Some of these I don't remember, and a couple I actually thought I was still using. :) The Dodgeball saga seems like a good case study: https://techcrunch.com/2

Some of these I don't remember, and a couple I actually thought I was still using. :) The Dodgeball saga seems like a good case study: https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/05/eric-schmidt-google-dodgeball-foursquare/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/05/eric-schmidt-google-dodgeb... It's as if Google is simply too big to realize what a good idea is and support it. Ads made Google one of the most profitable companies in the world basically overnight. No one's passion project will ever look good against that measuring stick.