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Google is pulling the plug on less used, outdated and redundant services Google Video, iGoogle, Google Mini, the Symbian Search App and Google Talk Chatback, according to the search engine's blogpost.
Google Video, which stopped taking uploads in May 2009, will cease to exist on Aug. 20 and its content transferred to YouTube. Google said users have until that date to delete, migrate or download their videos from the site.
iGoogle launched in 2005 will be retired Nov. 1, 2013 as modern apps that run on platforms like Chrome and Android have rendered the service obsolete, which allowed for a customizable Google.com homepage, Matt Eichner, general manager of Google's global enterprise search, said in the blogpost.
Google Mini's functionality will be taken over by Google Search Appliance, Google Site Search and Google Commerce Search. The enterprise search service will shut down on July 31.
Google Talk Chatback is outdated and its service will be replaced by Meebo, an instant messaging program which supported multiple IM services, including Google Talk.
The Symbian Search app is being retired as Google now has its own mobile Web search service.
Eichner said Google has taken into consideration the implications to users of closing the said products and services. He said the move will improved its services by allowing the company to focus on "creating beautiful technology."
Previously, Google also stopped the Google Buzz service, Aardvark, Flip, Google Labs and Boutiques.com.
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