Google has a long history of introducing, then forgetting about, and finally officially killing off its products.
Most recently, that includedGoogle Spaces, a service that most of us never knew existed to begin with.
Lets take a tour of some of our favorite services Googles killed off over the years.
Google Buzz
Google Buzz was introduced in 2010and quickly discontinued in 2011.
Buzz was basically a Facebook clone that also integrated with your email for some reason.
You could share photos, videos, and links directly to your contacts or the public at large.
Thistype of service is pretty abundant these days.
If mobile photo editing is more your game, you have lots of good options on bothAndroidandiPhone.
The good news is that most of Picasas features made it into Google Photos.
Which is good, because except forApple Photos,there really arent many desktop photo management apps left.
Google Answers
Google killedGoogle Answersway back in 2006.
If you liked a well-researched answer, youd pay out and could add a tip on top of that.
Google Wave
Google Waveexisted between 2010 and 2012 and was one of the companys most ambitious failures.
Wave was too ambitious though, as nobody was quite sure how to use the email-instant messenger-document collaborating-wiki-forum-blogging tool.
Google Helpouts
Google Helpouts was a service that connected you to live expertsfor video chats.
Helpouts managed to lastalmosttwo years.
It was essentially the video version of a something like Quora, but with a live Q&A.
Google Notebook
Google discontinued Google Notebook in 2012, but it lived along and full life by Google standards.
If that all sounds familiar its because its basicallyEvernote.
The good news is that replacements are a dime a dozen.
Google Labs
Writing about weird Google Labs experimental features was Lifehackers bread and butter for a very long time.
You do still have some options though.
