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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Google Knol Is Going Away

Google is shutting down Google Knol!

Here's an email I recently received from the Knol team:
As part of Google’s prioritization of product efforts, we will be retiring Knol.  From now through April 30th, 2012, Knol will work as usual, but we’ve made it easy for you to download your knols to file and/or export them to Wordpress.com.  From May 1, 2012 through October 1, 2012, knols will no longer be viewable, but can be downloaded and exported.  After that time, knol content will no longer be accessible.  We hope that this timeline provides you ample time to transition your content.  For more information, please visit our FAQ: https://knol-redirects.appspot.com/faq.html

Thank you,
The Knol team

© 2012 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 
Some FAQs
What is Knol?
Knol launched in 2007 as a method for authors to work together to create authoritative articles about specific topics that they know about.
Why is Knol being discontinued?
Google is prioritizing our product efforts so we can make things much simpler for our users and devote more resources to high impact products.
When is Knol being discontinued?
From now through April 30th, 2012, Knol will work as usual, but we’ve made it easy for you to download your knols to file and/or export them to WordPress.com. From May 1, 2012 through October 1, 2012, knols will no longer be viewable, but can be downloaded and exported. After that time, Knol content will no longer be accessible.
How do I download my knols?
From now through October 1, 2012, you can download your knols from knol.google.com. There will be a large section at the top of the page with links to either export your knols to WordPress.com or download them to a file. Clicking the latter will take you to Google Takeout where you can create your archive.
 Find answers for more FAQs here.
You'll see a Big notice on Knol Website
with links to Export my knols to WordPress.com and Download my knols to a file.

Read Wikipedia entry for Knol to know more about Knol. For an alternative to Google Knol, check Annotum.

Annotum helps you to easily migrate your knol data. They have a neat Getting Started Guide.


Google Introduces Google Play

Google is introducing Google Play, that replaces and extends Android Market.

See this video: Android Apps on Google Play



Google Play is not just a new name for Android Market. It's going to be an integrated destination for Music, Movies, Books and Apps.

Read more:

Also watch this cool video


Learn more about Google Play https://play.google.com/about/.