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| Two More Google Software Dogs Go To Heaven |  | | theodp writes "Two more software products will be going to Google Software Heaven shortly. On Friday, Google issued a death certificate for Google Health (date of death = Jan. 1, 2012), and added that the lights will go out on Google PowerMeter on Sep. 16, 2011. `We`ve observed that Google Health is not having the broad impact that we hoped it would,` said Google. `There has been adoption among certain groups of users like tech-savvy patients and their caregivers, and more recently fitness and wellness enthusiasts. But we haven`t found a way to translate that limited usage into widespread adoption in the daily health routines of millions of people.` Regarding PowerMeter, Google`s `Green Energy Czar` had this to say: `We`re pleased that PowerMeter has helped demonstrate the importance of this access and created something of a model. However, our efforts have not scaled as quickly as we would like, so we are retiring the service.` Google added that the White House will carry on the fight after being inspired by success stories like the Harker School (tuition: $36,435), which used grant money to acquire off-the-shelf sub-metering technology that revealed their energy bill could be reduced by not air conditioning the gym from 9pm-3am."
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| | | New wind energy centre to create 40 jobs | | | A WIND energy company will create about 40 jobs by the summer for its planned offshore wind technology centre, the First Minister has said. | | |
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