6 posts and columns on Google Labs

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Google Officially Shuts Down the Neglected Aardvark

in Social on September 2, 2011 at 12:37 pm PT

Google will close its social search tool Aardvark, which had been seemingly left untouched since being acquired in February 2010. The move comes as part of a larger housecleaning that includes cutting Google Labs and Slide. The Aardvark founders said in a blog post that they are excited that Google+ is already a bigger “place to share knowledge online” than vark.com was.

Google to Wind Down Labs Site

in News on July 20, 2011 at 3:34 pm PT

Google said it would “wind down” Google Labs, a website that allowed Google users to download or use prototypes of new products. The announcement Wednesday comes a week after CEO Larry Page said the company would put “more wood behind fewer arrows,” meaning it would put more resources behind fewer products.

In Search Of… Images Worth 1,000 Results

in The Digital Solution on January 12, 2010 at 4:47 pm PT

Google and Microsoft are offering visual searches where a picture is worth many Web results.

We'll Call It the "Don't Be Evil Fund"

in News on August 1, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

A Google VC arm? Sounds like another one of those poorly conceived “20-percent time” projects, doesn’t it? Historically, corporate venture capital portfolios have a very mixed record. So why bother? Well, if you’re a company driven by long-term results, as Google claims to be, you’re likely more concerned with long-term strategic goals than short-term financial ones.

We’ll Call It the “Don’t Be Evil Fund”

in News on August 1, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

A Google VC arm? Sounds like another one of those poorly conceived “20-percent time” projects, doesn’t it? Historically, corporate venture capital portfolios have a very mixed record. So why bother? Well, if you’re a company driven by long-term results, as Google claims to be, you’re likely more concerned with long-term strategic goals than short-term financial ones.