Google pulling life support on Google Health, PowerMeter
- Friday, 24 June 2011 15:38
Google Health and Google PowerMeter are both officially dead, the company confirmed in a blog post on Friday. Google said that the two products were born out of a desire to help put more information at the fingertips of users, but neither saw the level of adoption that made them worth maintaining over the long term. As a result, the company is giving users an opportunity to download their information before shutting the services down for good.
"Both were based on the idea that with more and better information, people can make smarter choices, whether in regard to managing personal health and wellness, or saving money and conserving energy at home," Google Health senior product manager Aaron Brown and Google green energy czar Bill Weihl wrote. "While they didn't scale as we had hoped, we believe they did highlight the importance of access to information in areas where it’s traditionally been difficult."













