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  1. noidentity.com Next

    Personal financing made easy for iOS and OSX

    🚀Aug 2018 - ⚰Oct 2019

    Lifespan: about 1 year

    Reason: Acquired by Shopify

    Categories: Online Services, Shopping, Business & Commerce, Javascript UI Libraries

    noidentity.com Next Alternatives

    1. Primark - Primark is a fashion retail platform that can be your one-stop destination to find any products about beauty, fashion, and home décor.
    2. David Jones - David Jones is an online shopping destination where you can buy products from your favorite brands.
    3. Debenhams - Debenhams is a fashion retailer brand based in British, facilitating people to find any products about beauty, fashion, and gifts with complete online support.
    4. » All noidentity.com Next alternatives
  2. Kik

    Kik is a free messaging app to help you keep in contact with friends and family.

    🚀Oct 2010 - ⚰Sep 2019

    Lifespan: almost 9 years

    Reason: Legal issues

    Categories: Communication, Group Chat & Notifications, Messaging, Instant Messaging

    News References

    1. đź“° Writing about its decision to switch focus, Kik Interactive founder Ted Livingstone said the company had taken the "hard decision" to shut down Kik because it wanted to devote all its attention to the Kin cryptocurrency. ~ bbc.com
  3. MoviePass

    MoviePass gives you access to new movies in theaters nationwide for a low monthly fee.

    🚀Jan 2011 - ⚰Sep 2019

    Lifespan: over 8 years

    Categories: Movies, Movie Subscriptions, Online Ticketing, Theatre Subscriptions

    News References

    1. 📰 “Due to maintenance related issues, MoviePass services have been put on a temporary hold,” according to a MoviePass tweet. “Once we have resolved these technical problems, the service will be live again. We estimate this process will take several weeks. We sincerely appreciate your patience." ~ deseretnews.com
    2. đź“° On the surface that sounds like a good thing, but as Movieweb notes, MoviePass is continuing to struggle. Last April, MoviePass suffered a number of unexpected service interruptions, restrictions of use, and price fluctuations. These issues led to roughly 90 percent of MoviePass subscribers to leave the service. The service was launched in 2011 with the promise that fans could see any movies any time they wanted at a limit of one movie per day. ~ comicbook.com
  4. Vivatic

    Flexible freelance jobs. Get paid for taking surveys and writing articles and reviews.

    âš° Shut down in Sep 2019

    Categories: Paid Surveys, Online Surveys, Freelance Marketplace, Freelance

    News References

    1. đź“° The Vivatic website will be taken down on Sunday 1st September 2019. On this day you will no longer have access to your account and all links to our partner companies for jobs and surveys will be removed. ~ reddit.com
  5. Google Trips

    Plan and organize your trips with the travel guide from Google.

    🚀Sep 2016 - ⚰Aug 2019

    Lifespan: almost 3 years

    Categories: Travel, Vacation Rental, Travel & Tourism, Online Bookings

    Google Trips Alternatives

    1. TripCase - Connected to powerful technology & travel companies, TripCase delivers the right information at the right time to any device. Sign up for Free today!
    2. WorldMate - WorldMate is a travel app that helps individuals plan and organize trips. The app is available for Android and iOS mobile devices, and it is free to download and use.
    3. Goibibo - Goibibo is a Largest Online Hotels Booking Application by ibiboGroup.
    4. » All Google Trips alternatives
  6. actionable.me

    Send personalised cold emails at scale. Bulk email, automated follow-ups, shared email templates, scheduled delivery, drip campaigns. Get started free!

    âš° Shut down in Jul 2019

    Reason: Costs of operation

    Categories: Sales Tools, Cold Outreach, Sales, Email Productivity, Email Automation

    News References

    1. đź“° On July 15th, the actionable.me platform will be shut down and will no longer send automated emails from your email sending accounts (this applies to both Gmail and Outlook sending accounts). We will revoke all Gmail & Outlook OAuth tokens stored on our servers and begin the process of taking our databases offline and removing any sensitive information, which we will complete by the end of 2019. ~ actionable.me
  7. ThinkGeek

    ThinkGeek creates unique products that stimulate the imagination. Shop for apparel, home and office, gadgets, collectibles, and more. Free shipping available!

