Google Products and Services Discontinued in 2013
Google Cloud Connect – Microsoft Office plugin for automatically backing up Office documents upon saving onto Google Docs. Shut down on April 30, 2013 in favour of Google Drive.
Google Building Maker – web based building and editing tool to create 3D buildings for Google Earth. Retired on June 4, 2013.
Meebo – Create a profile and advertise on the network. Discontinued on June 6, 2013
Google Reader – web-based news aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds. It let users search, import and subscribe to feeds. The service also embedded audio enclosures in the page. Reader retired on July 1, 2013.
Google Latitude – mobile geolocation tool that lets friends know where users are via Google Maps. It was retired on August 9, 2013, with some of its functionality rolled into Google+.
Google Talk – Desktop instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication. Replaced May 15, 2013 by Google Hangouts.
SMS – mobile phone short message service offered by Google in several countries, including the USA, Japan, Canada, India, Pakistan and China and formerly the UK, Germany and Spain. It allows search queries to be sent as a text message. The results were sent as a reply, with no premium charge for the service. It was turned off May 10, 2013.
iGoogle (was Google Personalized Homepage) – Customizable homepage, which can contain Web feeds and Google Gadgets, launched in May 2005. It was renamed to iGoogle on April 30, 2007 (was used internally by Google). iGoogle was discontinued on November 1, 2013.
My Maps, GIS tools for Google Maps