The year 2014 is already going away, but it will not unattended. During the period, various services, companies and the world of technology products have been discontinued and no longer exist in the daily lives of many netizens. If you are one of nostalgic users, get your scarf and check ten ‘tech products “that ceased to exist in 2014:. Orkut to MSN, through the Facebook Poke
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– Orkut
There were also requests and mobilization of Brazilian Internet users to avoid the end Orkut, but it did not work: the site was closed on 30 September. The social network most used by Brazilians in the late 2000s did not resist the Facebook and was surpassed in 2011, with its number of users reduced from 40 million to just six million in recent years. Faced with such fall, Google has decided to discontinue the social network. Currently, Orkut has become a large file communities, but nothing compares the feeling of receiving a new statement, scrap or know who visited their profile yesterday. Remember some unique functions of the social network.
– iPod Classic
What Apple’s players line no longer had the same wind as before, many people already knew. However, in 2014 reserved an unpleasant news for fans of the device: the end of the iPod Classic. The software responsible for revolutionizing music in the 2000s, was retired discreetly after the announcement of the iPhone 6 in September. Although the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, criticizes the lack of parts suppliers as a reason for the termination of production, it is clear that low demand was what motivated Apple to close the sales model. Nevertheless, it is still possible to find three iPod variants on the shelves: Shuffle, Nano and Touch. None of them, with many gigabytes.
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– MSN Messenger
Although it was closed in Brazil in April 2013, MSN Messenger also was entitled to his last “sighs” in some countries, such as China. However, the popular Microsoft’s instant messaging service could not resist in 2014 and was completely shut down after 15 years, giving rise to Skype. During its peak, Windows Live Messenger, as it was also known, came to have over 300 million users worldwide, but lost ground to Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts and other messengers to smartphones like WhatsApp own.
– Windows XP
Another Microsoft product that said goodbye in 2014 was the good old Windows XP. One of the most popular versions of the operating system, the platform had its support ended on 8 April this year, after about 13 years of its launch. The success of Windows XP was so great that even today the system remains the second most used edition of Windows on everyone, even with Microsoft’s effort to popularize version 8.1.
– Nokia X
The Nokia X was born a line of appliances and closed in 2014, one of the most bizarre recent stories in the world of smartphones. Launched in February at MWC 2014, the gadgets were the first Finnish manufacturer using an Android-based system. The line got to gain a new version, called X2, but that was canceled in July to make room for Windows Phone. Thus, the anticipated Nokia smarts with Android only had months to live
-. Flappy Bird
Flappy Bird was a real phenomenon, but that came to an end as fast as his rise. The game, which consists of a bird pass between pipes, peaked in early February and drew attention for its degree of difficulty. However, weeks after the resounding success, the developer of the game decided to remove it from the App Store and Google Play, generating a series of speculations. Nevertheless, several alternative versions and copies were released for Android, iOS and Windows Phone
-. Clip Art
Clip Art is certainly a case of love and hate in the lives of older computer users. Very popular among the 80s and early 2000s, they tried to generic images included in Office suite of programs and were widely used in PowerPoint presentations or Word documents. However, the appeal was losing ground to images sought on services like Google, leading Microsoft to announce its replacement by a Bing mechanism for rights free images.
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– Facebook pokes
Facebook has several specialized apps for each service, such as Messenger, Groups, etc. . However, 2014 marked an end of an unsuccessful attempt of the social network: the nudges. Also known as Facebook Poke, the app allowed interact more simply with friends to nudge you in a strange way to say “Hello”. However, the app launched in 2012 has not taken off and was retired from the network. Currently, poke function is still available in the desktop version of Facebook, but it is not widely used. The Camera, another app social network that was born around the same time, went along. Without leaving longing. Did you ever use any of them
– Justin.tv
Justin.tv was a popular streaming site videos over the last decade, being a pioneer in real-time streaming video on the Internet. During the time he was in the air, the service was controversial target, as the case of an American 19 year old who committed suicide while broadcasting to the site. On the platform, it was possible not only to watch the content recorded live by the user’s webcam, as well as interact with it as long as the Internet users have a registered account. The Justin.tv was closed in August 2014, when the company that administered decided to focus its other service:. The Twitch, streaming gaming platform, later purchased by Google
– Xbox Entertainment Studios
Announced in 2012, the Xbox Entertainment Studios would be a Microsoft arm responsible for creating original content such as series and other television programs the company’s products. Among the expected productions, was a television series based on the Halo game, popular on Xbox. However, the plans were dashed in July, during the company’s restructuring announced by the executive director, Satya Nadella.
* collaborated Raquel Freire
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