with Ch ina's state censorship provisions.\n\nLaunched August 1\, 2018\; shut down July 5\, 2019 — it lived 11 months.\nOne of 37 Google products killed i n 2019.\n\nThe Dragonfly project was an Internet search engine prototype c reated by Google that was designed to be compatible with China's state cen sorship provisions. The public learned of Dragonfly's existence in August 2018\, when The Intercept leaked an internal memo written by a Google empl oyee about the project. In December 2018\, Dragonfly was reported to have "effectively been shut down" after a clash with members of the privacy tea m within Google. However\, according to employees\, work on Dragonfly was still continuing as of March 2019\, with some 100 people still allocated t o it.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(search_engine)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Dragonfly · 11 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-related DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110817 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120421 DESCRIPTION:Google Related was introduced to be an experimental navigation assistant launched to help people find useful and interesting information while surfing the web.\n\nLaunched August 17\, 2011\; shut down April 20\, 2012 — it lived 8 months.\nOne of 23 Google products killed in 2012.\n\ nhttps://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring-cleaning-in-spring.html\n\ nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Related · 8 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-fiber-tv DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200205 DESCRIPTION:Google Fiber TV was an IPTV service that was bundled with Googl e Fiber.\n\nLaunched December 12\, 2012\; shut down February 4\, 2020 — it lived 7 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://ww w.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21123050/google-fiber-tv-package-removed-internet- service-high-speed\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Fiber TV · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-message-center DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191002 DESCRIPTION:Message Center was a web console where Gmail users could view a nd manage spam email messages.\n\nLaunched November 21\, 2013\; shut down October 1\, 2019 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed i n 2019.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200806193905/https://support.goog le.com/a/answer/9275489\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MI T). SUMMARY:🪦 Message Center · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-play-newsstand DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180509 DESCRIPTION:Google Play Newsstand was a news aggregator and digital newssta nd service.\n\nLaunched November 20\, 2013\; shut down May 8\, 2018 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nGoogle Play Newsstand was a news aggregator and digital newsstand service owned and op erated by Google between 2013 and 2018. The service was launched in Novemb er 2013 through the merger of Google Play Magazines and Google Currents. O n May 8\, 2018\, at Google I/O\, Google announced that Google Play Newssta nd was\, in turn\, amalgamated into Google News\, after which it ceased to exist as a separate service.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Play _Newsstand\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Play Newsstand · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-together DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150820 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161001 DESCRIPTION:Together was a watch face for Android Wear that let two users l ink their watches together to share small visual messages.\n\nLaunched Aug ust 20\, 2015\; shut down September 30\, 2016 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 21 Google products killed in 2016.\n\nhttp://web.archive.org/web/20160417 063132/https://www.android.com/wear/together/\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Together · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-punchd DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110711 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130608 DESCRIPTION:Punchd was a digital loyalty card app and service targeted towa rds small businesses that originated as a student project at Cal Poly in 2 009 and was acquired by Google in 2011.\n\nLaunched July 11\, 2011\; shut down June 7\, 2013 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 13 Google products killed in 2013.\n\nhttp://getpunchd.com/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogl e.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Punchd · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-androidify DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110208 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200207 DESCRIPTION:Androidify allowed users to create a custom Android avatar for themselves and others.\n\nLaunched February 8\, 2011\; shut down February 6\, 2020 — it lived 8 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\ n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2020/02/06/google-removes-androidify-app/\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Androidify · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-trusted-contacts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201202 DESCRIPTION:Trusted Contacts was an app that allowed users to share their l ocation and view the location of specific users.