Google Checkout will be retired, transition to Google Wallet
Google is making the same mistakes Microsoft made. Trying to enter into every industry it can thinking it can use it's monopoly power to take over the world. Reality: Doing 20 things mediocrely is not as profitable of doing 2 things very very well.<p>Result:<p>1) Constant experiments and dropped products (just like Microsoft).<p>2) Consumers no longer trust your services to stick around and no longer even invest in your platforms (*see most of Microsoft's offerings).<p>3) The services you do have aren't the highest quality and your brand takes a hit as being "giant mediocre corporation" like Microsoft instead of "high quality company" like Apple.<p>The more things change the more they stay the same.