8 Google Labs projects that survived the chop
The Google projects worthy of your attention following July's axe
By Howard Wen | Network World US | Published: 11:50, 18 October 11
After Google announced in July that Google Labs would be closing, several experimental products under development were killed, including ones that had been hyped during their original launch: Aardvark, Fast Flip, and Google Notebook.
But Google has spared others (for now) from the executioner's axe, and these have been "graduated" into their own sites or are in the process of being spun off. Here are the ones that we think are worthy of your attention.
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App Inventor
What is it: A toolkit enabling you to quickly make simple Android apps.App Inventor was originally designed as an educational programme to teach children the basics of programming apps. It quickly became adopted by a user community that expanded its capabilities so that more sophisticated Android apps can be made with it - in fact, some apps made with App Inventor are available in the Android Market. Google actually announced their decision to cease further official development on App Inventor, but they have assured the project will be released to its community as an open-source project.
