Slide, acquired for $179 million, was shut down a couple weeks ago, as were numerous other projects (Google Friends, APIs, Firefox Toolbar, Google Directory, Google Health and PowerMeter), as well as Google Dictionary.
Google PowerMeter At the same time that Google Health died, PowerMeter – a project designed "to raise awareness about the importance of giving people access to data surrounding their energy usage – was powered down.
Google has been on a shutdown spree, with Google halting support for the Google Toolbar for Firefox, shutting down numerous APIs, closing Google PowerMeter and Google Health, and axing Labs. Google's Directory, a relic of eras past, has been...
Google has been shutting off support for a wide variety of internal projects, including over a dozen APIs, Google Health, Google PowerMeter, and Google Labs. Google recently announced that it would be halting support for the Google Toolbar on...
Citing lack of "broad impact," Google has announced they will be retiring Google Health and PowerMeter. Google's PowerMeter started "as a Google.org project to raise awareness about the importance of giving people access to data surrounding their...
PowerMeter, a free software tool that allows you to view your home's energy consumption. At SMX West 2010 in Santa Clara, California, Peter Norvig, who spearheads Google's wide-ranging research efforts, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the cool...
During our review it became clear that while we have been able to support some remarkable non-profit organizations over the past three years, our greatest impact has come when we've attacked problems in ways that make the most of Google's...
