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  • Streams, Google’s UK Clinician App, a Casualty of Its Defunct Health Division

    Streams, Google’s UK Clinician App, a Casualty of Its Defunct Health Division

    Google is shutting down Streams, a clinician support app used in the UK, the latest fallout of Google’s decision to end its Health Division.

    Google announced last week that it was shutting down its Health Division, the latest in a long string of products, platforms and services the company promises will change the world, only to unceremoniously kill them off later. App Maker, Chromebook Pixel, Game Builder, Google Hangouts, Google Jump, Google Play Music and Google+ are just a few of the examples — trust us, there’s many, many more.

    According to TechCrunch, Streams is in the process of being discontinued, despite at least one UK National Health Service (NHS) Trust still using it in its hospitals. When it was first released, a number of NHS Trusts adopted the app, although most have since stopped using it. It’s not clear whether their abandoning it caused Google to rethink its plans, or if a lack of serious effort and commitment on Google’s part prompted them to move away from it.

    Either way, the company has such a reputation for this behavior, that it recently had to reassure its cloud customers it wouldn’t do the same to them. As the third largest cloud provider, Google has built a major business providing cloud services to countless companies, companies that want to know a critical feature they rely on won’t suddenly be killed off on a whim. As a result, Google announced the release of Enterprise APIs in an effort to put any concern to rest.

    It’s a safe bet, even with Enterprise APIs, the shuttering of an entire division is going to make some of Google’s customers very nervous.

  • Twitter Lets You View Others’ Timelines

    Twitter Lets You View Others’ Timelines

    Twitter has launched a new feature that lets you see the Twitter experience as your Twitter buddies see it. You can now look at other people’s Twitter timelines (streams, feeds, if you will).

    This is a fun new feature that will work really well for people looking to discover new accounts to follow. Now, not only can I see a list of who the person I’m following is following, but I can see their tweets roll-in in real-time.

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    Twitter    We’re rolling out a new option for the “following” page: view Tweets from the accounts a user follows, as well as a list of those accounts. 1 hour ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    On the list of options above the most recent tweet on any users’ full profile page, simply click “following” and then “view as a timeline.”

    Once there, you will see the users’ Tweet stream as they see it, minus the protected tweets of those who have their profiles set to private of course. Twitter also removes the tweets from the user you are peeking in on, because they obviously do not follow themselves.

    Also note the crossing arrows on the very top right corner. If you click on those, you will jump to someone else’s stream among those users you follow.

    These new rollouts look to be all about discovery, as Twitter is making it easier for people to find new people to follow. Are you excited about being able to see other people’s timelines as they see them?