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Google Killing Off Mini, Video, and iGoogle

Posted by Soulskill on from the bulldozing-an-old-playground dept.

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.

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  1. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by skipkent · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't work/look right with noscript anyway.

  2. Re: iGoogle will be missed... maybe by skipkent · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you're snowgirl's "Meh" friend!

  3. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yeah? I Googled a friend who uses ping, and he's just like "hem".

  4. Not the Sybian! by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd keep that.

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  5. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by Anonymous Coward · · 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.

  6. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by Brucelet · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wanted to ping a friend who uses bing to see if there was a microsoft alternative, but I couldn't remember how. I had to bing my friend who knows ping so I could ask him for help.

  7. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really. I pinged a friend who uses iGoogle, and he's just like "Meh".

    That's strange, when I pinged him he said, "bytes=32 time 3ms TTL=53".

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  8. Re:Guess we shouldn't be surprised by datavirtue · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, and it's only $499 a month!

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  9. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 5, Funny

    3ms? He said friend, not coworker!

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  10. We're growing apart, Google. by dhaines · · 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    You seem really withdrawn and distant.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.

  11. Re:Because i's a patented letter? by DaleSwanson · · 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?

  12. Re:And nothing of value was lost... by Siridar · · 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...