Online application provider 8Apps has announced that it will be shutting in January. 8apps offered collaborative online tools not dissimilar to those offered by 37signals.
According to a post by Download Squad reviewing the site back in July the site was on the market then, but it appears there were no takers. Probably not helping the service was its failure to ever open to the public; even today it’s still an invite only service, great for initial buzz but not a great way to build up a user base over the long term, unless of course you’re Google.
8Apps rounds out the TechCrunch Deadpool for 2007. See a full list of this years Deadpool entries here.