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…

12. Failed Google projects: Chrome Kill Switch
Google has given developers of extensions to its Chrome browser for Windows until May to register their work with its online store. After that, the company will start throwing a kill switch to keep extensions from flooding customers’ systems with adware and other such sneaky/sketchy stuff.

Failed Google projects: Chrome Kill Switch