\n\nLaunched December 5\, 2016\; shut down December 1\, 2020 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/10/googl e-shuts-down-trusted-contacts-its-emergency-location-sharing-app/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Trusted Contacts · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-gesture-search DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170102 DESCRIPTION:Google Gesture Search allowed users to search contacts\, applic ations\, settings\, music\, and bookmark on their Android device by drawin g letters or numbers onto the screen.\n\nLaunched March 3\, 2010\; shut do wn January 1\, 2017 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 11 Google products kille d in 2017.\n\nGoogle Gesture Search was released on March 3\, 2010 as a ne w application for the Android Eclair operating system and above\, which en abled users to search their phone's contacts\, bookmarks\, applications an d music simply by scribbling out letters with their finger.\n\nhttps://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Gesture_Search\n\nData: Killed by Google (killed bygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Gesture Search · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-nest-secure DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201020 DESCRIPTION:Nest Secure was a security system with an alarm\, keypad\, and motion sensor with an embedded microphone.\n\nLaunched November 15\, 2017\ ; shut down October 19\, 2020 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 25 Google prod ucts killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://www.androidpolice.com/2020/10/19/google-co nfirms-the-nest-secure-has-been-discontinued/\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Nest Secure · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-expeditions DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701 DESCRIPTION:Expeditions was a program for providing virtual reality experie nces to school classrooms through Google Cardboard viewers\, allowing educ ators to take their students on virtual field trips.\n\nLaunched August 1\ , 2015\; shut down June 30\, 2021 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle Expeditions was a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google and designed for educational institutions. Us ing Android or iOS smartphones\, the companion mobile app and head-mounted displays such as Google Cardboard or Daydream View\, students could take virtual trips to various destinations. Well-known partners included the Am erican Museum of Natural History\, National Geographic\, WWF and the Natio nal Museum of Korea. The platform was discontinued on June 30\, 2021\, and was merged into Google Arts & Culture.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G oogle_Expeditions\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Expeditions · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-science-journal DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201212 DESCRIPTION:Science Journal was a mobile app that helped you run science ex periments with your smartphone using the device's onboard sensors.\n\nLaun ched May 23\, 2016\; shut down December 11\, 2020 — it lived 4 years.\nO ne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://sciencejournal.withgoo gle.com\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Science Journal · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-tour-creator DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180509 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701 DESCRIPTION:Tour Creator allowed users to build immersive\, 360° guided to urs that could be viewed with VR devices.\n\nLaunched May 9\, 2018\; shut down June 30\, 2021 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 32 Google products kille d in 2021.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2020/11/13/21564279/google-expediti ons-vr-cardboard-tours-shutdown-arts-culture-app-migration\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Tour Creator · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-game-builder DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190613 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191108 DESCRIPTION:Game Builder was a multiplayer 3D game environment for creating new games without coding experience.\n\nLaunched June 13\, 2019\; shut do wn November 7\, 2019 — it lived 4 months.\nOne of 37 Google products kil led in 2019.\n\nhttps://steamcommunity.com/games/929860/announcements/deta il/1608276251516057010\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT ). SUMMARY:🪦 Game Builder · 4 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-poly DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701 DESCRIPTION:Poly was a distribution platform for creators to share 3D objec ts.\n\nLaunched November 1\, 2017\; shut down June 30\, 2021 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nPoly was a website created by Google for users to browse\, distribute\, and download 3D objec ts. It was launched in 2017 and intended to allow creators to easily share and access 3D objects. It featured a free library containing thousands of 3D objects for use in virtual reality and augmented reality applications. \n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201202153708/https://support.google.com/ poly/answer/10192635\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Poly · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-home-max DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201215 DESCRIPTION:Google Home Max was a large\, stereo smart speaker with two twe eters and subwoofers\, aux input\, and a USB-C input (for wired ethernet) featuring Smart Sound machine learning technology.