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Google Products that are shutting down or have already been discontinued
Average Lifespan: 5 Years and 6 Months
Total Products: 93

Discontinued Google Products (Page 6)

and their top alternatives on the right

  1. iGoogle

    iGoogle is your personalized Google page.

    🚀May 2005 - ⚰Nov 2013

    Lifespan: over 8 years

    Categories: Bookmark Manager, Favorites, Bookmarks, Startpage

    iGoogle Alternatives

    1. Netvibes - First personalized dashboard publishing platform for the Web. Digital life managment, Widget distribution services and brand observation rooms.
    2. start.me - A Modern-day bookmark manager. A place for your favorites. A news feed (RSS) reader. A browser startpage. A portal for your team.
    3. Protopage - The best iGoogle alternative. Chris Pirillo calls Protopage "The best designed".
    4. » All iGoogle alternatives

  2. Google Reader

    Google Reader was an RSS/Atom feed aggregator operated by Google. It was created in early 2005 by Google engineer Chris Wetherell and launched on October 7, 2005, through Google Labs.

    🚀Oct 2005 - ⚰Jul 2013

    Lifespan: over 7 years

    Reason: Declined use

    Categories: RSS Reader, Feed Reader, News & Books, RSS

    News References

    1. 📰 Google has announced yet another spring cleaning of its various services, and this time around, the company is giving the axe to its Google Reader RSS aggregator. The service, which originally launched back in 2005, will be officially put out to pasture on July 1st, 2013. Reader has gone through a number of iterations, but it had not been significantly updated in a long time. ~ theverge.com

  3. Google Talk

    An instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication.

    🚀Aug 2005 - ⚰May 2013

    Lifespan: over 7 years

    Categories: Communication, Internet Calls, Chat, Group Chat & Notifications

    Google Talk Alternatives

    1. Skype - Stay in touch with your family and friends for free on Skype. Download Skype today to chat and call on desktop and mobile.
    2. Trillian - Trillian is a decentralized and federated instant messaging platform that lets your whole company send private and group messages, keep tabs on what co-workers are doing, share files, and much more.
    3. Empathy - Apps/Empathy - GNOME Wiki!
    4. » All Google Talk alternatives

  4. Picnik

    Picnik is an online photo editing service that allows users to edit images, add styles to imported images and all the basic editing tools including cropping and resizing an image.

    🚀Jan 2007 - ⚰Apr 2013

    Lifespan: over 6 years

    Categories: Photo & Video, Marketing Videos, Video, Video Maker

    Picnik Alternatives

    1. Bitstrips - Bitstrips is fun and engaging app that lets you create your own comic strips right from your mobile device. It's essentially a social network that allows its users to share self-made comics as opposed to photos, memes, videos, or other posts.
    2. Mixbook - Mixbook is an online photo design tool and product service that allows customers to design customized photo books, cards, calendars, and photo prints through its online interface.
    3. Flyr - Today's airfares, tomorrow's bargain.
    4. » All Picnik alternatives

  5. Google Mini

    Google Enterprise Search helps employees and customers find what they need, fast. Get more out of your intranet and extranet.

    🚀Dec 2007 - ⚰Dec 2012

    Lifespan: about 5 years

    Categories: Market Research, Chatbots, AI Assistant, Business Intelligence

    Google Mini Alternatives

    1. Google Trends - Explore Google trending search topics with Google Trends.
    2. Echo - Golang HTTP server framework
    3. Google Home - Set up, manage, and control your Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home devices.
    4. » All Google Mini alternatives

  6. OpenRefine

    OpenRefine is a tool for working with messy data: cleaning it, transforming it and extending it with web services and external data.

    🚀Nov 2010 - ⚰Oct 2012

    Lifespan: almost 2 years

    Categories: Big Data, Data Dashboard, Databases, Data Cleansing

    OpenRefine Alternatives

    1. Refinator.xyz - Refinator.xyz: Your data's best friend. Tackle messy datasets effortlessly with powerful data cleansing tools, privacy-first features, and seamless format conversions, all on your desktop
    2. Modern CSV - A CSV editor/viewer
    3. Trifacta - Data Transformation Platform.
    4. » All OpenRefine alternatives
  7. S

    Sparrow

    Sparrow is a minimal e-mail application designed to keep things simple and efficient.

    🚀Feb 2011 - ⚰Oct 2012

    Lifespan: over 1 year

    Categories: Game Engine, Game Development, 3D Game Engine, Customer Service

    Sparrow Alternatives

    1. BitBucket - Bitbucket is a free code hosting site for Mercurial and Git. Manage your development with a hosted wiki, issue tracker and source code.
    2. Amazon GameLift - Amazon Gamelift is a dedicated server platform for online video gaming. Notable customers include High Horse Entertainment, Wargaming Mobile, Gearbox Software, Aon Interactive and Proletariat, Inc... read more.
    3. LibGDX - Libgdx is a Java game development framework that provides a unified API that works across all...
    4. » All Sparrow alternatives

  8. Postini

    Postini is an E-mail and Web security and archiving service owned by Google since 2007.

    🚀Jul 1999 - ⚰Aug 2012

    Lifespan: about 13 years

    Categories: Monitoring Tools, Email Marketing, Surveys

    Postini Alternatives

    1. Spam Reader - Spam Reader is a free anti-spam add-on for Microsoft Outlook.
    2. SPAMfighter - SPAMfighter and Microsoft have built the strongest and most effective anti spam filter for Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express & Thunderbird
    3. Spamihilator - The free Anti-Spam-Filter Spamihilator removes more than 98% of spam mails before they even get into your inbox.
    4. » All Postini alternatives

  9. Meebo

    Meebo was acquired by Google on June 4, 2012. Our team is now working just a few miles down the road with the Google+ team, where we continue to focus on creating delightful experiences for our users, developers, and publishers.

    🚀Sep 2005 - ⚰Jul 2012

    Lifespan: almost 7 years

    Categories: Communication, Messaging, Group Chat & Notifications, Instant Messaging

    Meebo Alternatives

    1. WhatsApp - WhatsApp Messenger: More than 1 billion people in over 180 countries use WhatsApp to stay in touch with friends and family, anytime and anywhere.
    2. Telegram - Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free.
    3. Facebook Messenger - Facebook Messenger is a faster way to message.
    4. » All Meebo alternatives

  10. Google Commerce Search

    Power your online retail experience with Google search technology.

    🚀Nov 2009 - ⚰Jul 2012

    Lifespan: over 2 years

    Categories: eCommerce, eCommerce Tools

  11. K

    Knol

    Create beautiful documentation and knowledge bases

    🚀Jul 2008 - ⚰May 2012

    Lifespan: almost 4 years

    Categories: HTML To PDF, Document Templates, Image Generation API

    Knol Alternatives

    1. Doctant - Simplify documentation so your whole team can create & share
    2. Docamatic - Easily generate high quality PDF documents from HTML or templates. Fast, scalable and privacy focused PDF generation API.
    3. » All Knol alternatives

  12. Slide

    A hoverboard by Lexus (no joke)

    🚀May 2005 - ⚰Mar 2012

    Lifespan: almost 7 years

    Categories: Presentations, Slideshow, Tech, Graphic Design Software

    Slide Alternatives

    1. Hendo Hoverboard - World's first REAL hoverboard (pre-launch)
    2. Segway Inc. - The worldwide leader in personal electric transportation.
    3. Juiced Boards - Authentic electric longboards
    4. » All Slide alternatives

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