Google Lively Not So Lively
Google has decided to shut down its little not-game interactive chat room experiment called "Lively." Currently, plans are to shutter the service on December 31st, putting the almost 1.2 thousand users out of a place to chat on the internet. But seriously, folks.
It's not every day that Google actually shuts down a service it has invested time and money into, but really, who didn't see this coming? The stylistic art was kind of interesting, but there's not really anything to do in their little rooms but chat. Which I guess is fine, but that's not much of a hook.
Sad times for the users who liked to hang out in the Pyjama Partie room though:
According to a post on Google's blog, they want to "ensure that we prioritize our resources and focus more on our core search, ads and apps business."
Check it out before December 31st if you want to see what this (failed) experiment actually was.