(5 July 2012 8:10 pm)

MUMBAI: The internet giant Google has announced closure of few of its products including -iGoogle, Google Mini, Google Talk Chatback, Google video, and Symbian Search App.

The search engine company had started a "spring clean" last year, and since then it has closed or combined more than 30 products.

The personalised Google page, iGoogle, will cease from 1 November 2013. "We originally launched iGoogle in 2005 before anyone could fully imagine the ways that today's web and mobile apps would put personalised, real-time information at your fingertips," Google's official blog read.

The company feels that with modern apps running on platforms like Chrome and Android, the need for iGoogle has eroded over time, so it is winding it down. The users will have 16 months to adjust or export their data.

Google Mini, which was also introduced in 2005, had a good run, but beginning 31 July the product will be discontinued because its functionality can be better provided by products like Google Search Appliance, Google Site Search and Google Commerce Search. "We will of course continue to provide technical support to Mini customers for the duration of their contracts, and will reach out to them shortly with more details," the company said.