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Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was still around?
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#992Google Wave, Google Reader, Google+, Schemer
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#993Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0. Easily most pleasant to hold mouse. It's heartbreaking to use anything else after that.
I'd think that the rise of gaming industry, and especially competitive games, would bring us more refined forms of computer devices, but in fact, every new shiny gaming mouse I tried wasn't even close.
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#994I really really loved del.icio.us RIP.
Today I am using the alternative https://yabs.io - but I don't understand why something so good was closed and now needed to be developed again.
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#995I miss Mailbox. They had a Mac client and mobile apps that where best in class at the time.
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#996Pebble - they created a series of smart watches that had: - long battery life (2-7 days depending on model) - e-ink colour screens, that were always on - an extensive app/watchface ecosystem - actual attractive watches I had a series of them and was all-in on the new models announced via kickstarter, when they suddenly disappeared and were bought by Fitbit. All forthcoming products were killed off. They've been prett…
I have a Garmin sport/smart watch, it lasts for weeks and it has always-on color display. Smart watches from other brands also last for many days or weeks.
Pebble was my watch for years until Garmin released the vivoactive HR. While Garmin loses style points compared to Pebble, it has much better features and durability.
The first weekend I had it, I tested it by wearing it on a Tough Mudder...it survived without a scratch. 2 years later and the Garmin battery life is still over a week. If you miss Pebble and want something still being updated, look at the Garmin watches (but I wouldn't go any lower than the current vivoactive3 line)
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#997Panoramio. I used these photos in Google Earth heavily before every travel. Street view is a poor replacement, I'm missing so much stuff that was off the road. I could see what the beaches look like, what's the terrain at some point, path through wood. Heck, even just frequency of Panoramio photos at some location would tell me what's interesting to see there.
It seems mapsights.com was able to backup most.
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#998I really loved Detour. I feel like it could have changed the way people travel.
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#999Google Reader
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#1000The website tracks4bikers.com