Back in October, I posted about GrandCentral, a VoIP company that Google had bought.  Since Google acquired the company, I noted that there had been no noticeable changes and even sadder, no blog updates since April 2008.

It seems as if CNET may be lumping GrandCentral in with the next batch of projects that are going to get the axe.  I personally hope not!

It’s odd to me that the article is linked to by another article saying that Google is growing up and that the tweaks show an end of adolescence.  I think that it’s more a case that the economy is causing companies to do what they don’t want to.  Google can not continue the growth and keep their dominance if they start acting like a so-called “grown up” company.  It’s the innovation and willingness to try new things that may not necessarily work or find their place in the mainstream.  If they give that up, I’ll be waiting on the next new thing that will be what Google was/is to Yahoo.