Google Inc. closed several development centers: in Norway, Sweden, the United States. True, Google representatives said that the closure of offices in Norway (Trondheim) has nothing to do with the economic crisis - to the center no longer needed.Interestingly, the Norwegian office was opened not long ago: in 2006. After only two years, all employees of the center, about 40 people, will be transferred to other offices of Google.
It is also that, with the closure of some offices, the leadership is going to reduce the number of services have not become popular. The list of closed services include Google Dodgeball, Google Jaiku, Google Catalog Search, Google Mashup Editor.
It should also remember to close the service Lively, which is a 3D social gaming network, as well as the dismissal of 10 thousand staff corporation.
Rather, Google is trying to protect themselves from excessive economic costs, closing unprofitable projects, their own offices and more employees redundant.
