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Google Terminates Lively

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-hardly-knew-ye dept.

FornaxChemica writes "In a surprise move, Google announced today, both on-site and in its blog, that it will permanently shut down its 3D virtual world, Lively, by the end of the year. This makes Lively one of Google's few scrapped products, and one of the most short-lived, too, barely lasting 6 months. No official reason was given, only that Google wants to 'prioritize [its] resources and focus more on [its] core search, ads and apps business.' Lively might have taken too much and given back too little, even by Google's standards."

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  1. sh1t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PPoper. Nothing

  2. Re:Nothing of value was lost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Faggot.

  3. Re:Oblig. by rwven · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ah found the problem: "Lively requires Windows Vista or XP with Internet Explorer or Firefox."

    Sounds like a recipe for fail to me.

  4. Re:It's not an easy thing to do... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Second Life"? Isn't that an oxymoron?

    I mean, if you spend that much time fiddling about with a digital avatar in some virtual world somewhere, then you probably need to get a "First Life"...