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Google To Discontinue Google Labs

Posted by samzenpus on from the shut-it-down dept.

kai_hiwatari writes "Today, Google has announced that they are closing down Google Labs. They say this will help them prioritize their product effort. Google says closing Google Labs means ending many of their experiments. However, not every experiment will be gone. Google will be incorporating the Labs experiments they have decided to continue in other product areas. Android apps such as Google Goggles, Google Listen etc. will continue to be available in the Android Market."

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  1. Only part of original not quoted by TFA . . . by wrencherd · · Score: 5, Informative
    . . . is this:

    We’ll continue to push speed and innovation—the driving forces behind Google Labs—across all our products, as the early launch of the Google+ field trial last month showed.

    It's a lot faster just to read the orig.