    âš° Shut down in Jul 2019

    Reason: Merging with GameSpot

    Categories: Geeks, Tech Gadgets, eCommerce, eCommerce Platform

    News References

    1. 📰 ThinkGeek, the online destination with a vast catalog of nerdy and otherwise unique items, will close its website next month, the company has announced. The products aren’t disappearing, but will instead be made available under parent company GameStop’s website in a dedicated ThinkGeek section. The company revealed all of the details ahead of the site’s closure on July 2. ~ slashgear.com
    2. 📰 After 20 years of serving the nerds of the internet with a wide variety of geek-related merchandise, ThinkGeek will officially close down its website and will migrate its operations over to its parent company GameStop’s website instead. In the meantime, the store is holding a 50 percent off “moving sale.” ~ theverge.com
    3. đź“° It's the end of an era for longtime ThinkGeek fans, as the digital store announced this week that ThinkGeek.com officially is shutting down. Starting July 2, ThinkGeek's curated collection of apparel, collectibles, and other geeky merchandise will be available only in a ThinkGeek section at GameStop, its parent company. The 40 physical ThinkGeek stores across the US will remain open, but ThinkGeek.com will no longer be a place to shop. ~ gamespot.com
  8. Call9

    Caring for nursing home residents at their moment of need, and beyond.

    âš° Shut down in Jul 2019

    Categories: Healthcare, Health, Digital Health, Telehealth

    News References

    1. 📰 The company, which provided medical equipment and a video platform (via iPad) that enabled doctors to talk with nursing home residents, says its struggle owed to the country’s very slow adoption of “value-based care” — in which doctors are paid based on patient outcomes — rather than the current “fee-for-service” model on which the healthcare industry still relies largely. ~ techcrunch.com
  9. Tali

    Hands-free time tracking for Alexa and Google Assistant

    🚀Oct 2017 - ⚰Jun 2019

    Lifespan: over 1 year

    Reason: Not able to establish a sufficient user base to keep going

    Categories: Time Tracking, Productivity, Android, Health And Fitness

    News References

    1. 📰 Tali was not the first voice-enable time tracker for lawyers. The first was Workspace Assistant from Thomson Reuters, which I wrote about in May 2017. But while Workspace Assistant could be used only with TR’s 3E Workspace, Tali was the first that could be used as a standalone product or through third-party integrations. ~ lawsitesblog.com
  10. Koinex.in

    Koinex is India's most advanced digital assets exchange.

    🚀Aug 2017 - ⚰Jun 2019

    Lifespan: almost 2 years

    Reason: India crypto regulations and laws

    Categories: Crypto, Cryptocurrencies, Crypto Trading, Bitcoin

    News References

    1. 📰 After months of uncertainty and disruption, we have regretfully decided to shut down all digital assets exchange services and operations today. It is, without a doubt, a sad day for all digital assets and blockchain enthusiasts in India and we can’t express in words how hard it’s been for us to make this decision. ~ medium.com

    Koinex.in Alternatives

  11. Support Hound

    The site uses data collected from actual cases to analyze the financial situations of parties going through a divorce and recommend a suggested support award. The suggestion forms a data-driven basis for negotiations with opposing counsel.

    🚀Jun 2016 - ⚰Jun 2019

    Lifespan: about 3 years

    Reason: Not enough energy by the founder

    Categories: Legal, Divorce Services

    News References

    1. đź“° SupportHound was founded in 2016 by Julie Gentili Armbrust, an attorney and family law mediator in Oregon. The site uses data collected from actual cases to analyze the financial situations of parties going through a divorce and recommend a suggested support award. The suggestion forms a data-driven basis for negotiations with opposing counsel. In an email last week to SupportHound customers, Armbrust said that she had made the difficult decision to shut down the site. ~ lawsitesblog.com
  12. BlackBerry Messenger

    BBM for Android and iPhone is here. Connect with anyone, anywhere for free. - Global

    🚀Aug 2005 - ⚰May 2019

    Lifespan: almost 14 years

    Categories: Communication, Group Chat & Notifications, Messaging, Chat

    News References

    1. 📰 Now it is the time to move on from BBM. The user’s version of the BlackBerry Messenger will be going to delete on May 31. Emtek, the Indonesia-based company which has a partnership with BlackBerry in 2016. ~ techbillow.com

    BlackBerry Messenger Alternatives


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