\n\nLaunched December 11 \, 2017\; shut down December 14\, 2020 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 25 Go ogle products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2020/12/14/google- home-max-discontinued/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT ). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Home Max · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-timely DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130818 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210601 DESCRIPTION:Timely Alarm Clock was an Android application providing an alar m\, stopwatch\, and timer functionality with synchronization across device s.\n\nLaunched August 18\, 2013\; shut down May 31\, 2021 — it lived 7 y ears.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttp://www.bitspin.ch/ google\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Timely · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-loon DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210123 DESCRIPTION:Loon was a service to provide internet access via an array of h igh-altitude balloons hovering in the Earth's stratosphere\n\nLaunched Jun e 14\, 2014\; shut down January 22\, 2021 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2021/1/21/222 43484/alphabet-google-shutting-down-loon-internet-balloon-company-x\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Loon · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-swift-for-tensorflow DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180422 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210213 DESCRIPTION:Swift for TensorFlow (S4TF) was a next-generation platform for machine learning with a focus on differentiable programming.\n\nLaunched A pril 22\, 2018\; shut down February 12\, 2021 — it lived 2 years.\nOne o f 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://github.com/tensorflow/swif t\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Swift for TensorFlow · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-bookmarks DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20051010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211001 DESCRIPTION:Google Bookmarks was a private web-based bookmarking service no t integrated with any other Google services.\n\nLaunched October 10\, 2005 \; shut down September 30\, 2021 — it lived 15 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle Bookmarks was an online bookmarking ser vice from Google\, launched on October 10\, 2005. It was an early cloud-ba sed service that allowed users to bookmark webpages and add labels or note s. The service never became widely adopted by Google users.\n\nhttps://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Bookmarks\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoo gle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Bookmarks · 15 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-material-gallery DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211217 DESCRIPTION:Material Gallery was a collaboration tool for UI designers\, op timized for Google's Material Design\, with mobile preview apps and a Sket ch plugin.\n\nLaunched May 8\, 2018\; shut down December 16\, 2021 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://web.a rchive.org/web/20230706151910/https://support.google.com/materialgallery/a nswer/11044972\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Material Gallery · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-g-suite-legacy-free-edition DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20060828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220502 DESCRIPTION:G Suite (Legacy Free Edition) was a free tier offering some of the services included in Google's productivity suite.\n\nLaunched August 2 8\, 2006\; shut down May 1\, 2022 — it lived 15 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2022/01/19/g-suite-leg acy-free-edition/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 G Suite (Legacy Free Edition) · 15 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-backup-and-sync DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211002 DESCRIPTION:Backup and Sync was a desktop software tool for Windows and mac OS that allowed users to sync files from Google Drive to their local machi ne.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2017\; shut down October 1\, 2021 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://9to5google.co m/2021/02/04/google-drive-for-desktop-replace/\n\nData: Killed by Google ( killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Backup and Sync · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-streams DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220101 DESCRIPTION:Streams was a "clinician support app" which aimed to improve cl inical decision-making and patient safety across hospitals in the United K ingdom.\n\nLaunched December 1\, 2017\; shut down December 31\, 2021 — i t lived 4 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://tec hcrunch.com/2021/08/26/google-confirms-its-pulling-the-plug-on-streams-its -uk-clinician-support-app/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Streams · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-originals DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230101 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Originals was a variety of original content including s cripted series\, educational videos\, and music and celebrity programming. \n\nLaunched September 1\, 2016\; shut down December 31\, 2022 — it live d 6 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://arstechni ca.