Lively

Will Nexus One Be a Hit? Maybe. But Not Every Google Launch Lands Well.

Drake Martinet in Social on January 6, 2010 at 12:05 am PT

Google has big plans to reinvent the mobile business, introducing its Nexus One smartphone yesterday. But the search giant has shaken up other industries before (ask any newspaper publisher). The flip side: While Google does launch lots of stuff, many of its products are now on the shelf with other dusty tech curios. Our latest slideshow illustrates this topic.

Voices

Linden Bets on the Desire for Virtual Things

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Digits in News on January 21, 2009 at 9:14 am PT

Virtual worlds have had some real problems. Google, for instance, recently shut down an animated environment called Lively only five months after it was announced. And Linden Lab, whose Second Life online community was once front-page news, has neither reached many mainstream consumers nor created an important meeting place for corporate users.