Google has decided to pull a plug from the mobile web app version of its prominent Google Talk service.
"We are shutting down the mobile web app for Google Talk. For mobile users who want to continue using Google Talk, we recommend using the native Google Talk app on Android or any XMPP-compliant apps on iOS or other mobile platforms," Katherine G, a Google representative, noted on Google Chat support page.
What Are other services ??
iGoogle. This customizable home page for the Web was launched in 2005. It's a combination of RSS reader and widget platform, and Google says the need for it "has eroded over time," given new apps on browsers and mobile devices. Users will have 16 months to manage a transition to these new apps before Google pulls the plug.
On November 1, 2013, iGoogle will be retired. We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put personalized, real-time information at your fingertips. With modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for iGoogle has eroded over time, so we’ll be winding it down. Users will have 16 months to adjust or export their data.
Google Video. The search engine's original video-hosting platform continues its long, planned glide into obsolescence. Nobody's been able to upload to the service since May of 2009. Later this summer (August 20), Google will export what's left on Google Video to private YouTube channels. Videos longer than 15 minutes (the usual limit for YouTube users) will still be transferred over from Videos to YouTube.
Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009. Later this summer we’ll be moving the remaining hosted content to YouTube. Google Video users have until August 20 to migrate, delete or download their content. We’ll then move all remaining Google Video content to YouTube as private videos that users can access in the YouTube video manager. For more details, please see our post on the YouTube blog.
Google Talk Chatback is a text chat widget for Web publishers. Google is now pushing publishers who want that function to the Meebo bar, from the instant message company Google acquired a month ago
Google Talk Chatback allowed websites to embed a Google Talk widget so that they could engage with their visitors. It’s now outdated, so we’re turning off Chatback and encouraging websites to use the Meebo bar.
Users of old Symbian smartphones will soon find theSymbian Search App for Google "retired." Google recommends throwing out these old phones and buyingAndroid models. Wait, no. Actually, according to the announcement, "We encourage you to go to www.google.com and make it your home page."
We’ll soon be retiring our Symbian Search App to focus our efforts on our mobile web search experience. We encourage you to go to www.google.com and make it your homepage or bookmark it. Switching from the app to the web experience will enable users to make the most of the web-wide improvements we make for search all the time.
Finally, Google is discontinuing the Google Mini, a hardware search appliance for enterprises that launched in 2005. Google isn't giving up on the concept: The Google Search Appliance is still available.
The Google Mini has been an important part of our Enterprise Search offering since it was first introduced in 2005. It’s had a good run, but beginning July 31 we’re discontinuing the product because its functionality can be better provided by products like Google Search Appliance, Google Site Search and Google Commerce Search. We will of course continue to provide technical support to Mini customers for the duration of their contracts, and will reach out to them shortly with more details.
VIA-googleblog,Cnet
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