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-kills-youtube-originals-its-original-video-c ontent-group/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Originals · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-your-news-update DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211106 DESCRIPTION:Your News Update was a service that offered an audio digest of a mix of short news stories chosen at that moment based on a user's intere sts\, location\, user history\, and preferences\, as well as the top news stories out there.\n\nLaunched November 19\, 2019\; shut down November 5\, 2021 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nh ttps://9to5google.com/2021/11/05/google-assistant-your-news-update/\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Your News Update · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-pinyin-ime DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070404 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181201 DESCRIPTION:Google Pinyin IME was an input method that allowed users on mul tiple operating systems to input characters from pinyin\, the romanization of Standard Mandarin Chinese.\n\nLaunched April 4\, 2007\; shut down Nove mber 30\, 2018 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nGoogle Pinyin IME is a discontinued input method developed by Go ogle China Labs. The tool was made publicly available on April 4\, 2007. A side from Pinyin input\, it also includes stroke count method input. As of March 2019\, Google Pinyin has been discontinued and the download page to ols.google.com/pinyin/ has been deleted. However\, Google Pinyin IME can s till be obtained from https://dl.google.com/pinyin/v2/GooglePinyinInstalle r.exe.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pinyin\n\nData: Killed by G oogle (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Pinyin IME · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-vr180-creator DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210801 DESCRIPTION:VR180 Creator allowed users to edit video taken on 180-degree a nd 360-degree devices on multiple operating systems.\n\nLaunched June 15\, 2018\; shut down July 31\, 2021 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 32 Google p roducts killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://ubunlog.com/en/vr180-creator-edito-vide ovr/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 VR180 Creator · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-sites-classic DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080228 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211201 DESCRIPTION:Google Sites (Classic) allowed users to build and edit websites and wiki portals for private and public use.\n\nLaunched February 28\, 20 08\; shut down November 30\, 2021 — it lived 13 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nGoogle Sites is a structured wiki and web pag e creation tool included as part of the free\, web-based Google Docs Edito rs suite offered by Google. The service includes Google Docs\, Google Shee ts\, Google Slides\, Google Drawings\, Google Forms\, and Google Keep. Goo gle Sites is only available on the web.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G oogle_Sites\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Sites (Classic) · 13 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-playground-ar DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200821 DESCRIPTION:Playground AR (aka AR Stickers) allowed users to place virtual characters and objects in augmented reality via the Camera App on Pixel ph ones.\n\nLaunched December 11\, 2017\; shut down August 20\, 2020 — it l ived 2 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2020.\n\nhttps://www.xd a-developers.com/google-no-longer-offer-playground-ar-stickers-future-pixe l-phones-starting-pixel-4a/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\ , MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Playground AR · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-personal-blocklist DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190802 DESCRIPTION:Personal Blocklist was a Chrome Web Extension by Google that al lowed users to block certain websites from appearing in Google search resu lts.\n\nLaunched February 1\, 2011\; shut down August 1\, 2019 — it live d 8 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://searcheng ineland.com/google-finally-discontinues-the-blocked-sites-feature-152885\n \nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Personal Blocklist · 8 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-adsense-mobile-app DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200101 DESCRIPTION:AdSense (mobile app) allowed users to manage their AdSense acco unts in a native app for iOS and Android.\n\nLaunched July 31\, 2013\; shu t down December 31\, 2019 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 37 Google products killed in 2019.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2019/07/15/google-killing-adsen se-apps/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 AdSense (mobile app) · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-for-ps-vita DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150321 DESCRIPTION:YouTube for PlayStation Vita was a native YouTube browsing and viewing application for the PS Vita and PSTV game consoles.\n\nLaunched Ju ne 26\, 2012\; shut down March 20\, 2015 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 14 Google products killed in 2015.\n\nhttps://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/28 /sony-to-end-ps-vita-support-for-maps-near-and-youtube\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube for PS Vita · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-posts-on-google DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120516 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210801 DESCRIPTION:Posts on Google allowed notable individuals with knowledge grap h panels to author specific content that would appear in Google Search res ults.