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20 projects

Chromecast The $35 dongle that sold over 100 million, retired for a box 2013–2024 Gadgets & Hardware Cortana Microsoft's assistant, named after a Halo AI, retired for Copilot 2014–2023 Online Services FarmVille The game that colonised Facebook 2009–2020 Games Oculus Go The $199 standalone headset Facebook dropped two years later for the Quest 2018–2020 VR & AR Microsoft Security Essentials The free antivirus Microsoft gave Windows XP, Vista and 7 users in 2009, retired with Windows 7 in January 2020 2009–2020 Desktop Software Google Fusion Tables The free tool that let journalists and researchers turn a spreadsheet into a map, retired by Google in 2019 with no direct replacement 2009–2019 Web Technologies & Tools Wii Shop Channel Nintendo's first online store, the Virtual Console and WiiWare behind an elevator-music jingle, closed after twelve years 2006–2019 Game Platforms & Services Firebug Gave every browser the F12 key, then merged into them 2006–2017 Developer Tools Miiverse Nintendo's hand-drawn social network 2012–2017 Social Networks Xbox Live Indie Games The Xbox 360 store where anyone with $99 and XNA could sell a game, from Community Games in 2008 to the last day in October 2017 2008–2017 Game Platforms & Services Nokia Lumia Nokia's bright Windows Phones, and the bet that took the company down with them 2011–2017 Phones & Tablets Google Blob Emoji Android's yellow blobs, the only emoji set that looked like nothing else, flattened into circles by Android 8.0 in 2017 2013–2017 Web Technologies & Tools Nintendo DSi The DS with two cameras, an SD slot and its own download shop, which Nintendo closed in 2017 and took DSiWare with it 2008–2017 Consoles & Handhelds Club Penguin A generation's first social network, with penguins 2005–2017 Games Windows Movie Maker The free video editor a generation learned on, dropped by Microsoft in 2017 2000–2017 Desktop Software Ovi Nokia's "door" to internet services, an app store, maps, mail and music brand for the Symbian years, dropped in 2011 and closed for good in 2015 2007–2015 Online Services PlayStation Portable Sony's first handheld, 80 million sold, the UMD disc, the PSP Go that nobody bought, and a store that closed twice 2004–2014 Consoles & Handhelds Windows Mobile A tiny Windows with a Start button, reset to zero by its own maker 2000–2012 Operating Systems Maemo Nokia's Linux for internet tablets and the N900, folded into MeeGo 2005–2010 Operating Systems Microsoft Plus! The boxed add-on pack that gave Windows its themes, Space Cadet Pinball and the first Internet Explorer, sold from 1995 to 2004 1995–2007 Desktop Software