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Google’s Long History of Messaging App Rebrands, Pivots and Retirements Explained
Google is an absolute menace when it comes to messaging. As it officially retires its long-running Hangouts app, it’s worth noting that the company has launched over a dozen different messengers over the course of the last decade and a half. Some of them have had long, confused life cycles; others have died quick and…
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Google Kills Allo In Latest Attempt To Fix Its Terrible Messaging Strategy
Allo is the latest casualty in Google’s long and tired road to building a chat app that can rival Apple’s iMessage. After passing on further Allo investment back in April, Google officially announced this week that it’s pulling the plug on the chat app in March 2019.
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Google Just Tricked Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Into Listening To A Computer Science Lecture
Google Day! Aren’t you so excited about new phones? You know what’s more exciting than new phones? Computer science research.
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Google Allo: Australian Hands On
A chat app with a built-in personal assistant, Google’s Allo aims to be your virtual best friend. Back at the Google I/O developer conference in May, the search giant unveiled plans for two new communications apps in Duo and Allo. Duo is a simplistic video chat app, which was launched in August, while today Google…