In what Google is looking its “off-season spring cleaning series,” the mega company is finally setting some end dates for plenty of of its lukewarm services, most notably the once-hyped Wave , Knol and Friend Connect. Sitting on Death Row for a while now, Mountain View has slowly phased out the fewer-than-successful products, most recently announcing that it is going to kill seven APIs including Translate and Video Search. The sweep is a part of Google’s VP of Product Management Bradley Horowitz’ overall plan to “[do] less of throwing things against the wall ,” focusing instead on “doing fewer things well.” Besides the aforementioned services to receive the axe, Google can also be putting an end to Bookmarks List, Gears, Search Timeline and its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative. The corporate says the overhaul is a part of the hassle “to construct an easier, more intuitive, truly beautiful Google user experience” — in other words, “it isn’t me… it’s you.” Check the source for more details.
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