Google Desktop

Google Desktop
	The GDS Sidebar sits on the user's desktop and displays relevant information (Google Desktop on Microsoft Windows Vista)
Developer(s)	Google
Initial release	October 14, 2004
Final release	5.9.1005.12335 / 14 September 2011
Written in	C++
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Desktop search
License	Proprietary
Website	desktop.google.com

Google Desktop was a computer program with desktop search capabilities, created by Google for Linux, Apple Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows systems. It allowed text searches of a user's email messages, computer files, music, photos, chats, web pages viewed, and the ability to display "Google Gadgets" on the user's desktop in a sidebar.

In September 2011, Google announced it would discontinue a number of its products, including Google Desktop. The reason given was that "In the last few years, there’s been a huge shift from local to cloud-based storage and computing, as well as the integration of search and gadget functionality into most modern operating systems. People now have instant access to their data, whether online or offline. As this was the goal of Google Desktop, the product will be discontinued."^[2]

^ Lextrait, Vincent (July 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon" (v10.3 ed.). Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
^ Cite error: The named reference spring-clean was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Lextrait, Vincent (July 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon" (v10.3 ed.). Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

[spring-clean-2] Cite error: The named reference spring-clean was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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