\n\nLaunched May 16\, 2012\; shut down July 31\, 2021 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nhttps://www.seroundta ble.com/google-posts-knowledge-panels-discontinued-31755.html\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Posts on Google · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-community-contributions DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200929 DESCRIPTION:YouTube Community Contributions allowed users to contribute tra nslations for video titles or submit descriptions\, closed captions or sub titles on YouTube content.\n\nLaunched January 1\, 2016\; shut down Septem ber 28\, 2020 — it lived 4 years.\nOne of 25 Google products killed in 2 020.\n\nhttps://www.engadget.com/youtube-community-contributions-saying-go odbye-141205281.html\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube Community Contributions · 4 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-currents-2019 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230401 DESCRIPTION:Google Currents was a service that provided social media featur es similar to Google+ for Google Workspace customers.\n\nLaunched April 10 \, 2019\; shut down March 31\, 2023 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 15 Googl e products killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/2/10/22928042/ google-plus-replacement-wind-down-currents-spaces\n\nData: Killed by Googl e (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Currents (2019) · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-assistant-snapshot DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180717 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220414 DESCRIPTION:Google Assistant Snapshot was the successor to Google Now that provided predictive cards with information and daily updates in the Google app for Android and iOS.\n\nLaunched July 17\, 2018\; shut down April 13\ , 2022 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\ nhttps://www.droid-life.com/2022/03/03/googles-assistant-snapshot-is-going -away/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Assistant Snapshot · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cloud-prediction-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180501 DESCRIPTION:Google Cloud Prediction API was a PaaS for machine learning (ML ) functionality to help developers build ML models to create application f eatures such as recommendation systems\, spam detection\, and purchase pre diction.\n\nLaunched May 31\, 2010\; shut down April 30\, 2018 — it live d 7 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2018.\n\nhttps://www.infoq .com/news/2017/06/google-drops-prediction-api/\n\nData: Killed by Google ( killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cloud Prediction API · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-conversational-actions DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230614 DESCRIPTION:Conversational Actions extended the functionality of Google Ass istant by allowing 3rd party developers to create custom experiences\, or conversations\, for users of Google Assistant.\n\nLaunched October 4\, 201 6\; shut down June 13\, 2023 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 15 Google produ cts killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230430231035/https:// developers.google.com/assistant/conversational/overview\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Conversational Actions · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-kormo-jobs DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220701 DESCRIPTION:Kormo Jobs was an app that allowed users in primarily India\, I ndonesia\, and Bangladesh to help them find jobs nearby that match their s kills and interests.\n\nLaunched August 15\, 2019\; shut down June 30\, 20 22 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhtt ps://www2.staffingindustry.com/row/Editorial/Daily-News/Asia-Google-shuts- down-its-Kormo-jobs-site-in-Asia-62393\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedby google.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Kormo Jobs · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-hangouts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221201 DESCRIPTION:Google Hangouts was a cross-platform instant messaging service. \n\nLaunched May 15\, 2013\; shut down November 30\, 2022 — it lived 9 y ears.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nGoogle Hangouts was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) service developed by Google. It orig inally was a feature of Google+ in 2011\, becoming a standalone product in 2013\, when Google also began integrating features from Google+ Messenger and Google Talk into Hangouts. Google then began integrating features of Google Voice\, its Internet telephony product\, into Hangouts\, stating th at Hangouts was designed to be "the future" of Voice.\n\nhttps://arstechni ca.com/gadgets/2022/06/google-hangouts-finally-gets-a-shutdown-date-novemb er-2022/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Hangouts · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cloud-iot-core DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230817 DESCRIPTION:Google Cloud IoT Core was a managed service designed to let cus tomers securely connect\, manage\, and ingest data from globally dispersed devices.