Google has announced that it is closing down or stopping development of several services. This announcement indicate the intent was to concentrate on fewer services. I am assuming this narrower focus is related to the down turn in the economy.
The one tool on the list that I have used was Google Notebook. I became interested in Google Notebook after listening to a conference presentation a year or so ago. The presentation concerned the potential educational benefits of Google applications. Basically, Google Notebooks offers a cloud application that can be used by individuals or collaborators to store content. The Google Blog encouraged Notebook users to explore the functionality of related applications. I am a heavy user of Google Docs and I must admit I was never certain how Google docs was different from Google Notebook. A “word processing” file in docs seems very similar and perhaps there was not enough unique customer interest in Notebook to continue.
