Google Video, iGoogle and other products closing for good

Jul. 3, 2012 - 1:47 PM PDT Jul. 3, 2012 - 1:47 PM PDT

As part of its continued pursuit of “focus” Google is shutting down five more products. That includes Google Video, iGoogle, Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback and its Symbian Search App, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday afternoon. Read more »

Google Hangouts has already become a meme

By Janko Roettgers

Jul. 7, 2011 - 4:00 PM PDT Jul. 7, 2011 - 4:00 PM PDT

Leonado DiCaprio, Dexter Morgan and your mom are only some of the people who are using Google’s new and much-hyped video chatting feature Hangouts, if we can believe screenshots taken by users of the service. But of course, the question is: Can we? Read more »

Users to Google Video: Please Don’t Delete Our Clips

By Janko Roettgers

Apr. 18, 2011 - 7:53 AM PDT Apr. 18, 2011 - 7:53 AM PDT

Google wants to delete all the videos it has been hosting on its long-neglected Google Video platform next month. Some users are now hoping that the company changes its mind and preserves the archive in a way that won’t lead to dead links and broken embeds. Read more »

Google Apps Adds Groups

By Charles Hamilton

Dec. 9, 2009 - 7:00 AM PDT Dec. 9, 2009 - 7:00 AM PDT

Google Apps, the suite of productivity applications that’s a favorite of WWD, has had Groups, a discussion group application, added to its array of tools. In addition to providing email using your own domain, Google Apps offers a number of ways for businesses and organizations to […] Read more »

Google Launches Video Sharing for Business

By Liz Gannes

Sep. 1, 2008 - 9:00 PM PDT Sep. 1, 2008 - 9:00 PM PDT

Google has found a way to make money from video sharing — but not on YouTube. The company will add video to its paid business edition of Google Apps on Monday. In a way, Google is opening up a whole new category of online video: internal […] Read more »

Problems with Google Video, Service

By Chris Albrecht

Apr. 17, 2008 - 8:13 AM PDT Apr. 17, 2008 - 8:13 AM PDT

Users have been filling the Google Video Help message boards with reports of problems uploading video and are apparently getting little, if any, help from Google. Problems started on April 12, when users uploaded video only to have two seconds of a grey box — or […] Read more »

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