\n\nLaunched February 21\, 2018\; shut down August 16\, 2023 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://ww w.iotworldtoday.com/2022/08/23/google-cloud-to-shut-down-iot-core-service/ \n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cloud IoT Core · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-threadit DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221220 DESCRIPTION:Threadit was a tool for recording and sharing short videos.\n\n Launched March 18\, 2021\; shut down December 19\, 2022 — it lived 1 yea r.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/20 22/10/19/google-workspace-threadit/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoo gle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Threadit · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-duplex-on-the-web DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221202 DESCRIPTION:Duplex on the Web was a Google Assistant technology that automa ted tasks on the web on behalf of a user\; such as booking movie tickets o r making restaurant reservations.\n\nLaunched May 7\, 2019\; shut down Dec ember 1\, 2022 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2022/12/02/google-shuts-down-duplex-on-the -web-its-attempt-to-bring-ai-smarts-to-retail-sites-and-more/\n\nData: Kil led by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Duplex on the Web · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-polymer DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150529 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210421 DESCRIPTION:Polymer was an open-source JS library for web components\n\nLau nched May 29\, 2015\; shut down April 20\, 2021 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 32 Google products killed in 2021.\n\nPolymer is a discontinued open-s ource JavaScript library for building web applications using Web Component s. The library is being developed by Google developers and contributors on GitHub. Modern design principles are implemented as a separate project us ing Google's Material Design design principles.\n\nhttp://polymer-project. org\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Polymer · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-build-with-chrome DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140128 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170201 DESCRIPTION:Build with Chrome was a collaboration between Chrome and the LE GO Group that allowed users to build and publish LEGO creations to any dig ital plot of land in the world through Google Maps.\n\nLaunched January 28 \, 2014\; shut down January 31\, 2017 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 11 Goo gle products killed in 2017.\n\nhttps://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Build_ with_Chrome\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Build with Chrome · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-street-view-standalone-app DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230322 DESCRIPTION:Google Street View app was an Android and iOS app that enabled people to get a 360 degree view of locations around the world.\n\nLaunched September 9\, 2010\; shut down March 21\, 2023 — it lived 12 years.\nOn e of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2022/11/ 01/google-street-view-app-shutting-down/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killed bygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Street View (standalone app) · 12 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-optimize DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120601 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001 DESCRIPTION:Google Optimize was a web analytics and testing tool that allow ed users to run experiments aimed at increasing visitor conversion rates a nd overall satisfaction.\n\nLaunched June 1\, 2012\; shut down September 3 0\, 2023 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023. \n\nGoogle Optimize\, formerly Google Website Optimizer\, was a freemium w eb analytics and testing tool by Google. It allowed running some experimen ts that are aimed to help online marketers and webmasters to increase visi tor conversion rates and overall visitor satisfaction.\n\nhttps://web.arch ive.org/web/20230120214459/https://support.google.com/optimize/answer/1297 9939\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Optimize · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-grasshopper DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180418 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230616 DESCRIPTION:Grasshopper was a free mobile and web app for aspiring programm ers that taught introductory JavaScript and coding fundamentals using fun\ , bite-sized puzzles.\n\nLaunched April 18\, 2018\; shut down June 15\, 20 23 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nhtt ps://www.androidpolice.com/google-grasshopper-code-learning-shut-down-date -revealed/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Grasshopper · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-pixel-pass DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230830 DESCRIPTION:Pixel Pass was a program that allowed users to pay a monthly ch arge for their Pixel phone and upgrade immediately after two years.\n\nLau nched October 28\, 2021\; shut down August 29\, 2023 — it lived 1 year.\ nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/202 3/8/30/23851107/google-graveyard-pixel-pass-subscription-phone-upgrades\n\ nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Pixel Pass · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-podcasts DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240403 DESCRIPTION:Google Podcasts was a podcast hosting platform and an Android p odcast listening app.\n\nLaunched June 18\, 2018\; shut down April 2\, 202 4 — it lived 5 years.\nOne of 8 Google products killed in 2024.