18 interesting 'bombs' of Google

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Nothing perfect. Especially the big names in the world technology village, they always have the dark side behind us that we rarely know thoroughly.

Google is known for its groundbreaking products and breakthroughs, serving the needs of millions of people around the world, from search engines to maps and operating system platforms.

However, lucky gods do not always smile at them.Google Glass is the best example. It is hoped to create a new revolution in technology but every move goes against the general prediction.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin.Photo source:Ben Margot / AP Images

In fact, the most successful inventions often receive countless criticisms in the early stages of development. Therefore it is not too difficult to understand when a company of great caliber like Google in turn goes through the steps up and down.

So how many total Google products fail in the fierce race of the volatile technology trend in the world? Join us in listing 18 interesting "spray bomb" products of Google in the following article:

1. Google Answers

Source: Google

Google Answers was the first project implemented by Google, originating from Larry Page's idea.Google Answers seems to be a backup option that Google has built for users when Google search engines can't deliver a satisfactory result.With Google Answers, users can post questions online and pay researchers to find the most accurate answers.Google Answers lasted more than 4 yearsand then stopped service in 2006.

2. Google Lively

Source: Flickr / Dave White

Lively - Google's digitalization platform - is even less fortunate to last more than a year after it started. The original purpose of Google when creating Lively is to " all participants experience a new form of interaction with their friends online ", but unfortunately everything is not desirable, leading to the collapsed in 2008.

Lively was considered Google's response to a popular social networking service Second Life at the time.You can imagine Lively as an online tool that allows up to 20 people to enter the same ' chat room ' and interact with each other through characters and animated character bubbles.

3. Google Glass

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Google first introduced Google Glass to the public at an event in 2012, but this device has never satisfied the expectations of Google's development team. Glass's price is quite high, accompanied by many software errors, security issues and designs have not really attracted, causing Google Glass to fail. Gradually, mass market plans were lifted, Google stopped selling Glass to users in January 2015, instead the business segment, while continuing to plan to release Eye a new version in the future.

4. Google Buzz

Source: Flickr / Rick Turoczy

Google Buzz is a social networking service that integrates with Gmail, but has some trouble with privacy violations. In October 2011, Google announced it stopped deploying the service and focused its resources on Google+.

Launched in February 2010, Google Buzz is an online social chat and chat product integrated into Gmail, allowing users to share status updates, photos, videos and links. .The goal of Google Buzz is to become a rival of Facebook and Twitter in the social networking market, but unfortunately Google products have never made their goal and become one of Google's frustrations..

5. Google Play

Google.Source: Ars Technica

The Android phones with their own integrated version of Google Play were introduced in 2014, but were quickly stopped selling and the Google Play version of Galaxy S5 in early 2015 when the company announced it did not hit the market, although There were several images leaked on the network about the original device's interface and design.

Google Play , commonly known as Android Market, is the digital distribution platform for Android operating systems and digital media outlets, operated by Google.

6. Google Wave

Flickr / Harto Pönkä.Source: Business Insider

Google Wave is a fast chat tool with a interface similar to Gmail, which displays messages ( including characters, links and images ). Google Wave helps people have a tool to communicate via text messages together and edit, edit documents and documents. But it doesn't seem to get much support and response from users, so it only lasts for about a year before being forgotten in August 2010.

7. Google Video

Source: TechCrunch

Google Video is Google 's official video-streaming service , before Google acquired YouTube for $ 1.65 billion in 2006. 2009 marked the time when Google Video stopped posting new videos, then coexisted in parallel with YouTube for 3 years before Google completely died in August 2012.

8. Google Nexus Q

Steve Kovach, Business Insider.Source: 9to5 Google

The Google Nexus Q , a streaming music player, designed to connect to all other hardware in a home eco-environment, was widely introduced during a developer conference in 2012. Although However, the device costing $ 299 was badly evaluated, the result was just negative feedback and reviews from experts and Google immediately stopped planning to market.

9. Google X

Screenshots.Source: Macworld

Google X , another design interface of the famous Google Search search engine, existed just one day before Google retracted. A strange interface with a Mac OS X-like dock bar and the words " Roses are red. Violets are blue. OS X rocks. Homage to you ." (Temporarily translated : "Red roses. Violet flowers purple. OS X is stone. Honor you." ).

On March 16, 2005, Google removed it and turned it into another piece of research. The name " X " was later used for Google's special research department. Google X is a place where scientists and engineers dream of arriving because they are free to create, experiment with wild ideas and live with dreams that may have formed in them from time to time. childhood.

10. Google Health

Joe Raedle / Getty Images.Source: Google

For the purpose of providing useful information about health and life to users, Google Health was closed in January 2012, after Google realized the service did not bring as much success as expected.

11. Google Reader

Screenshot / Julie Zeveloff.Source: Business Insider

Google Reader is a news reader application that allows users to save news items from blogs and other news sites. Google finally announced it would stop the service in March 2013 due to many negative feedback from the user community, and officially died it in July 2013.

12. Google Catalogs

YouTube / Google.Source: PMG

Google Catalogs is an online shopping application that interacts with " digital " catalogs that were closed in 2015. Mobile version of Catalog was declared dead by Google in 2013, while the desktop version exists for the next 2 years. . As a strange mobile application for Vietnamese users, Google Catalogs operates in the form of a shopping application for tablet users, which gathers a lot of ' virtual ' catalogs from brands sold. Retail popular in the world.

13. Google Hangouts On Air

Google.Source: Verge

Google Hangouts On Air - Google's official live-stream service - was switched to merger and became YouTube Live in September 2016. 2012 was the first year Google deployed, when coins Direct sharing online directions become popular, used by President Obama and Pope Francis.

14. Dodgeball

Brian Ach / Getty Images for TechCrunch.Source: Venture Beat

Dodgeball is the platform that allows users to check-in at their current location, acquired by Google in 2005. Its founder Dennis Crowley - left Google for personal encouragement in 2007 and spontaneously. develop a similar service - Foursquare 2 years later.

15. iGoogle

Flickr / Robert Kelley.Source: Google

iGoogle - a personalized home page - had to stop operating in 2013 after 8 years of existence. iGoogle helps users to customize their personal home page with custom widgets. Google said the reason iGoogle was forced to disappear was because no one cared more since the Chrome and Android platforms had similar capabilities, even more convenient.

16. Orkut

Flickr / Peter Kaminski.Source: Business Insider

Orkut used to be a famous social networking site developed from a " 20% time " of a Google employee. However, success was only obtained in foreign markets, not entirely in the US, so Google decided to stop supporting this project in September 2014.

17. Google Notebook

Google.Source: Google

Google Notebook is a precursor to Google Docs and is primarily responsible for copying / pasting URLs or writing notes and features that are widely shared with the community. In the period from 2009 to July 2012, Google gradually moved all data from Notebook to Google Docs and stopped the previous operation.

18. Gchat

Google.Source: Business Insider

Gchat , also known as Google Talk , was released in 2005 as a way to chat with colleagues, family and friends. Google then introduced a similar service called Hangouts , users who have the option to switch to Hangouts or continue using Google Talk for several months later. Currently, Google will switch all Google Talk users to Hangouts, officially closing Gchat after 12 years of existence.

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