13 2010 technologies that are already obsolete

These applications, gadgets and games of 2010 are already no longer with us.


There was a lot of development in theworld of technology over the last decade. It can be difficult to believe, but you could not even order a Uber until June 2010. Even strange? The iPad were not available before April of the same year! But with all technological advances over the last decade, it is only natural thatSome innovations have become obsolete, or at least, are not used in the same way - even inventions of the years 2010! Well-liked social media apps (Vine Rip Vine) to ideas that have never really taken off as expected (sorry, 3D TV), here are some of the worthy technologies of the buzz that were launched in the 2010s only to become suddenly obsolete.

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Vine

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The vine may have been the greatest technological sorrow of the years 2010. Launched in 2013, the application allowed users to share six second video clips into a loop and became so popular that he even launched aNew form of social media star. This rapid increase in popularity has made the disappearance of the vine all the more shocking. Four years after co-founderRUS YUSUPOV Sold the application on Twitter, Social Media Societyreleased a declaration In October 2016, it would close the application once loved. Yusupov's answer? The same day,he tweeted: "Do not sell your business!"

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Windows phone

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These days, the fight to be top dog in the smartphone game is between Apple and Android, but in the fall of 2010, Microsoft has also launched its hat in the ring with the Windows phone. However, things changed in 2017 when Microsoft's senior managementJoe Belfiore revealed inA series of tweets That the company would no longer develop new features for its computer operating system, Windows Mobile. And while the company continued to release bug fixes and security over the years, Microsoftofficially announced That there would be a complete closure of the Windows 10 mobile operating system by the end of 2019.

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Microsoft Kinect

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Once upon a time we weredance At Microsoft Kinect on our Xbox 360. This movement sensation technology launched in 2010 and provided users with a more immersive and physically active gambling experience. He even put aGUINNESS WORLD RECORD IN 2011 To be the fastest game ring road, selling 133,333 units a day in its first 60 days on the market. However, it was not long before these salesstarted to sin, especially in 2017, when Microsoft has stopped grouping with the Xbox console. Finally, the company has chosen to close all the manufacture of the device itself, as well as the adapter necessary for use on new consoles.

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3D TVs

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3D TVs were supposed to betheHOME STILLE Entertainment in the 2010s. After the record success of the 3D movieAvatar in 2009,Television manufacturers As Panasonic and LG started production on 3D home televisions. But with many consumers who have just purchased new HDTVs in the late 2000 because of theAnalog-digital transitionHe turned out to be a reckless business movement. In 2017, most major television manufacturers hadsteady 3D TVs. It seemsAvatarIn HD at home was very good for most Americans. And for more technologies that were D.O.A., consult the20 long-standing technologies that will never happen.

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Sidecar

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While some currency applications are launched in the 2010s are always flourishing (we look at you, Uber and Lyft), all the platforms have not been made to last. An example? Sidecar, the 2013 application that tried to differentiate themselves from its competitors. Ofunique characteristics As defining your own tariff to collect favorite drivers, he finally required too much effort on the user. In 2015, co-foundersSunil Paul andJahan Khanna announced that they would be Shutter of the application for good.

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Yo

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What was the Yo application premise, are you asking for? Simply, let the users say "yo" to each other.Moshe Hogeg Has come with this as an easy way to inform his assistant that he needed help. The application underGagnary 1.5 million dollars of investorsin his first year in 2014 and would have had2.7 million registered users. However, by 2018, the company wasPlating with users Give money through Patreon to keep your life alive. But, with only46 customers on the 5,000 Yo needs to survive, it seems that it can delay the inevitable.

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YK YAK

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If you talked to astudent student Over the past decade, you have probably heard of Yik Yak. The application, which was launched in 2013, allowed people to post anonymous messages geographically in small communities (that is to sayuniversity campus) But by 2014, the problems of the anonymous messaging site became more and more clear whenSome schools had to enter the lock because of the threats posted on the application. As a result, the platform escaped the anonymous nature it was known for. But it was not long before the creatorsBrooks Buffington andTyler Droll announced that they would beCessation operations In 2017.

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Moves

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Movements had a dedicated fanbase during its launch in 2013. TheFree fitness application Automatically followed your movements, assessed which activity you were doing (run, walking, cycling, etc.) and provided fitness abstracts at the end of each day. However, the application was purchased by Facebook in 2014, which became less focused on updating the activities monitoring application. Not to mention this was more or less made obsolete by the iPhone health application that is already installed on iPhones. So it was not a surprise when Facebook announced in 2018 that they would beClosing operations on movements.

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Google+

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There are very few areas in the technology game that Google has not tried to chat. In 2011, for example, the company launched Google+, its own social media platform. However, after aA safety violation has fled personal data With nearly 500,000 users in 2018, things started down. And afteranother brighter exposed personal data more than 52.5million users later that year, Google announced that they would beGoogle+ In April 2019.

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Gaming YouTube

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With the rise of live streaming game videos on its platform in the early 2010, YouTube decided to launch its own autonomous game application in 2015. However, Spinoffapparently created confusion In the Games community, many users have continued to view only the specific content of the game on the main YouTube application. Basically, a separate destination for players to see the content was not necessary, then YouTube announced in 2019 that it would close the YouTube DOWN game andIntegrate the service in its main platform.

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Being me

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Beme was the idea of ​​the personality of YouTubeCasey Neistat. It was launched in 2015 and was created as a way to break the "Perfect Creator" mold, where users publish videos between two and eight seconds long without the option of modifying or previewing the content before leaving live. A week in, Beme hadamassed 1.1 million video creationsBut even that could not help the obscure platform remove. Two years later he wasStop and removed application stores.

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Klout benefits

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Nowadays, everything is upon who has this check blue checked on social media. However, in the early 2010s, it was your Klout score. The site has analyzed the data of social media networks and users classified as "overall online influence" on a scale of one to 100. In 2010, two years after the launch of Klout, the site started.allowing users to gain Klout benefits As their scores have increased, which has given them access to rewards. However, theThe Parks program has been interrupted In 2015 after Klout was purchased by Lithium Technologies in 2014. In the end, theThe whole site stops In 2018.

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Uber autonomous trucks

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Uber began working on its autonomous driving technology in 2016, after buying theOtto self-driving truck startup In August of this year. A few months later, in October, the first big test of Uber saw aself-driving truckDeliver Budweiser beer expedition 120 km. However, between legal battles on the charges of patent counterfeit and A fatal accident in 2018 Uber decided to close officially His autonomous truck truck. However, it is always necessary to perfect autonomous car technology.


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