\n\nGoogl e Podcasts was a podcast application developed by Google and released on J une 18\, 2018\, for Android devices\, and released on iOS devices on March 24\, 2020.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2023/09/26/google-podcasts-youtube-m usic/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Podcasts · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-jamboard DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241002 DESCRIPTION:Google Jamboard was a web app\, native whiteboard app\, and sta ndalone whiteboard hardware that offered a collaborative experience.\n\nLa unched October 25\, 2016\; shut down October 1\, 2024 — it lived 7 years .\nOne of 8 Google products killed in 2024.\n\nJamboard was a digital inte ractive whiteboard developed by Google to work with Google Workspace\, for merly known as G Suite. It was officially announced on 25 October 2016. It had a 55" 4K touchscreen physical display and could be used for online co llaboration using Google Workspace. The display could also be mounted onto a wall or be configured into a stand. Jamboard was discontinued on Decemb er 31\, 2024.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2023/09/28/google-jamboard/\n\nDat a: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Jamboard · 7 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-google-cache DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20000222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240202 DESCRIPTION:Google Cache was a tool to view cached/older versions of a webs ite. It was one of the oldest products.\n\nLaunched February 22\, 2000\; s hut down February 1\, 2024 — it lived 23 years.\nOne of 8 Google product s killed in 2024.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2024/02/02/google-search-cache d-link/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Google Cache · 23 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-keen DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240325 DESCRIPTION:Keen was a Pinterest-style platform with ML recommendations.\n\ nLaunched June 18\, 2020\; shut down March 24\, 2024 — it lived 3 years. \nOne of 8 Google products killed in 2024.\n\nhttps://www.androidpolice.co m/google-keen-shutdown-area-120-experiment/\n\nData: Killed by Google (kil ledbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Keen · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002944Z UID:killed-by-google-tables-by-a120 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251217 DESCRIPTION:Tables was a collaborative database platform and competitor to Airtable\, focused on making project tracking more efficient with automati on.\n\nLaunched March 5\, 2020\; shut down December 16\, 2025 — it lived 5 years.\n\nTables was a collaborative database program developed out of Google's Area 120 incubator. Tables was available as a web application. Th e app allowed users to collaborate in real-time to track work more efficie ntly using automation. Tables was discontinued by Google on December 16\, 2025.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tables_(Google)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Tables by A120 · 5 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-dark-web-reports DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260116 DESCRIPTION:Dark Web Reports was a dark web scanner that searched for perso nal info leaks.\n\nLaunched March 8\, 2023\; shut down January 15\, 2026 — it lived 2 years.\nOne of 5 Google products killed in 2026.\n\nhttps:/ /support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242\n\nData: Killed by Google (k illedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Dark Web Reports · 2 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-tenor-api DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701 DESCRIPTION:Tenor API was used for searching up and sharing GIFs in Tenor's database on other websites (notably Discord).\n\nLaunched June 26\, 2015\ ; shut down June 30\, 2026 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 5 Google product s killed in 2026.\n\nTenor\, Inc. is an online GIF search engine and datab ase owned by Google. Its main product is the GIF Keyboard\, which is avail able on Android\, iOS\, and macOS.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor_ (website)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Tenor API · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-doppl DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260501 DESCRIPTION:Doppl was an early experimental AI app launched by Google Labs in June 2025 to create a "digital twin" or virtual model of yourself for t rying on outfits.\n\nLaunched June 26\, 2025\; shut down April 30\, 2026 — it lived 10 months.\nOne of 5 Google products killed in 2026.\n\nhttps ://labs.google/doppl\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Doppl · 10 months END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-firebase-studio DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270323 DESCRIPTION:Firebase Studio is an agentic\, cloud-based development environ ment that gives you powerful tools and AI agents directly in your browser. \n\nLaunched May 15\, 2024\; shutting down March 22\, 2027 — it will hav e lived 2 years.\nOne of 2 Google products ending in 2027.\n\nFirebase Stu dio is an online integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Goo gle. It is based on Visual Studio Code\, and the infrastructure runs on Go ogle Cloud. In addition to including the features\, languages and plugins supported by VS Code\, it has unique functionality built by Google. These include a built-in generative AI assistant powered by Gemini\, Nix integra tions\, and Android emulators. Google also provides templates for JavaScri pt\, Python\, and Go projects\, as well for as a number of web and cross-p latform frameworks such as Node\, Angular\, Flutter\, Next.js\, React\, Fi reBase\, Google Maps\, and Flask.