Google Kills 10 More Projects, Including Aardvark Google Shutting Down Buzz and 4 Other Services In another of what Google calls their “spring cleaning” announcements, the web/mobile/media/social/search giant revealed more services are getting the...
Not surprisingly, Buzz got the axe, as did Google Labs, The Google Friends Newsletter, Knol, and Aardvark. Google CEO Larry Page took the stage at Zeitgeist 2012 sporting an augmented reality headset and joked, “If you guys are going to take my...
Google Kills 10 More Projects, Including Aardvark Google Shutting Down Buzz and 4 Other Services Google is bidding farewell to another batch of products that have failed to catch on. Google Related and One Pass are among the latest products Google...
This is Google's response to the hyped vertical of social search, already started by companies like Aardvark (which is now owned by Google). Long-term, consider everything from Google Buzz to Facebook.
In addition to launching their own quasi-social network and acquiring Aardvark, they were busy pushing out a bunch of updates to existing products and sharing new data. Google Buzz is responding to privacy complaints by offering a blocking option...
TechCrunch has reported that Google acquired Aardvark for $50 million. The Aardvark acquisition is another piece in the social puzzle that Google appears to still be figuring out for themselves. A spokesperson for Aardvark confirmed the deal.
