Google Reader to shut down with other services in another 'spring cleaning'

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Google Reader to shut down with other services in another 'spring cleaning'" data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/google-1363218475.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Last spring, Page and Co. retired iGoogle, Google Mini and other services as part of a 'spring cleaning' initiative to help it better focus its efforts, and another clean-up round has just begun. This time around, Google Reader and seven other services are getting the axe, bringing the firm's total of features closed since 2011 to 70. Mountain View says it's sunsetting the feed reader because it has "declined," and that turning it off will allow it to pour its energy into fewer products. Reader will keep the lights on until July 1st, and diehard users will be able to keep their data and subscriptions by using the outfit's Takeout tool.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> Other products being put out to pasture include the company's Building Maker, Cloud Connect, Apps Script's GUI builder and five UiApp widgets, Search API for shopping and the CalDAV API (for developers who aren't whitelisted, that is). The internet giant also announced -- and confirmed our fears -- that it'll no longer sell or provide updates for Snapseed Desktop for Mac and Windows. Blackberry's Google Voice app is being shelved as well, but the company suggests its HTML 5 experience is a nice alternative. By the sounds of it, CEO Larry Page is still making good on his promise to keep Google focused on fewer things. Hit the bordering source links for more details.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <strong>Update:</strong> Apps Script is sticking around, but its GUI Builder and a quintet of UiApp widgets are being deprecated.</div></div>

Google Reader to shut down with other services in another 'spring cleaning'

  Last spring, Page and Co. retired iGoogle, Google Mini and other services as part of a 'spring cleaning' initiative to help it be...

مزيد من المعلومات »

Posterous closing on April 30th to focus on Twitter

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><hr dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" /><div class="copy post-body" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Posterous closing on April 30th to focus on Twitter " data-src-height="340" data-src-width="620" height="218" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/posterous-rip.jpg" width="400" /></div></div>It's almost inevitable as breathing: a tech powerhouse acquires a clever yet small startup solely for its talent or technology, and lets any leftover services wither away. Posterous' decision to shut down following its 2012 acquisition by Twitter is very nearly a textbook example. The 4-year-old firm will close its Posterous Spaces service on April 30th to shift all of its attention to Twitter, giving customers just over two months to back up their content. There is an unusual twist to this seemingly predictable story, however. Those still using Spaces will have a place to go -- along with Squarespace and Wordpress import tools, Posterous founders Brett Gibson and Garry Tan are planning to launch Posthaven as a (not entirely intentional) refuge. Diehards will still have reason to mourn the end of an era, but the closure at least won't be the end to their creations.</div></div>

Posterous closing on April 30th to focus on Twitter

It's almost inevitable as breathing: a tech powerhouse acquires a clever yet small startup solely for its talent or technology, and let...

مزيد من المعلومات »