\n\nhttps://firebase.google.com/docs/stud io/migrating-project\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:⏳ Firebase Studio · ending 2027 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-socratic DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240901 DESCRIPTION:Socratic was a free educational app that helped students with h omework by scanning questions with a smartphone camera and offering step-b y-step solutions.\n\nLaunched August 15\, 2013\; shut down August 31\, 202 4 — it lived 11 years.\nOne of 8 Google products killed in 2024.\n\nSocr atic is a discontinued education tech platform that used artificial intell igence to help students with their homework by providing educational resou rces like videos\, definitions\, Q&A\, links and more.\n\nhttps://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Socratic_(Google)\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle. com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Socratic · 11 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-glass-enterprise-edition DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230916 DESCRIPTION:Glass Enterprise Edition was a head-up display for enterprise c ustomers.\n\nLaunched July 1\, 2017\; shut down September 15\, 2023 — it lived 6 years.\nOne of 15 Google products killed in 2023.\n\nhttps://www. pcmag.com/news/rip-google-glass-enterprise-as-sales-for-smart-glasses-end\ n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Glass Enterprise Edition · 6 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-steam-for-chromebooks DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260102 DESCRIPTION:Steam for Chromebooks is an beta initiative that allowed users to install and run PC games via the Steam client.\n\nLaunched November 1\, 2022\; shut down January 1\, 2026 — it lived 3 years.\nOne of 5 Google products killed in 2026.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2025/08/07/steam-chrome book-2026/\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Steam for Chromebooks · 3 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-youtube-for-wii DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221028 DESCRIPTION:YouTube for Nintendo Wii was an app that let Wii and Wii U user s stream YouTube videos on their TVs.\n\nLaunched November 15\, 2012\; shu t down October 27\, 2022 — it lived 9 years.\nOne of 16 Google products killed in 2022.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_TV_app#Nintendo_W ii\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 YouTube for Wii · 9 years END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-pixel-studio DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240813 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260606 DESCRIPTION:Pixel Studio allowed users to quickly generate AI images using a prompt and provided a library of past generative images.\n\nLaunched Aug ust 13\, 2024\; shut down June 5\, 2026 — it lived 1 year.\nOne of 5 Goo gle products killed in 2026.\n\nhttps://9to5google.com/2026/06/05/google-s huts-down-pixel-studio-with-the-latest-app-update/\n\nData: Killed by Goog le (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:🪦 Pixel Studio · 1 year END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-google-earth-pro DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20010610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270626 DESCRIPTION:Google Earth Pro was a desktop app that gave users access to Go ogle Earth with more advanced features.\n\nLaunched June 10\, 2001\; shutt ing down June 25\, 2027 — it will have lived 26 years.\nOne of 2 Google products ending in 2027.\n\nGoogle Earth is a web and computer program cre ated by Google that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily o n satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images\, aerial photography\, and GIS data onto a 3D globe\, allowing use rs to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering addresses and coordinates\, or by using a keyboard or m ouse. The program can also be downloaded on a smartphone or tablet\, using a touch screen or stylus to navigate. Users may use the program to add th eir own data using Keyhole Markup Language and upload them through various sources\, such as forums or blogs. Google Earth is able to show various k inds of images overlaid on the surface of the Earth and is also a Web Map Service client. In 2019\, Google revealed that Google Earth covers more th an 97 percent of the world.\n\nhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/962479/get-go ogle-earth-pro-while-you-still-can\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoog le.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:⏳ Google Earth Pro · ending 2027 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261017T002945Z UID:killed-by-google-chromeos DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20340701 DESCRIPTION:ChromeOS was an operating system that powered Chromebooks\, Chr omeboxes\, tablets\, and other devices.\n\nLaunched June 15\, 2011\; shutt ing down June 30\, 2034 — it will have lived 23 years.\n\nChromeOS is a proprietary operating system designed and developed by Google. It is deriv ed from the open-source ChromiumOS operating system\, and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedi a.org/wiki/ChromeOS\n\nData: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com\, MIT). SUMMARY:⏳ ChromeOS · ending 2034 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR