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It was not so recent but this is part of Larry Page becoming CEO. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-20/google-profit-tops-estimates-on-ad-demand-page-is-na

• ihsw 14y ago
  Indeed, there was a lot of noise about his desire for broad-sweeping streamlining -- namely dropping projects (or combining projects) and increasing acquisitions. Notably they stopped projects that had limited adoption. Incidentally this was also when 20% time fell through and Google Plus really started to be pushed as the centre-piece connecting all other projects.