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Soapbox Dries Out on 31-August-2009

It Died  Jul 22 09

Microsoft is shutting down its Soapbox video service that no one knew existed: Soapbox allowed users to upload videos, which appeared on MSN Video, a service that will remain, but which doesn't (seemingly) allow amateur/personal contributions. Soapbox will stop allowing... Full story...

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Microsoft Pulls ThumbTack Bookmarking Service

It Died  Nov 03 09

Microsoft has closed down its ThumbTack service for bookmarking: The service at Live Labs let you save all manner of things, including links and photos, in a single place for later retrieval or viewing.

Geocities Last Day

It Died  Oct 26 09

As Geocities sinks slowly into the sea, let us praise great BLINK tags: Buh-bye, Geocities. I'd say we hardly knew ya, but we knew ya all too well.

Happy News: Tr.im Lives!

It Died  Aug 19 09

O happy day, here at itdied.com: The tr.im URL shortener service has opted to stay alive instead of shutdown.

Tr.im Trimmed

It Died  Aug 10 09

The tr.im URL shortening service has shortened its lifespan: The service will no guarantee redirects for URLs starting 31-Dec-2009, and has disclaimed the reliability of its statistics from this point on.

CompuServe Classic Powered Down 29-June-2009

It Died  Jul 04 09

CompuServe Classic finally succumbs: CompuServe was one of the very earliest commercial dial-up bulletin board systems, well known for its "CB radio" chat program, which worked much like IRC.

Flowgram Halts on 30-June-2009

It Died  Jun 12 09

The site devoted to helping create guided presentations is shutting down on 30-June-2009: Flowgram said in email to users that it couldn't figure out a financial model to continue.

Yahoo 360 Gets 86'd 13-July-2009

It Died  Jun 01 09

The Yahoo 360° social networking blog thing, which has been under a death watch for two years, finally dives 13-July-2009: The service is notable for combining blogging and a host of other things, but Yahoo couldn't either figure out how.

Jumpcut Skips Away 15-June-2009

It Died  May 22 09

Video content sharing site Jumpcut is closing its virtual doors 15-June-2009: I wasn't aware of this site, but it appears to be a place where you can upload video, share it with others, edit together your own and other segments,.

Trusera Suffers Heartbreak of Fund Shortage 27-May-2009

It Died  May 20 09

Seattle site Trusera, a forum for exchanging health and wellness info, shuts down 27-May-2009: If you created a blog or used the site in some other fashion, the company already offers an RSS export feature that you can use to.



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