Google Flu Trends was a service attempting to make accurate predictions about flu activity. Launched November 1, 2008; shut down August 20, 2015 — it lived 6 years. One of 14 Google products killed in 2015. Google Flu Trends (GFT) was a web service operated by Google. It provided estimates of influenza activity for more than 29 countries. By aggregating 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. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).