Died in 2023
11 projects
Windows RT
Windows for ARM tablets that could not run Windows programs
2012–2023
Operating Systems
Google Stadia
The future of gaming, cancelled
2019–2023
Game Platforms & Services
Babylon's Fall
PlatinumGames' live-service game, down to one player on Steam within months
2022–2023
Games
Knockout City
Dodgeball as a live-service game: five million players, then a studio too small to keep it alive
2021–2023
Games
Ello
"You Are Not a Product", then it took the venture money
2014–2023
Social Networks
Cortana
Microsoft's assistant, named after a Halo AI, retired for Copilot
2014–2023
Online Services
Google Domains
Google's no-nonsense domain registrar, out of beta for one year before it was sold to Squarespace
2014–2023
Online Services
Google Glass
The face computer the public rejected
2013–2023
VR & AR
Windows CE
Microsoft's small Windows for handhelds, set-top boxes and cash registers, alive from Comdex 1996 to a quiet end of support in 2023
1996–2023
Operating Systems
Omegle
Talk to strangers, for fourteen years, until it could not be made safe
2009–2023
Messengers
Amazon Drive
Amazon's cloud locker, unlimited for $60 a year until it was not, closed at the end of 2023 in favour of Amazon Photos
2011–2023
Online Services