Innovation and success are two words synonymous to GOOGLE. It is arguably the most successful internet company today. But it has not been there without taking risks. There have been failures with few products not even lasting days.
To the list of flops, Google today added 2 of its most ambitious projects, "Google Health" and "Google PowerMeter", because they didn't get enough traction. These were very ambitious projects: the goal was to remake healthcare delivery, and energy distribution respectively, for the internet age.
There's certainly a lot of potential for the internet to improve things when it comes to healthcare and energy, but marred with a lack of focus and partnerships Google did not do well in this space. Plenty of startups are doing well and we might see a buyout in near future. We do remember buyout of YouTube after failure of Google Video.
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