Google retires photo service Picasa: 17 failed Google projects, services and products: Google’s biggest failures

Here’s what Google has killed since 2014

Updated 15th February 2016: According to reports Google has retired its photo service Picasa to focus on new photo sharing service, Google Photos. Read on to find out more.

Like Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, Google has made room for new projects by ditching others. We explore Google’s biggest failures including Google Glass, Google Waves and Picasa.

Here’s a look at what Google has waved goodbye to so far…

9. Failed Google projects: Wave goodbye to Currents
Google informed users of its Currents news reader app for Android that it would be no more, though would be replaced by Google Play Newstand. The ripple of concern over Currents’ loss came nowhere near the backlash users exhibited last year when Google Reader was killed off.

Failed Google projects: Wave goodbye to Currents

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