Google Killing Off Mini, Video, and iGoogle 329
New submitter Trashcan Romeo writes "Three years ago, it accounted for 20% of all visits to Google's home page. Two years ago, Lifehacker readers voted it the best start-page service. Today it was announced that iGoogle will be retired — or in the company's parlance, 'spring cleaned' — on November 1, 2013."
Google Video is also getting the axe this summer. It hasn't accepted new videos since 2009, and all of the old ones will be migrated to YouTube. The company is also getting rid of Google Mini, Talk Chatback, and their Symbian search app.
Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:3, Funny)
Didn't work/look right with noscript anyway.
Re: iGoogle will be missed... maybe (Score:5, Funny)
So you're snowgirl's "Meh" friend!
Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:5, Funny)
Not the Sybian! (Score:5, Funny)
I'd keep that.
Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:3, Funny)
You're right, that's the real indicator.
I pinged a friend who uses the internet, and he said "meh". Perhaps we should just shut it all down.
Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:5, Funny)
That's strange, when I pinged him he said, "bytes=32 time 3ms TTL=53".
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Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:5, Funny)
3ms? He said friend, not coworker!
We're growing apart, Google. (Score:5, Funny)
You seem really withdrawn and distant. It's that gossipy jerk Facebook, isn't it?
Our iGoogle times were great. Remember how we discovered new things with Reader, how we built our lives around Calendar? And wow, you were really good in search!
But you've changed, Google. I don't mind that you're heavier, but this diet is like cutting off your legs to lose weight. And frankly, you're kind of clingy.
So let's just be friends. I'll still see ya around Maps, and maybe we can catch an image search sometime. Your tracking will always be with me.
Sorry I missed you at Plus, I came by but no one was there.
Re:Because i's a patented letter? (Score:5, Funny)
WHAT THE FUCK is iGoogle! I thought I was a serious Google hipster until I heard of this and realized I didn't know what it was! WTF?!
Maybe you should Google it?
Re:And nothing of value was lost... (Score:3, Funny)
You binged to ping? But what of the friend that smoked the bong and played pong?
You mean Dave?
Dave's not here, man...