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…

7. Failed Google projects: Google News in Spain

In December 2014, Google closed down its Google News in Spain after a law was passed in the country requiring Google and other aggregators to pay local publishers for links to or snippets of stories.

Spanish newspapers were asking Google to pay to link to their content. Failed Google projects: Google News in Spain

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