Storified by Bo Hee Kim · Thu, Oct 27 2011 00:50:11
Google announces the closure of Google Labs. Is this the end of an era? http://bloom.bg/oEsepE
Google announced on its blog on July 21 that it plans to close its Labs, which for ten years were "a playground where our more adventurous users can play around with prototypes of some of our wild and crazy ideas and offer feedback directly to the engineers who developed them."
But why are they shutting the Labs down now, after ten years of experimentation? Larry Page, who will be taking over for chief executive Eric Schmidt, wants to reign in the company's spending spree, according to mobiledia.com.
"we present 14 cool Google Labs experiments you might have missed. Try out some of these apps" http://j.mp/qHEOvY
Google shuts down Google Labs. That is sad. Many of my favorite Gmail features came from Labs.
What good came out of the Google Labs anyway? Some of the better-known products include Gmail, the Android mobile OS and the Google Maps.
Google is shutting down its Google Labs initiative in order to streamline operations. http://ht.ly/5Kqkp
New Post: Google Labs Is Closing Down, Putting Some Android Apps At Risk Of Disappearing http://mbist.ro/oYcGrP
Phew! RT @googleft: Fear not! Fusion Tables is not affected by Google’s plan to wind down Google Labs. More info here: http://t.co/5JdMH62
Speaking of crappy headlines, this is how Google announced closing of Google Labs: More wood behind fewer arrows http://bit.ly/n7g6at
Google shutting down Google Labs (but not for gmail, according to @om) http://cnet.co/rmtE4T
Google's '20 Percent Time' Will Survive The Death of Google Labs http://tcrn.ch/oebaiR by @alexia
There are still some questions lingering about which apps will survive.
Google Labs shutting down, uncertain future for apps like Goggles and Listen http://bit.ly/oFItQS
Google Labs to close: Can Google still innovate? http://wapo.st/pU7CJu
Good question RT @NiemanLab: Good morning! What's the future of innovation at Google with the end of Google Labs? http://nie.mn/oiwOST
Though some people seemed happy with the decision, the majority of tweets sounded like doom and gloom.
