Directory
The archive
183 entries
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
1995–2022 · 27 yrs
The browser that won the first war and lost the next three. Retired in favor of Chromium Edge.
Microsoft
Mixer
2016–2020 · 4 yrs
Beam, then Mixer. Ninja’s exclusive did not move the culture. Twitch remained home.
Adobe
Adobe Flash
1996–2020 · 24 yrs
The plugin that was the interactive web: banners, games, video. Security, mobile, and HTML5 ended it on a published date.
X (Twitter)
Crashlytics (Twitter era)
2011–2017 · 6 yrs
The crash reporter Twitter owned via Crashlytics/Fabric, then sold. Still alive — just not at X.
Google Offers
2011–2013 · 2 yrs
Google’s Groupon clone, launched at the peak of daily-deal mania and gone with the bubble.
X (Twitter)
Legacy verification
2009–2022 · 13 yrs
The blue check as a signal of identity, not payment. Retired when checks went on sale.
Yahoo
Yahoo Answers
2005–2021 · 16 yrs
The internet’s junk drawer of questions. Closed in 2021; the archive became a punchline and a research hole.
Google Reader
2005–2013 · 8 yrs
The RSS reader a generation of journalists and power users treated as a daily driver. Killed as RSS faded and Google chased social.
Apple
iChat
2002–2012 · 10 yrs
Bonjour and AIM bubbles on the Mac. Became Messages when iMessage needed a desktop home.
Amazon
Amazon Glow
2021–2022 · 1 yr
A $300 projector-and-stand for video calls with kids. Support ended with refunds after a short run.
X (Twitter)
Twitter Moments
2015–2022 · 7 yrs
Curated story-packs of tweets. Editorial Twitter in an app that hates editors.
Amazon
Amazon Wallet
2014–2015 · 1 yr
A mobile payments wallet Amazon tried before Amazon Pay settled into checkout.
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