Google is shutting down Shoelace, the social app youve probably never heard of

You know that previous pronouncing, “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone?” Sometimes that’s moderately actually true. Take Shoelace, a social app offered via Google’s Area 120 incubator final summer time. There are a host of causes you most likely haven’t heard of the factor. For starters, it was once regarded as …
You know that old saying, “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone?” Sometimes that’s quite literally true. Take Shoelace, a social app introduced by Google’s Area 120 incubator last summer. There are a number of reasons you likely haven’t heard of the thing. For starters, it was considered …Original article
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